September 2019

Freeman, Benning committed to Spartan wrestling revival

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PARKERSBURG – Nolan Freeman won't see the fruits of his labor first-hand.

 

But it gives the Grundy Center senior pride to know that he has the Spartan wrestling program on the brink of a rebirth.

 

As part of Aplington-Parkersburg/Grundy Center wrestling for the last two seasons, Freeman has been hard at work recruiting Spartans to come up to Parkersburg and prove that Grundy Center has the numbers to restart a solo wrestling program.

 

Hearings set in local theft cases

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A trio of felony cases in Grundy County moved forward last week involving the theft of a lottery ticket, a large number of quarters, a camera that belonged to the sheriff’s office and an Airstream trailer.
           

Former county annex building demolished

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GRUNDY CENTER – Early Monday morning, bystanders stood and watched as a wrecking crew from King Construction set to work on demolishing the former Grundy County Courthouse annex building.
 
The old facility, which was built in 1938, previously housed Grundy County Public Health and County Social Services, though the structure had a number of issues including mold growth that led the County Supervisors to a decision on building a new facility.
 

BCLUW's Rhinehart commits to upcoming Clarke football program

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Clarke University is starting a football program from square one.
 
Whatever the future may bring for the Pride's football program, set to begin a full schedule in 2019, Keegan Rhinehart is excited to lay the foundation for Clarke football.
 
The BCLUW first-team all-district lineman made his commitment to Clarke University official recently, where he plans on redshirting as a freshman as Clarke is expected to play a limited scrimmage schedule before becoming fully instituted as an NAIA football program in two years.
 

Grundy alumna Faust pursues big goals out east

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CALDWELL, N.J. – Stephanie Faust strives to make the most out of every minute of every day
 
And she's always dreamed of big things, either on the east or west coast.
 
In the landlocked Midwest, Faust, a Grundy Center alum who played soccer with Aplington-Parkersburg's girls soccer team, looked to athletics as a method of getting her out to the coast.
 
"I always wanted soccer to be my way to help get me out here," Faust said, "and get me the opportunity to see the world."
 

Supervisors ponder future of Bacon Veneer TIF agreement

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During Monday morning’s regular meeting, Grundy County Supervisor Jim Ross recommended that the board terminate a tax increment financing (TIF) agreement with R.S. Bacon Veneer just west of Grundy Center because the company had failed to uphold its end of the bargain.
           
“I look at it as, they violated the terms of the agreement, (therefore) the agreement is null and void,” he said. “It’s not coming back. I think it should be terminated.”
           

Blaine's on Main finds a home

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It’s common knowledge that launching a business isn’t easy, but Blaine Fisher and his family could never have guessed that it would be this hard.
           
“It was nothing like I expected. I honestly didn’t know what to expect,” he said.
           
After well over a year of meetings, grant applications and fundraising efforts, Blaine and his mother Kandy, the operators of the yet-to-be-opened “Blaine’s on Main,” have officially found a home for their restaurant at 125 North Main Street in Conrad, and they’re renting it in good faith until July of 2018.

Dirt work progressing at Mid-Iowa expansion

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The much-publicized $14 million grain elevator project between Grundy Center and The Mill is well underway for Mid-Iowa Cooperative as cranes and bulldozers from PCI have spent the last several weeks at the site.
           

BCLUW board approves early retirement package

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The BCLUW school district will offer an early retirement package for staff members who meet a certain set of criteria at 50 percent of their current salary this year after the board approved the plan at Monday night’s regular meeting.
           
Superintendent Ben Petty explained that the district is not required to offer early retirement every year but can do so when it feels that it would be financially advantageous.
 

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