September 2019

National program puts focus on Holland farm

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HOLLAND — Farmers are forever searching for the formula to pull more corn or beans out of their fields at harvest time. For a Holland farmer, that search has made him part of a national program searching for the magical 300 bushel per acre mark.

The Mosaic Company brought its Road to Higher Yields Farm Tour to Holland last Friday, where local farmer Dale Launstein opened his operation to media. The farm is one of six being visited in 10 days by Mosaic as part of its Pursuit of 300 program.

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Dennis Craig

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Dennis Craig passed away August 23, 2013, at his home in Carlisle. Funeral services will be held at 10 am., Wednesday, August 28, at Peterson Funeral Home in Carlisle with burial to follow in the Middle River Cemetery. Visitation was held August 27 at Peterson Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.petersonfuneralservice.com.

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Rebels come up short in 13-17 opener against Denver

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DENVER – A scoreless first half coupled with a few miscues at inopportune times left the Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team just short of a week zero win last Friday night, as the Rebels dropped their season opener at Denver 13-17.

“Penalties on big plays and turnovers at key moments were too much to overcome against a team as good as Denver,” Gladbrook-Reinbeck head coach John Olson said. “We look to improve on the fundamentals that caused these things this week.”

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Lillian “Polly” Price

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Lillian “Polly” Price, 97, of Waterloo, formerly of Grundy Center, died at Friendship Village Retirement Center on August 20, 2013, of natural causes. Memorial services were held Thursday at the Friendship Village Chapel in Waterloo with inurnment in Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Locke Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Salvation Army, NE Iowa Food Bank, MAP International 4700 Glynco Parkway, Brunswick, GA 31525, or Friendship Village Auxiliary. Condolences may be left at www.LockeFuneralHome.com

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Sandra D. Heerke

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Sandra D. Heerkes, 69, of Dike, passed away on August 17, 2013, at the Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. A funeral service was held on August 27 at the Dike United Methodist Church in Dike. Visitationwas held August 26 at the church. Burial was held privately at the Elmwood Cemetery in Dike. Online condolences may be made at www.abelsfuneralhomes.com.

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Sept. 4, 2013

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Aug. 29, 2013

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Braley stresses small town roots in Grundy Center campaign stop

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Congressman Bruce Braley (D-Waterloo) may have made his name as a trial lawyer in Waterloo, but his upbringing in the small town of Brooklyn, Iowa, played a central role during his campaign speech at Johnny Ray’s in Grundy Center on August 20.

The four-term representative of Iowa’s first congressional district is the presumptive Democratic nominee to run for the U.S. Senate seat of Tom Harkin (D-Cumming), who will step down after nearly 30 years as a Senator. A host of lesser-known Republicans are vying for the nomination to face Braley in the 2014 general election.