September 2019

Timothy Miller

Timothy J. Miller, 55, of Owatonna, passed away under hospice care at his home on June 2, 2019, after an 8 ½ year battle with brain cancer. Visitation will be at First Presbyterian Church in Claremont on Saturday from 9-11am. 

David Calton

David Wesley Calton, PharmD, RPh, 69, of Waterloo died Tuesday, May 28, 2019,at his home. A Celebration of Life will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home. Private inurnment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center, at a later date. 

Dennis Harrenstein

Dennis Harrenstein, 97, of Ackley, passed away May 29, 2019, at Grand JiVante in Ackley. A memorial service was held on June 3 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Visitation was June 2 at the Sietsema Funeral Home in Ackley.

Supervisors close two bridges with more to come

The Grundy County Board of Supervisors acted on County Engineer Gary Mauer’s recommendation to close two bridges during Monday morning’s meeting, and 19 more are on the agenda for next week.
           
Of the two bridges now closed (previously embargoed at three tons), one (F-4) is located on 160th Street just west of I Avenue, and the second (K-12) is on L Avenue. F-4 is currently slated for replacement in fiscal year 2022 at an estimated cost of $820,000, and K-12 is on the schedule for FY2021 at an estimated cost of $210,000.
           

David Winger

David James Winger left this life too early on April 30, 2019, following a brief illness. Celebration of Life services will be held in both Lewisville, TX and Wellsburg followed by a burial service at Saint Peters Cemetery in Wellsburg.

GCHS Class of 2019 celebrates commencement

 
GRUNDY CENTER – Family, friends and community members packed into the Grundy Center High School gymnasium on Sunday afternoon to celebrate the graduation of the GCHS Class of 2019.
 
The ceremony began with a welcome from the Class of 2019 President, Reegan Zinkula, who gave a speech titled “The ABC’s of Life."
 

EMS Strong: GC Ambulance Dept. observes National EMS Week

 
GRUNDY CENTER - This week, the Grundy Center EMS Department will join other emergency responders across the country in celebrating National EMS Week.
 
National EMS Week will run from Sunday, May 19 through Saturday, May 25, and is celebrated as a way to recognize and thank first responders for their service. The theme for this year is “EMS Strong Beyond the Call.”
 
Dwight Gliem, Grundy Center Ambulance Chief, says “EMS Strong” is about people coming together to help their community, and those who live in it.
 

Fun for the whole family

 
NEW HARTFORD - As June rolls around, the community is gearing up to kick off another busy spring and summer festival season. The first big event of the year will be the annual Beaver Creek Days festival in New Hartford, which will be held from May 31 to June 1 this year.
Lori Palmersheim, who’s in charge of organizing the event, says she’d like to invite everyone out for another year of family-friendly fun for all ages - with plenty of longtime favorite activities as well as new features planned for this year’s festival.

John Anderson

John Joseph Anderson, 87, of Aplington passed away on May 17, 2019, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 22, from 5-8 PM at First Christian Reformed Church in rural Wellsburg. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 23, at 1 PM at the church with visitation resuming at 12 PM from the evening prior. 

Donald Noble

Donald “Don” Dean Noble, age 78, of Aplington died on May 13, 2019, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, Iowa, from natural causes. Funeral services were held May 17 at the First Reformed Church in Aplington. 

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