September 2019

Grundy Center school tax levy set to drop 14 percent

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    GRUNDY CENTER — In the midst of bad news for taxpayers as cities and counties across the state are being forced to raise taxes, a bright spot is on the horizon for taxpayers in the Grundy Center Community School District.
    The district has submitted a preliminary budget that will drop its tax rate by more than 14 percent, from $15.74104 per $1,000 valuation last year to $13.50671 this year.
 

For more of this story, see the March 13 Grundy Register.

County Supervisors approve 2015 budget

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    GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy County Board of Supervisors approved the County’s Fiscal 2015 budget Monday, capping several weeks of balancing departmental needs against money coming in.
    The approved budget includes a tax rate of $8.85432 per $1,000 valuation in rural areas and $5.66244 for urban areas. The rates are up from $8.46802 (rural) and $5.35271 (urban) a year ago.
    The budget includes $4.65 million for roads and transportation, $2.08 million for capital projects and $1.93 million for public safety and legal services.

Grundy Center a host location for Live Healthy Iowa run/walk

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AMES — Live Healthy Iowa has selected Grundy Center as a host site for the inaugural year of Live Healthy Iowa’s 5K run/walk and 1K kid’s run.
Grundy Center was chosen as one of ten communities throughout the state to host the event on Saturday, April 12, 2014. The run/walk serves as a finale celebration for the nearly 28,000 Iowans participating in the 2014 10 Week Wellness Challenge. All Iowans are welcome to participate in this family-friendly event and enjoy the refreshing spring weather!

First-ever: All-Stater Dumler is third-team INA All-State pick

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    DIKE — The Dike-New Hartford High School girls’ basketball team has had a lot of firsts in its 2013-14 season. Add one more to a list that includes its first top-10 ranking, first 20-win season and first conference championship as senior Ashley Dumler becomes the team’s first five-on-five basketball all-stater after helping the Wolverines achieve their multitude of team goals.

Dumler, Weber garner first team all-NICL East honors; Dall named Coach of the Year

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    A pair of Dike-New Hartford girls were among seven players selected to the North Iowa Cedar League East Division’s first-team all-conference squad.
    Senior Ashley Dumler and junior Briana Weber were unanimously selected to the team, which is picked by league coaches. In addition, D-NH Coach Bruce Dall was selected as the league’s Coach of the Year, juniors Brooke Morgan and Olivia Verhulst were selected to the second-team all-conference unit and junior Rachel Koop was an honorable mention selection.
 

Parker earns NICL East Player of Year honor

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    DIKE — Dike-New Hartford senior Carson Parker has been recognized as the top player in the North Iowa Cedar League East Division.
    Parker was recognized by league coaches as they announced the league’s all-conference team. Parker was one of four Wolverines recognized, joining second-team pick Byron Fritch and honorable mention picks Ben Cuvelier and Gabe Eiklenborg. All four honored Wolverines are seniors.

For more of this story, including the complete all-conferemce list, see the March 13 Grundy Register.

Three earn Academic All-State hoop honors

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    Three local seniors have been honored for their efforts in the classroom as well as on the basketball floor.
    AGWSR’s Taylor Risius and Dike-New Hartford’s Alexa Schmitz have been named to the girls’ Basketball Academic All-State team, as selected by the Iowa Girls’ Athletic Coaches Association, while Byron Fritch has been selected to the boys’ Academic All-State team as selected by the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association.

For more of this story see the March 13 Grundy Register.

March 13, 2014

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Dancers have a Little Party

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