September 2019

Conrad property taxes set to drop, but water rates likely to increase

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

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.
           

Supervisors consider voting changes, five-year road plan

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

The Grundy County Board of Supervisors discussed a proposed change in absentee ballot voting due to a hotly contested State House race and the five-year road construction plan during Tuesday morning’s regular meeting.
           

Operation Threshold receives new cooler donation

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

GRUNDY CENTER - Recently, Operation Threshold in Grundy Center received a new cooler - which was donated by the Northeast Iowa Food Bank - for distributing fresh produce and milk to local food pantry customers.
 
Jodi Rowe, Grundy County Operation Threshold Director, says the new cooler will help the organization expand their offerings to help provide local families in need with fresh, wholesome food products.
 

Battle of the Bots: GC Robotics team first in school history to head to State

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

GRUNDY CENTER - For the first time in school history, a team of students in the Grundy Center Robotics Club are headed to the state competition, where they will compete against 47 other teams from across Iowa in a battle of the bots.
 
The “Killer Ducks” are one of three teams in the Grundy Center Robotics Club, and self-described “rookies” that managed to start with nothing and make their way to the top of the high school robotics game.
 

Climbing the podium: Details separate Lashbrook in 3rd-place run

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

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.

Back to the Well: Spartans dominate S-F to secure second straight state berth

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

Throughout the 2018-2019 season, a pair of painful losses have been etched in the minds of the seniors who anchor the Grundy Center basketball team—one against Cascade last March in the Class 2A State Championship game, and another at the hands of an upstart Wilton squad in a regional final volleyball match last fall. Headed into Monday night’s clash with Sumner-Fredericksburg, the top-ranked Spartans were determined to avoid a premature exit in consecutive sports.
           

Letting loose: D-NH girls throttle Panorama, return to state

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

JOHNSTON – The bus carrying the Dike-New Hartford girls basketball team to Monday's regional final with Panorama made a stop on the way to Johnston High School.
 
"We all got off the bus and wanted to run laps," D-NH senior Carlee Dove said. "We were so excited. Everyone was just ready to play."
 
When D-NH head coach Bruce Dall finally unleashed his seventh-ranked Wolverines on No. 6 Panorama, all that energy transferred into a one-sided rout of the Panthers, a 50-15 win that sent Dike-New Hartford back to the state tournament.
  

A celebration of Ag: Naig set to attend local event in Grundy Center

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

The Grundy County Farm Bureau and Grundy Center Chamber-Main Street are partnering to host the “Third Annual Celebration of Ag" on Thursday, March 14 at the Grundy Center Community Center, and they would like to invite the public to join them for this event.
 
The theme of this year’s event is “Beyond the Horizon.” The event will promote the vitality of – and opportunities within – the ag economy, complete with a networking hour, food and drink, a keynote speaker and a visit from Iowa’s Secretary of Ag Mike Naig. 
 

City increases pledge to GC Chamber-Main Street

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

During their meeting on Monday night, the Grundy Center City Council approved a $35,000 pledge to the newly combined Grundy Center Chamber-Main Street organization - a $10,000 increase from the previous years pledge.
 
After becoming a combined Chamber-Main Street organization at the start of the year, representatives from the organization addressed the council last month to ask for an additional $10,000 for this years pledge, due to an increase in operating costs and funding for additional promotion and events with the addition of the Chamber workload.
 

AGWSR's Lashbrook wins first-round match

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

DES MOINES – AGWSR sophomore Trey Lashbrook is into the state quarterfinals for the first time after winning in sudden victory against Underwood's Weston Allen on Thursday afternoon during the Class 1A session of the state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
 
Lashbrook defeated Allen by a 4-2 score. Denver's Jacob Moore will be Lashbrook's quarterfinal opponent in the morning session beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday.
 

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