September 2019

One person hospitalized after three-car crash north of Grundy Center

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One person was injured in a three-car crash just outside of Grundy Center on Saturday afternoon.
The crash occurred around 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, on Highway 14 approximately two miles north of Grundy Center.
 
According to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, a Toyota Prius driven by 45-year-old Daniel Spooner of Sibley was headed northbound on Highway 14 and made a left turn in front of a southbound Toyota Camry driven by 20-year-old Damond Jones of Cedar Falls.
 

German-Iowan author visits Reinbeck

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Growing up in Nazi Germany, author Karl Schaper experienced firsthand the terrors of Adolf Hitler’s reign and the tragedies of war. It’s these experiences that he shares in his new book “Three Towers of Home.”
 
Schaper reflected on these experiences - and his journey to becoming a U.S. citizen and moving to Iowa - during an author talk and book discussion at Westview Estates in Reinbeck on Friday afternoon.
At just 10 years old, Schaper was ordered into Hitler’s Nazi Youth program in 1942.
 

GC woman charged with assault, felony burglary

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A Grundy Center woman is facing felony charges over allegations that she broke into a residence in town and assaulted the occupant.
           
According to a criminal complaint, 34-year-old Theresa Stearns kicked down the door at a residence in Grundy Center on Tuesday, April 30, and delivered “several blows causing injuries to the hand, neck and face” of a female victim. The filing does not indicate, however, that Stearns stole any items after entering the house.
           

AGWSR's Fisher leads Cougars back to state

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NORTHWOOD – AGWSR's Aubrie Fisher is a 16-time state qualifier after punching her ticket to four events at a Class 1A state-qualifying track and field meet at Northwood-Kensett High School on Friday.
  
Fisher heads to state in the 800, 1,500 and 3,000-meter running events, as well as on the anchor leg of the school-record-breaking distance medley relay along with Alyssa Hames, MaKenna Kuper and Ali Gerbracht. Kate Pfaltzgraff added an at-large bid in the 400 hurdles.
  

2019 Graduation

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Grundy Center golf claims both NICL West titles

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Grundy Center golf ended Monday with two NICL West titles and nine all-conference golfers after the girls won the team title in Eldora and the boys won in State Center.
 
The Spartan girls shot a 402 to win the team title by 34 strokes over runner-up BCLUW. AGWSR placed fourth with 479 strokes and Gladbrook-Reinbeck was seventh, shooting a 509.
 

Grundy Center, AGWSR, BCLUW boys golf advance to district play (PHOTOS)

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GRUNDY CENTER – Tradition is in good hands with Dexter Whitehill and Ashton Martens.
  
The Grundy Center freshman golfers led the Spartans to a sectional team championship at Town and Country in Grundy Center last Friday, advancing to Friday's Class 1A district meet at Cedar Falls.
  
The defending state champions shot a 339, seven strokes better than AGWSR. The Cougars qualified for the district round as well, along with BCLUW, with the Comets finishing four strokes ahead of GMG for third place.
  

Spartans focused on making impact at state (PHOTOS)

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GRUNDY CENTER – Roll on through adversity, push past barriers or leap right over them.
  
Full-throttle competition pushed plenty of local athletes through to the state meet as part of a 1A co-ed state-qualifying track and field meet in Grundy Center on Friday.
  
The Grundy Center boys ended the night as district champions, qualifying in 10 events in the process.   
  

Big Wolverine group heads to state track

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STATE CENTER –  Dike-New Hartford track and field will compete in a total of 18 events based on performances at the co-ed state-qualifying track and field meet at West Marshall High School last Friday.
  
The D-NH girls qualified in eight events, automatically qualifying as top-two finishers in State Center in seven of them.
  
On the boys' side, D-NH heads to state in 10 events with eight automatic qualifiers and good seed times to threaten for a top-3 trophy at the end of the week.
  

Grundy Center boys, BCLUW girls win NICL West track titles

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ELDORA – The trophy case for Grundy Center boys track and field got a lot bigger this season.
 
The Spartans added another one last Thursday, earning the NICL West team title at Eldora.
 
Grundy Center scored 170 points and the BCLUW boys were the runners-up with 136 points in a meet dominated by the Spartans and Comets, two 1A teams expected to score considerable points at the state meet later this month. AGWSR scored 49 points in sixth place and the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys got 13 points for seventh place.
 

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