September 2019

Clark, Pierce named District 4 Players of the Year

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    Schools from Grundy County dominated the Class A, District 4 football race this year. Not surprisingly, those same schools dominated the district’s postseason awards.
    Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Grundy Center and BCLUW combined for a 15-3 record in district play, with their only losses to each other, and combined for 19 first-team all-district picks, including the District’s offensive and defensive players of the year.

Grundy Center volleyball season ends in state quarterfinal match

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CEDAR RAPIDS – The Grundy Center volleyball season came to an end last Wednesday in the Class 2A quarterfinal round of the 2013 state volleyball tournament. The Spartan loss came at the hands of familiar state tournament foe Western Christian in three sets, 15-25, 13-25, 15-25.      
“We know Western’s style,” Grundy Center head coach Darwin Sents said. “We knew it was going to be a tough match when we came in.”     

Methodist Church to celebrate 150th anniversary

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    GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy Center United Methodist Church will celebrate its 150th anniversary Sunday with a service that combines old-fashioned worship with a modern service.
    “What we want to do is have at least one opportunity to celebrate the heritage that has been given to us,” UMC Pastor Phil Dicks said. “It’s critically important that we know where we are today and to honor where we’ve come from.”
    Dicks said the service will include music that came from the 150th, 100th and 50th anniversaries of the church as well as from its founding.

Shirley A. Halbach

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 Shirley A. Halbach 78, of Grundy Center died November 12, 2013, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial was held November 16 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in rural Reinbeck. Burial took place at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. A visitationwas held November 15at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. Memorials may be directed to the family. To leave a message of condolence for the family please visit www.abelsfuneralhomes.com.

Alfred L. Koch

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Alfred Lawrence Koch, 82, of Louisville, Ky., died on November 11, 2013. Services were held on Thursday, November 14, at the Louisville Memorial Gardens West chapel in Louisville.

Nov. 14, 2013

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City Elections 2013 — Stefl, Hamann reelected, Kiewiet to fill vacant seat

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    The Grundy Center City Council will have a similar look for the next two years as it currently has.
    According to unofficial results Tuesday night, incumbent City Council members Dave Stefl and Chad Hamann were re-elected to Council posts while current Council member, Brian Buhrow, was elected mayor.
    Stefl received 319 votes from 388 Grundy Center residents casting ballots (82 percent) while Hamann recieved 227 votes (59 percent). Challengers Mike Ammerman and Mark Lynch received 107 and 104 votes, respectively.

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