September 2019

Remembering Brock: Niebuhr reflects on the life of her late husband and the pain of his absence

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There are no easy days for Lauren Niebuhr. She can fight it for a minute, two, maybe even five, but before long, she’s thinking of him again.
           
“I’m constantly thinking about it. I constantly replay what happened in my head with the information I have. It’s difficult,” she said last week. “I think about if there was anything I would’ve said
           

Read it and sleep

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One of my favorite pastimes when any big news story breaks is gauging the way people react to it, especially when it involves the release of a publicly available document they couldn’t be bothered to read themselves. In this regard, the Mueller Report is the granddaddy of ‘em all—a 400-page summary of two years and $30 million worth of work—and yet, I feel like I could’ve hired a group of high school kids to investigate the 2016 election and arrived at roughly the same conclusion.
           

Grundy Center boys, BCLUW girls win NICL West track titles

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ELDORA – The trophy case for Grundy Center boys track and field got a lot bigger this season.
 
The Spartans added another one last Thursday, earning the NICL West team title at Eldora.
 
Grundy Center scored 170 points and the BCLUW boys were the runners-up with 136 points in a meet dominated by the Spartans and Comets, two 1A teams expected to score considerable points at the state meet later this month. AGWSR scored 49 points in sixth place and the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys got 13 points for seventh place.
 

Grundy Center golf claims both NICL West titles

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Grundy Center golf ended Monday with two NICL West titles and nine all-conference golfers after the girls won the team title in Eldora and the boys won in State Center.
 
The Spartan girls shot a 402 to win the team title by 34 strokes over runner-up BCLUW. AGWSR placed fourth with 479 strokes and Gladbrook-Reinbeck was seventh, shooting a 509.
 

One person hospitalized after three-car crash north of Grundy Center

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One person was injured in a three-car crash just outside of Grundy Center on Saturday afternoon.
The crash occurred around 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, on Highway 14 approximately two miles north of Grundy Center.
 
According to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, a Toyota Prius driven by 45-year-old Daniel Spooner of Sibley was headed northbound on Highway 14 and made a left turn in front of a southbound Toyota Camry driven by 20-year-old Damond Jones of Cedar Falls.
 

AGWSR's Fisher leads Cougars back to state

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NORTHWOOD – AGWSR's Aubrie Fisher is a 16-time state qualifier after punching her ticket to four events at a Class 1A state-qualifying track and field meet at Northwood-Kensett High School on Friday.
  
Fisher heads to state in the 800, 1,500 and 3,000-meter running events, as well as on the anchor leg of the school-record-breaking distance medley relay along with Alyssa Hames, MaKenna Kuper and Ali Gerbracht. Kate Pfaltzgraff added an at-large bid in the 400 hurdles.
  

Big Wolverine group heads to state track

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STATE CENTER –  Dike-New Hartford track and field will compete in a total of 18 events based on performances at the co-ed state-qualifying track and field meet at West Marshall High School last Friday.
  
The D-NH girls qualified in eight events, automatically qualifying as top-two finishers in State Center in seven of them.
  
On the boys' side, D-NH heads to state in 10 events with eight automatic qualifiers and good seed times to threaten for a top-3 trophy at the end of the week.
  

2019 Graduation

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Stolzman opens photography, custom apparel business in downtown GC

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Business is booming in downtown Grundy Center, as more and more business owners flock to the area. Most recently, Conrad resident Steph Stolzman opened up her photography and custom apparel business on Main Street at the beginning of the month.
 
Located at 609 G Avenue, Stolzman Photography and Steph’s Boutique offers photography services, as well as custom printed apparel.
 

Supervisors approve two new hospital board members

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Rick Smith and Melody Hoy officially became the two newest members of the Grundy County Memorial Hospital board of directors on Monday morning after the board of supervisors voted to approve their confirmations.
           
Smith, a Grundy Center native who is now back in his hometown, is the vice president of Grundy Center Chamber-Main Street and a member of GCMH’s foundation board. Because he is the son of Grundy County Supervisor Barb Smith, she abstained from voting, and his appointment was approved by a 4-0 measure.
           

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