September 2019

Grundy Center dominates Starmont, suffers season ending loss to Wapsie Valley

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WAPSIE VALLEY – All good things must come to an end. So it was with the Grundy Center 2013 football season when the Spartans fell to the third-ranked Wapsie Valley Warriors in the second round of postseason play Monday night, 35-0.
The Warriors put their first points on the board in the first quarter when a slippery ball fell out of Spartan hands and was picked up by Wapsie Valley’s Nolan Schmidt who took it five short yards for the score.

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Wright, Crew continue Wolverine tradition at state cross country meet

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FORT DODGE – The Dike-New Hartford cross country teams closed out the 2013 season with two runners, sophomores Kadi Wright and John Crew, representing them at the state cross country meet in Fort Dodge on Saturday. Both were making their second appearance at the state meet after having competed with the Wolverine teams there in 2012.
Wright finished the girls’ race with a time of 16:36, placing 54th and landing her in the upper half of the field of 122 elite Class 2A female runners.

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G-R outlasts Turkey Valley

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GLADBROOK- Gladbrook-Reinbeck and Turkey Valley play similar styles of football. Both teams are extremely physical and rely on big, barreling running backs to carry the offensive load, and Rebel star Chase Clark proved to be the difference with a pair of late touchdowns that led G-R to a 34-22 victory.
“It’s hard to get used to (playing a team with such a similar style), but once we did, we found a groove and took it to them,” Clark said.

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Frieda M. Beenken

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James Emmett Watson

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Janet Bingham Bean

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Janet Marie Bingham Bean, daughter of Leland and Wilma Bingham passed away on Oct. 12, 2013, after a short illness. She graduated from the Grundy Center High School in 1951.

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Lois V. Stephan

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Lois V. Stephan, 76, of Reinbeck passed away November 1, 2013, at Covenant Medical Center. Visitation was held on November 4 at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck. A Mass of Christian Burial was held on November 5 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, Reinbeck. Burial followed the funeral mass at the Reinbeck Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to family. Online condolences may be left at www.abelsfuneralhomes.com.