September 2019

Koop taking charge with young UNI volleyball team

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

CEDAR FALLS – Rachel Koop is going to make sure that she makes the most of each of her final days with the University of Northern Iowa volleyball team.
  
The fifth-year senior and Dike-New Hartford alum is back on the court as a setter for the Panthers after earning first-team All-MVC and first-team AVCA All-Midwest Region honors last season.
  

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: New coach Zajac getting Spartans assembled

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GRUNDY CENTER – Travis Zajac came to Grundy Center this summer with a plan.
  
Building the program under his tutelage was going to be difficult as experienced players transitioned from previous head coach Brent Thoren.
  
To help the transition, Zajac is constructing his first season at Grundy Center around an acronym: S.H.I.E.L.D.
  
Strength, Honor, Integrity, Effort, Leadership and Discipline are the tenets Zajac wants to convey to the Spartans, an emphasis that he feels is necessary to illustrate who he is as a coach.
  

Angela Blackburn

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

Angela K. Blackburn, 56, of Grundy Center passed away August 23, 2019, at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center. Private Family Inurnment will be held at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Conrad Chapel of Anderson Funeral Homes. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonfhs.com.

Camron Meester

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Camron Thomas Meester, 40, of Grundy Center passed away suddenly on August 20, 2019, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. Visitation was held August 24 at Engelkes-Chapel in Grundy Center. Funeral service followed at 3 PM with Pastor Brian Steenhoek officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date.

State Fair 2019: Bakker sisters of Wellsburg earn honors

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Growing up on a livestock farm, Haley and Morgan Bakker of Wellsburg have been showing cattle since they were old enough for the bucket calf class. Earlier this month, though, there was a new experience for the two sisters: they had the unique opportunity to compete against each other in the Choice Performance Beef Show at the Iowa State Fair.
 

City, school move forward with Upper Elementary renovation

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A bright new future is in store for the former Upper Elementary building in Grundy Center, with plans to renovate the building and transform the space into a family and children’s campus for the community.
 
During their meeting on Monday night, the Grundy Center City Council approved a resolution to accept a real estate gift agreement which would transfer ownership of the Upper Elementary building from the Grundy Center School District to the City of Grundy Center once a land survey is done.
 

GC couple arrested with stolen vehicle

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A man and woman from Grundy Center were taken into custody last week after they were found with an allegedly stolen vehicle. The couple attempted to run into a cornfield near Owasa, when they were apprehended by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Department.
 
According to authorities, 37-year-old Joshua Ray Stearns and 24-year-old Autumn Nicole Fritz have each been charged with second-degree theft and interference with official acts in Hardin County.
 

Richards makes campaign stop in Grundy Center

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As a relative newcomer to the field of politics, Bret Richards of Irwin is working hard to meet and speak with as many Iowans as he can in preparation for his upcoming run against Steve King for the candidacy over Iowa’s 4th District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
 
On Thursday morning, Richards made a stop in Grundy Center, where he chatted with locals over coffee at the Natural Grind.
 
Richards, a born and raised Iowan, is an Army veteran and former businessman who says he plans to use his life experience to get things done in the House.
 

State Fair 2019: Grundy Center FFA trio wins herdsmanship award

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Ella Hommel, Lauren Mosher and Leah Mosher of the Grundy Center FFA organization left the Iowa State Fair with some impressive hardware last week, winning both individual honors and a group herdsmanship award at the Beef Show.
           

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