September 2019

    GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Center High School students will no longer have to exceed state physical education requirements in order to graduate from high school.
    Last Wednesday the Grundy Center School Board approved a recommendation to reduce graduation requirements for P.E. from 2 credits to 1, which is the state requirement.
    The unanimous decision came following a lengthy board discussion that touched on the need for the change as well as future hopes for the district.

DIKE — Some were there to learn a little about the game. Some were there to see what their sons were doing every day as they spent hours at football practice. Some were there simply to support their sons.
More than 30 Dike-New Hart-ford moms and supporters ... no dads allowed ... were part of the Dike-New Hartford football team’s annual Mom Camp that’s been a tra-dition at the school for the past three years.
Wendy Camarata, mom of Nick Durnin, said this is her third D-NH Mom Camp and that she learns something new every year.

    DES MOINES — It’s all over but the waiting for the Grundy Center Main Street Committee ... unless it’s not.
    Last Thursday a group of nearly 30 interested Grundy Center individuals met at the Iowa Department of Tourism Office to promote the city to be Iowa’s next Main Street Iowa Community.
    The presentation took the form of a three-act movie. Dr. Paul Eberline introduced the segments, which focused on Grundy Center with the themes of popular 1980s movies “Back to the Future,” “Top Gun,” and “Field of Dreams.”

    GRUNDY CENTER — For the second time in less than a year, Grundy Center has been named among the safest cities in the state of Iowa. And this time it came in at No. 1.
    The Web site onlyinyourstate.com ranked the top 10 safest cities in Iowa based on the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports. Ties were broken based on the size of community.