September 2019

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

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

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.
 

DOT agrees to lower speed limit in downtown GC

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

With the recent discussions of a DOT-proposed three lane conversion in Grundy Center - and many community members voicing opposition to a conversion - the Grundy Center City Council sent a letter to the DOT to inquire about other options to slow down speed through town, including lowering the speed limit and installing flashing, pedestrian activated beacons at key crosswalks in town.
 

German-Iowan author visits Reinbeck

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Growing up in Nazi Germany, author Karl Schaper experienced firsthand the terrors of Adolf Hitler’s reign and the tragedies of war. It’s these experiences that he shares in his new book “Three Towers of Home.”
 
Schaper reflected on these experiences - and his journey to becoming a U.S. citizen and moving to Iowa - during an author talk and book discussion at Westview Estates in Reinbeck on Friday afternoon.
At just 10 years old, Schaper was ordered into Hitler’s Nazi Youth program in 1942.
 

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.
 

2019 Graduation

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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.
 

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.
 

A monumental loss: D-NH mourns death of beloved special education teacher

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Even as he spent his final days lying on a hospital bed in Iowa City, Court Koch could only think of his students.
           
The 31-year-old Dike-New Hartford high school special education teacher passed away early Sunday due to pneumonia and complications with a rare blood disease known as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), and since then, tributes have poured in. Koch will be remembered by co-workers, family members and friends as a dedicated educator, husband and new father—his daughter, Emery, is just 13 months old.
           

New Orleans Saints invite Grundy Center alum Rohler to minicamp

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Brock Rohler, an alum of Grundy Center and Truman State's football programs, was invited by the NFL's New Orleans Saints to the pro football team's rookie minicamp.
 
Rohler is a two-time All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honorable mention punter after four years punting with the Bulldogs. Rohler averaged 40.8 yards per punt in his senior season at Truman State and had an impressive performance in a punting specialist camp competition this winter.
 

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.
  

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