September 2019

Grundy Center boys edge rival AGWSR

GRUNDY CENTER – The Grundy Center boys’ basketball team picked up a 62-53 NICL-West win over AGWSR  Friday night, after falling to Jesup 52-50 in their season opener on Tuesday.
The Spartans (1-1 overall, 1-0 NICL West) were to play at BCLUW on Tuesday, Dec. 10, and at Hudson on Thursday, Dec. 12, before returning home to host South Tama on Friday.
Grundy Center 62, AGWSR 53

Young Spartans win first two

GRUNDY CENTER – The Spartans girls’ basketball team is off to a 2-0 start after an emotional 52-49 overtime win over NICL-West rival AGWSR on Friday, and a 54-40 non-conference road win at Jesup last Tuesday.   
The Spartans (2-0 overall, 1-0 NICL-West) were scheduled to go on the road to BCLUW Tuesday, Dec. 10 and to Hudson on Thursday, Dec. 12, before returning to their home court to face South Tama on Friday.
Grundy Center 52, AGWSR 49

Dec. 12, 2013

Weddings 2014

New GCHS quintet makes mark on statewide stage

    GRUNDY CENTER — Walk down the hall at Grundy Center High School. Walk through the cafeteria and past the auditorium … and then listen closely. The sound you just might hear could be that of the high school’s newest vocal group — a group that has already made its mark on a statewide stage.

More than 120 attend meeting to oppose Clean Line

PARKERSBURG — Northwest Iowa group Preservation of Rural Iowa Alliance held a community meeting in efforts to stop the Rock Island Clean Line proposal last Monday (Nov. 25).
More than 120 area citizens gathered just three days after RICL’s informational meeting at the Grundy Center Community Center.
Residents from Ackley, Aplington, Alexander, Parkersburg, Grundy Center, Hudson and plenty more petitioned against the private company installing a 375-mile high voltage transmission line through northern Iowa.

GCPD introduces new officer cameras

    GRUNDY CENTER — Police officers nationwide have used in-car camera to record events and sounds of their everyday business. Technology recently introduced to the Grundy Center Police Department will allow them to take those recordings one step further.
    The Police Department recently purchased a set of officer-worn cameras to replace a pair of outdated cameras that have been mounted in squad cars for years.

Water rates to rise in Grundy Center

    GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Center residents will not be getting a holiday bonus from the city in January. Instead they’ll be getting higher water rates.
    Monday the Grundy Center City Council passed an ordinance to raise water rates 5 percent, passing on an increase in rates the city pays to Central Iowa Water.
    Public Works Director Dan Bangasser said the rates for minimum water usage would increase from $11.61 to $12.22.
    Bangasser added that Grundy Center’s last water rate increase came in 2009 and that it also had an increase in 2008.

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