September 2019

BCLUW board adopts policy on school walkouts

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BCLUW students who walk out of school in an act of protest will be charged an unexcused absence and could be subject to further disciplinary measures after the board of education voted unanimously to add the language to the district handbook along with a host of other changes during Wednesday morning’s regular meeting.
           

Big man on the mat

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Omvig to enter UNI Hall of Fame
 
Randy Omvig had the potential to be something special for Northern Iowa wrestling. Head coach Chuck Patten was sure of this.
 
Now all he needed to do was see that Omvig believed it himself as he entered the Panthers program in the 1970-71 school year after winning a high school state title with Eagle Grove.
 
As a freshman, Omvig won the North Central Conference crown at 190 pounds.
 

Scherling tapped as new GCMH leader

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An internal candidate with a plethora of prior experience inside of the Unitypoint umbrella has been chosen to succeed Jennifer Havens as the president of the Grundy County Memorial Hospital (GCMH), according to a press release issued Monday.
           
Adam Scherling currently serves as the Director of Operations-- Specialty Services at the Unitypoint Clinic in Waterloo, and he was the rural liaison between Allen Hospital and GCMH from 2014 to 2017.
           

One dead after Highway 20 accident

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A 51-year-old Evansdale man suffered fatal injuries in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 20 in Grundy County on Saturday evening.
           
According to a sheriff’s office press release, Scott VanGorder was westbound in a 2000 Saturn between The Mill and the Wellsburg turnoff about 2 ½ miles west of Highway 14 when the he drove off the right hand shoulder of the road, entered the ditch and struck a fence and a tree. VanGorder was pronounced dead at the scene. 
           

Wednesday's sports: BCLUW baseball takes NICL West lead

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Read more in next week's Grundy Register.
 

City officials hope to kick off public art initiative in Grundy Center

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GRUNDY CENTER – What’s something that can really put Grundy Center on the map and set it apart from all of the other rural, small town communities across Iowa? What could bring more people to visit, and maybe even to live here?
 
In search of an answer to those questions, and inspired by the creativity of other small towns around the country, a small team of city officials and community members have landed on a possible answer: public art.
 

Grundy County Relay for Life raises $36,000 and counting

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REINBECK – This year, Grundy County Relay for Life organizers decided to switch things up a little.
 
Instead of hosting the event at a track like usual, the Relay was hosted in downtown Reinbeck on Friday night, with live music, food vendors and local restaurants offering specials, and even a bar at the American Legion building. Instead of a survivors lap and a caregivers lap, survivors, caregivers and community members were asked to gather in a circle and hold hands with their neighbor to show solidarity in the fight against cancer.
 

Trends Center celebrates grand opening

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GRUNDY CENTER – The newest addition to Grundy Center’s ever-growing downtown district – Trends Center – celebrated their grand opening last Tuesday.
 
Located at 609 G Avenue, Trends Center is a boutique that sells clothing, accessories, jewelry and more for ladies of all sizes.
 
Owner Heidi Cordes, who lives in Marion and manages her other Trends Center location there, says the reception she’s received in Grundy Center has been great.
 

Grundy Register June 14 2018

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GCHS class of 2018 celebrates commencement

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Sunday afternoon, family, friends and community members packed into the gymnasium to celebrate the graduation of Grundy Center High School’s Class of 2018.
           
The ceremony began with a welcome from the Class of 2018 President, Amber Laube, who gave a speech titled “Life’s About the Journey, Not the Destination.”
           

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