September 2019

GRUNDY CENTER – You can find him walking down the streets of Grundy Center, bells jingling with every step. You’ll notice the cars honking, the children waving and people craning their heads for a better view. He’s the man with the big white beard, sporting a bright red jacket trimmed in white. His name is Marty Hill, and he spends his time spreading the Christmas spirit by dressing up as the Jolly Old Saint Nick.
Hill first got the calling a few years back, he says, when a random man approached him and told him how much he resembled Santa Claus with his big white beard.

A win is a win, no matter how you get it, and Grundy Center girls’ basketball coach Matt Lindeman was excited to head into break with a victory after his team defeated Dike-New Hartford 34-31 last Thursday night in cross-divisional NICL action.
           
“Everybody stepped up at different times and played a key role in this win. It was nice to finish that,” Grundy Center coach Matt Lindeman said. “We didn’t play real well, but we found a way to win.”
           

During the holiday season, the Salvation Army has become a ubiquitous presence across the country: the organization is known for placing bell ringers outside of major shopping centers, and it got a national plug last Sunday when Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott jumped into a life-size kettle on the field after scoring a touchdown. What people may not know, however, is that the Salvation Army actually has a chapter in Grundy County, and local representative Jane Katzer of rural Conrad is hoping to increase its outreach to help more families in need.