September 2019

Those who attend this year’s spring production from the BCLUW drama department are in for a special treat: they’ll get to see a comedy, the one act “The Audition,” and the courtroom drama “12 Angry Jurors.” Some of the cast members and director Jackie Stevens caught up with The Grundy Register after practice on Sunday to discuss this year’s show.
 
“My original thought was I was only going to do “12 Angry Jurors,” but I had enough talented people that I felt like I needed to add an additional piece,” Stevens said.
 

“We are here because two children decided to tell. They told again and told again and told again.”
 
Grundy County Attorney Erika Allen uttered these words during her closing statements to the jury in the trial of Paul Ryan Knudsen, a 39-year-old rural Cedar Falls man who was convicted of three counts of Third Degree Sexual Abuse and one count of Lascivious Conduct with a Minor on Monday afternoon after a four day trial in Grundy Center. He now faces up to 80 years in prison.
 

The Grundy County Board of Supervisors got word on some recent road projects as well as an update on the courthouse from custodian Mark Jungling during Tuesday morning’s regular meeting.
           

Barn quilts are about as Iowan as corn and pork tenderloins, but they have a secret history that many residents may be unaware of: they were actually used as codes to help escaping slaves along the Underground Railroad during the 19th century. Danny Steiber of Waverly, informally known as the “barn quilt guy,” addressed a crowd of about 15 on Saturday morning at the Beaman Memorial Library to explain this process and show off many of the barn quilts around Grundy County.
           
“Some of these people love their barn quilts more than their John Deere tractors,” he said.