September 2019

Jimmerson accepts superintendent job at West Branch

Just over a week after Dike-New Hartford Superintendent Larry Hunt announced his intention to assume leadership of the Anamosa school district in eastern Iowa, AGWSR’s Marty Jimmerson will make a similar move to West Branch, a town of just over 2,300 residents not far from Iowa City.
           
Jimmerson, an Alta native, has served as the chief administrator at AGWSR for the last four years, and he previously held principal jobs at St. Ansgar and Ballard of Huxley. He has three children, including twin daughters who graduated from high school in 2017.
           

Spartan boys golf still in striking distance

D-NH in top 5 after Day 1 in 2A
 
NEWTON – On a challenging day for Grundy Center boys golf at the opening round of the Class 1A state golf tournament, the Spartans are far from out of contention.
 
The Spartans sit sixth in the Class 1A team standings at Westwood Golf Course in Newton, tied with New London with a 356 team score. Harris-Lake Park is atop the standings with a 345, followed by Westwood with a 348 and Exira/EH-K with a 350.
 

Spartan boys, AGWSR's Hames to 1A state golf

NASHUA – The Grundy Center boys golf team won a Class 1A district meet in Nashua on Friday afternoon to return to the state tournament later this week.
 
The Spartans shot 324 as a team, 17 strokes clear of runner up Bishop Garrigan of Algona, led by individual runner-up Jake Bangasser's 75. Grundy Center will be making its ninth appearance at the state meet in the last 10 seasons.
 

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Grundy Register May 24, 2018

'Blank Stares': Stout native country singer shares song about mom's battle with Alzheimer's

Up-and-coming country singer Jay Allen – a 2004 Dike-New Hartford graduate and native of Stout who’s pursuing a music career in Nashville – has been making headlines recently with his new song: “Blank Stares.”
 
In his poignant and emotionally stirring new song, Allen shares the story of his mother, Sherry Rich, who is in the late stages of her battle with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. The song begins with a loving voicemail Sherry left on her son’s phone, which trails off as she forgets, hanging up only moments later.
 

GCHS class of 2018 celebrates commencement

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.”
           

Norris brings message of small town populism to GC stop

Never one to rest on his laurels, Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Norris took a self-described “break” from the news and his smartphone on Friday morning while traveling to Grundy Center for a meet and greet at Pancho Villa, opting instead for a manual on agricultural policy. As he arrived, he got wind of two unrelated but alarming developments: a coalition of Democrats and conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives had torpedoed the federal farm bill, and 10 more students were dead in an apparent school shooting near Houston.
           

You're not dreamin': Beaman Memorial Day festivities set for this weekend

The long, fun-filled summer Grundy County festival circuit will kick off this weekend as the small but mighty community of Beaman hosts its renowned Memorial Day celebration, complete with a heartfelt remembrance of the veterans who have died during armed conflicts and perhaps the most American tradition of all—a high school baseball tournament on Monday afternoon.
           

NICL golf: BCLUW girls, Grundy boys claim West titles

REINBECK – BCLUW's Lauren Anderson shot a 92 to lead the Comet girls golf team to the team title at the NICL West meet at Oak Leaf Country Club in Reinbeck on Monday, May 7.
 
BCLUW finished with a 406 team score, 17 strokes better than runner-up Grundy Center. West Marshall was third with a 428. AGWSR finished sixth overall with a 489 and Gladbrook-Reinbeck scored 514 for seventh.
 

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