September 2019

    GRUNDY CENTER — A recent donation has breathed new life into the Grundy Center High School National Honor Society and assured its future for years to come.
    The $5,000 donation came from the estate of Frances Willoughby Smoldt, a charter member of the Maggie Gray Chapter “for the perpetuation of the Maggie Gray National Honor Society at Grundy Center Community Schools with interest income to be used to pay annual expenses of the organization.

GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy Center Community School District’s controversial bond issue proved unpopular with voters Tuesday, who overwhelmingly defeated the measure that would have allowed taxpayer funding for a project to build additions at both the elementary and secondary schools.
    In addition, voters declined to reelect the current School Board president, instead placing newcomers in two of the three open four-year Board seats.

HOLLAND — Your senior year of high school is supposed to be one of the happiest, most care free times of your life. Yet for one Grundy Center High School senior, it has become anything but.

The world was Hillary Samo’s oyster. An outstanding student, popular with others and a key player on the Spartans’ state championship golf team, she was looking forward to seeing her friends at school again, enjoying her final homecoming and getting ready for college next year.

Then her world changed.

MARSHALLTOWN – Surrounded by family and friends sporting bright orange shirts that carry a message much more meaningful than your average racing t-shirt, Curt Ramundt of Grundy Center was escorted to the winner’s circle during a recent Friday night of racing at Marshalltown Speedway where he and his family were presented a check in the amount of $1,200.00 in support of his fight against cancer. The emotional presentation put the racing events of the night into perspective.