September 2019

Grundy Center tax rate to remain stable

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    GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy Center City Council Monday gave preliminary approval to a Fiscal Year 2016 budget with an identical tax rate as the year before.
    Council passed a resolution during a special meeting to set the levy rate at $15.60 per $100,000 valuation. Mayor Brian Buhrow presented multiple options to the council one of which was the possibility of lowering the levy slightly.
    “I just think with the unknowing of the way the property tax rollback is going to affect us, I would say leave it where it’s at,” Council member Janetta Miller said.
 

Mary Slifka

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:40am

Mary Slifka, 67, of Cresco passed away February 23, 2015, at the Cresco Care Center of Cresco. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 27 at 10 a.m. at the Cresco Community Chapel in Cresco. Friends may call 4-7 p.m. on Thursday at the Lindstrom Funeral Home in Cresco and also one hour prior to services at the church. Burial will be in the New Oregon Cemetery in rural Cresco.
 
For more of this story see the Feb. 26 Grundy Register.

Local wrestlers reach podium at individual state meet

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CLARKSVILLE – Local wrestlers brought home the hardware from the individual state wrestling meet last week. All four local qualifiers worked their way to the podium to finish among the top eight in the state in Class 1A in their respective weight classes.

Wolverines fall short in regional final

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INDEPENDENCE – The fifth-ranked Dike-New Hartford girls’ basketball team fell one game short of a state tournament berth in a Class 2A regional final against Iowa City Regina Monday night. The twelfth-ranked Regals started slow but quickly came alive, using sharp shooting and physical play to gain the advantage and take the win, 42-29.

Spartans suffer season-ending loss to Jesup

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REINBECK- Early in Thursday night’s Class 1A, District 5 quarterfinal matchup between Grundy Center and Jesup, it looked like the Spartans were poised to run away with the win as they came out firing on all cylinders. A cold spell in the second and third quarters along with some key mistakes, however, allowed the J-Hawks to get back in the game and eventually take the lead, and they advanced with a 52-45 victory in Reinbeck.

Wolverines seventh at state team duals

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DES MOINES – The Dike-New Hartford wrestling team closed out the 2014-15 season at the state team duals last Wednesday, earning a seventh place team finish among the elite group of teams competing in Class 1A. In addition to their history making appearance at the state duals, the Wolverines set a new school record in dual wins, closing out the season at 29-6.

Cougar boys advance to district semifinal

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NASHUA — A game-high 20 points by Jake Willems propelled the AGWSR boys’ basketball team to a post-season victory last Thursday.
The Cougars captured a 15-point win in the Class 1A, District 4 quarterfinal round, toppling Tripoli, 60-45.
The two teams combined for 19 3-point goals, including 11 for AGWSR. Willems led the winners’ bombing with six triples in 12 tries for 18 of his 20 points. Sophomores Nathan Karsjens and Jay Janssen added 11 points apiece with three treys for Janssen and two for Karsjens.

Rebel girls postseason run ends at Colo

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COLO – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls’ basketball season came to an end last Tuesday night with a 41-38 loss to Colo-Nesco in a second round regional matchup.

Wolverines advance to district final with win over Hudson

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PARKERSBURG – Dike-New Hartford controlled their second round district game with Hudson from the start last Thursday night, taking an 11-7 first quarter lead, then turning things up defensively in the second period, going on a 14-0 run while holding Hudson scoreless for almost seven minutes.
“I thought we came out ready,” Dike-New Hartford head coach Greg Moore said. “Our scoring was very spread out. We were able to control the boards and limited Hudson to just three guys scoring in the first half.”

D-NH girls overcome adversity in regional wins

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DIKE — Dike-New Hartford overcame the loss of its starting point guard to win its first two regional games last week, 55-44 over Alburnett in a regional quarterfinal and 62-41 over Hudson in a regional semi.
    The Wolverines (22-2) fell to Iowa City Regina 42-29 in the Class 2A, Region 6 final Monday. A related story on that game is printed elsewhere in today’s sports section.
    D-NH played all three regional games without senior Briana Weber, who left the team after the regular season.

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