September 2019

Sunday’s blizzard will go down as one of the worst in recent memory for many Iowans, with major road closures across the state and tow bans in over 50 Iowa counties due to near impossible travel conditions. Here in Grundy County, things were just as bad.
 
“This is the worst [storm] in I don’t know how long,” Grundy County Sheriff Rick Penning said. “The past three weeks in general have been bad; it’s been one storm after another and we’ve had over 40 inches of snow this month.”
 

For an underdog facing a Montezuma squad ranked fourth in Class 1A, Grundy Center played about as perfect of a first half as a team could hope for in Saturday afternoon’s substate final at the Marshalltown Roundhouse. The Spartans had no answer for a furious second half Braves rally, however, and the Cinderella run through the postseason ended in frustrating fashion for the senior-laden squad.
           

As the city of Conrad prepares to certify its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, City Clerk Lori Stansberry brought the council up to speed on several financial issues during Thursday night’s regular meeting.
           
According to Stansberry, one change that seems inevitable at this point is an increase in water/sewer rates as the city attempts to secure a revolving loan through the state on the sanitary sewer.
           
“In water and sewer, we’re underfunded,” she said.
           

DES MOINES – The wrestlers at Wells Fargo Arena for the Iowa High School State Tournament are there because they're survivors of a two-week filtering process, generally agreed to be the best of the best.
 
What do you do when you have to find the best of the best of the best?
 
That process is more fine-tuned. The win-loss records go out the window. Any match can come down to a single point, a single moment, a single technique. Every match matters and can mean the difference between a spot on the medal stand or going home on the first day of the tournament.