September 2019

Grundy County to take part in annual Bible Reading Marathon

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GRUNDY COUNTY – In 2015, former Governor Terry Branstad signed the Iowa 99 County Bible Reading Proclamation, which encourages citizens in all of Iowa’s counties to take part in public Bible reading.
In Grundy County, local organizers have put together a Bible Reading Marathon, which will be held on the courthouse lawn on Friday, October 20th and Saturday, October 21st from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Pat Greiner, one of the event organizers, said that the marathon is a great way for community members to stand together.

Jankunas purchases Reinbeck Family Dental

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REINBECK – After over 30 years in practice at the Reinbeck Family Dental Clinic, longtime hometown dentist Dr. Douglas Koele retired on September 15, and turned over the reigns to Dr. Sigita Jankunas.
Jankunas, a native of Lithuania, graduated from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences in Kaunas in 1991, and worked as a dentist in Lithuania for 12 years before moving to the U.S.
She obtained her dental license in the U.S. after graduating from the University of the Pacific Dental School in San Francisco in 2008 as a general dentist.

Spartans gear up for Homecoming

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GRUNDY CENTER – The Spartans kicked off Homecoming Week on Sunday with an afternoon full of fun and festivities for the whole community.
Students gathered for the annual parade, which brought them to the courthouse lawn, where they then dispersed to the streets of downtown Grundy Center for a ‘Chalk the Walk’ event. Afterwards, the community joined staff and students for a pep rally on the courthouse lawn, as well as the court announcement.

The most interesting man in Grundy County

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Longtime GOP staffer reflects on travels, politics and small town roots
 

BCLUW welcomes first ever FFA chapter

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For the 34 members of the BCLUW FFA chapter who received their jackets on Sunday evening, the ceremony represented more than just the beginning of a new year: it’s an entirely new era under the leadership of ambitious director and second year Vocational Agriculture instructor Tara Leytham.
           

Panther Power

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Volleyball players from Grundy County schools push UNI to early success...
CEDAR FALLS – Just a few years prior, it might have been hard to convince Heather Hook that life would have turned out this way.
 
The former Grundy Center volleyball standout is a fifth-year senior with the University of Northern Iowa's volleyball program as she finishes studying her triple-major education; which admittedly is not much of a stretch for Hook, who won all-state, all-academic, all-state tournament, and all-American awards as a Spartan.
 

Marshalltown man charged with sixth probation violation

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A Marshalltown man who was convicted of felony burglary in Grundy County in 2012 has recently been charged with his sixth probation violation after allegedly pouring urine on a female victim and hitting her over the head with a bedpan on August 19.
           

City council continues discussion on planned development at former Baptist Church lot

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GRUNDY CENTER – For several months now, the Grundy Center City Council has been in discussions with Echo Development over the proposed construction of a five-plex apartment building on the former First Baptist Church lot.

Mobile food pantry helps locals in need

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GRUNDY CENTER – The First Baptist Church of Grundy Center recently became the first outlet in the area to host a free, mobile food pantry from Eden’s Eats – a project started by a local youngster.
Nine-year-old Eden Davis – daughter of Nick and Kristle Davis – attends Timothy Christian School in Wellsburg, and came up with the idea for Eden’s Eats after realizing how many people, all over the place, are going hungry.

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