September 2019

BCLUW confident entering 1A state track and field meet (PHOTOS)

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

GRUNDY CENTER – Jack Garber was so fired up about his team's shuttle hurdle relay time that he couldn't wait to run the 100-meter dash shortly after.
  
While Garber has his own goals in mind for where he wants to be at the end of Saturday afternoon in Des Moines, the BCLUW boys track and field senior and Iowa State commit is happy to be bringing along a lot of teammates for the experience.
  

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.
  

A star is born: Daughter of Holland native crowned Miss Teen USA

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Since she was crowned Miss Teen USA last month, Kaliegh Garris has become a mainstay in the national media: she appeared on “CBS This Morning,” and writers at People Magazine, The New York Times, NBC News and CNN, among other outlets, have all profiled her. But her mother, Tammy Venenga, couldn’t wait to speak to The Grundy Register.
           

New boss, old boss

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

I’m always hesitant to latch on to any cultural phenomenon, which probably explains why I’ve never seen any of the “Star Wars” movies and watched about half of the first “Avengers” before realizing I had at least 20 more to catch up on before I could actually consider myself a fan. But there is an undeniable allure to becoming part of a community of folks with likeminded interests, whether it’s fixing Jeeps, playing Fender guitars or knitting sweaters while drinking tea and listening to ambient cat sounds.
           

Supervisors accept retirement of longtime secondary roads employee

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

One of the county’s longest tenured employees announced his impending retirement recently after nearly four decades with the secondary roads department, and the board of supervisors accepted it at Monday morning’s regular meeting.
           
Ivan Groeneveld, the patrol operator out of the Buck Grove shed northeast of Wellsburg, had worked for Grundy County for 37 years. He worked his last day last Wednesday and is using up his vacation days before officially wrapping up his tenure on May 31.
           

New public art installed in downtown GC

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

As the public art movement continues to gain traction here in town, a new art installment by local artist Grant McMartin was put up in downtown Grundy Center on Monday morning.
 
Located on the east side of the Pizza Hut building, McMartin’s painting depicts a barn on an open field, signifying the agricultural identity of the community and county.
 

Conrad council discusses water rate increases, infrastructure improvements

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

Water is about to get more expensive for residents and business owners in Conrad.
           

Fast fuel: Garber 2nd in 'insane' Drake Relays field (PHOTOS)

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

CONRAD – No sleep. The burden of expectations and a bundle of nerves.
  
It would all be over in less than 15 seconds.
  
Jack Garber burst forth from the blocks in the 110-meter high hurdle finals at the Drake Relays on Friday morning. Linn-Mar's Trent Davis had beaten the BCLUW senior by a hair in the preliminaries.
  
Garber was faster this time, he could feel it.
  
The Iowa State recruit later recounted feeling like he was flying. He felt like he had Davis beat.
  
Then Garber clipped a hurdle. And another.
  

Hang ten: Spartan boys win big at home co-ed

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GRUNDY CENTER – Will Grames won four events, Derek Ciddio won three, and the Grundy Center boys track and field team added another team title to the trophy case for this spring.
  
The Spartans had no trouble winning the boys team title at the Co-Ed Invite in Grundy Center last Friday, scoring 194 points and finishing well-ahead of runner-up North Linn's 133 points.
  

Second-half improvement, but GC/G-R boys fall to Go-Hawks (PHOTOS)

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REINBECK – The first 40 minutes were going to be too much to overcome.
  
But Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys soccer showed improvement in the second half with Waverly-Shell Rock, leaving some positives for the GC/G-R boys in an otherwise difficult 5-2 drubbing by the Go-Hawks.
  
An early Aiden Wyatt goal put GC/G-R ahead in the first seven minutes, but W-SR tied the game back up nearly a minute later on a Dylan Eggleston penalty kick, the first of five unanswered goals for the Go-Hawks.
  

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