September 2019

Council moves forward with street light project

    GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy Center City Council appears ready to move on with the city’s street lighting project. Monday the City Council passed a resolution authorizing the use of the Preliminary Official Statement to facilitate the sale of GO Bonds for $425,000 for the project.

Grassley, Eiklenborg named D-NH Homecoming royalty

Dike-New Hartford seniors Carrie Grassley and Gabe Eiklenborg were crowed Homecoming King and Queen Friday at the school’s annual Homecoming pep rally. The event capped a week that included dress-up days and special decorations. The Wolverines won their Homecoming game over Sumner-Fredericksburg, 28-6. (John Jensen/The Grundy Register photo)

Grundy County domestic, sexual abuse services will continue

    GRUNDY CENTER — While Grundy County’s Seeds of Hope office will be closing soon, the services it provides are not going away. That was the information the Grundy County Board of Supervisors heard during its regular Monday meeting.
    Jamie Behrends, who currently works for Seeds of Hope, briefed the Board on the situation that led Seeds of Hope to close, noting that the state restructured into six domestic violence/sexual assault services regions last July and that Grundy County was separated from Black Hawk County, where Seeds of Hope was based from.

Spartans’ NICL West winning streak reachers 30 matches

    GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Center extended its North Iowa Cedar League West Division winning streak to 30 matches last Thursday with a hard-fought three-set victory over Gladbrook-Reinbeck.
    Set scores were 25-16, 25-17 and 26-24.
    Coach Darwin Sents said Gladbrook-Reinbeck gets excited to play the Spartans in the battle of rivals just 10 miles apart.
    “We got through it,” he said. “We were hoping for more consistency.”

Second-half rally lifts Cougars past Newman

MASON CITY —  AGWSR rallied from its first deficit of the season Monday to remain undefeated with a 21-13 victory at Newman Catholic High School in Mason City.
The Cougars (7-0 overall, 4-0 in Class A, District 2) trailed twice before scoring the games final two touchdowns to pull out the hard-fought win.
The game was originally scheduled for Friday before being postponed by persistent lightning.

Sara Lee Yoder Trust awards $119,000

    Slightly more than $119,000 has been awarded in the fifth set of contributions from the Sara Lee Yoder Charitable Trust. The awards were made following review of grant applications by the Trust Advisory Committee.

Spartans clinch playoff berth

CONRAD — For the second time in the past three years, the Grundy Center High School football team will be playing in the postseason. Friday the Spartans clinched a playoff berth with a 24-13 victory over BCLUW in Conrad.
The homecoming game for BCLUW featured an hour-long delay due to lightning in the area. Despite the delay, which came during the second quarter, the game was played to completion.

Viola Harriett Johnson

Wilfred (Willie) Dean Coulson

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