September 2019

Exchange students share experiences of home, Iowa

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GRUNDY CENTER — Gideon Danbauchi and Jelena Jaggi’s homes are a world apart, yet the two are joined by a common thread as overseas visitors spending the year as exchange students at Grundy Center High School.
Danbauchi is the 16-year-old from a small town in Nigeri where his father serves as a pastor. Jaggi, also 16, comes to the United States from Switzerland where she is already a college student. Both said they came to the United States wanting to see something new.

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County law enforcement rates to climb

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GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy County law enforcement contracts will see a 4 percent rate hike in Fiscal Year 2015. Monday the Board of Supervisors approved the new rate for contracts, which cover enforcement contracted by the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department.
The contracts are for Conrad, Dike, Reinbeck and Wellsburg, which require officers to live in town and have hours of coverage requirements, as well as Beaman, Holland, Morrison and Stout which have no required residency or minimum hours of service requirement.

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New football Districts Area schools face tough new foes

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One of the most successful football-playing schools in Iowa history will be among district opponents for three local schools the next two years while two local schools will play a nearly new set of district opponents.
Those were the highlights of district pairings announced by the Iowa High School Athletic Association late last week. The assignments are for the 2014 and 2015 football seasons.

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Richard K. Lowe

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Richard K. Lowe, 47, of Grundy Center passed away January 25, 2014, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center from natural causes. A memorial service will be held on Friday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. A private family burial will take place at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the family. Online condolences may be left at www.abelsfuneralhomes.com.

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Grundy Register Jan. 30, 2014

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Legislators discuss bill that could derail Rock Island Clean Line

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    GRUNDY CENTER — State Reps. Walt Rogers, Dean Fisher and Pat Grassley briefed a partisan crowd on legislation aimed at stopping the proposed Rock Island Clean Line during Sunday’s Preservation for Rural Iowa Alliance Stop RICL meeting at the Grundy Community Center.
   Rogers (R, Waterloo) said the legislation, which is still being drawn up, is designed to require that when a utility seeks a franchise in Iowa, a substantial amount of the energy must stay in Iowa.
   “I do not feel this is in the best interest of Iowa,” he said.

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Ammerman appointed to Grundy Center Council

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    GRUNDY CENTER — For the first time in several months, Grundy Center has a full city council.
   Monday the council approved Mayor Brian Buhrow’s appointment of Mike Ammerman to fill a vacancy left when he was elected mayor. Ammerman will complete the remaining two years of the term Buhrow was elected to.
   Ammerman is a long-time Grundy Center resident and, along with his wife, owns J & E Specialty Meats. He also teachers part-time at Hawkeye Community College.

For more of this story, see the Jan. 23 Grundy Register

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Supervisors approve Comp Board recommendation

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GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy County Board of Supervisors approved the recommended 4 percent raises for the county’s elected officials during Monday’s regular Board meeting.
Much of the discussion about the raises, which were recommended by the County Compensation Board Jan. 10, did not surround the raises themselves but were about an expected hike in health insurance costs that could be 4.1 percent or possibly even higher.