September 2019

Dike-New Hartford has hired Kat Bering and Colleen Ridings as co-head coaches to lead the inaugural season of the girls soccer program, set to begin in March 2020.
 
Kat Bering is a former head coach for the University of Northern Iowa's women's soccer team, while Ridings is the current men's soccer coach at Hawkeye Community College and is an assistant on the RedTails' women's team.
 

Johanna Schmitt, 95, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Dike, passed away on August 15, 2019, at Western Home Communities in Cedar Falls. A visitation was held August 19 at Dike-Chapel in Dike. A funeral service was held August 20 at Pleasant Valley Reformed Church in rural Holland (Fern) with Pastor Rick Vollema officiating. Interment was held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. 

With the generous support of the community, Operation Threshold of Grundy County had one of their most successful Back to School Supply Drives yet, gathering enough funds and supplies to provide more than 80 local students with everything they need for the new school year.
 
“It was amazing, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the community,” said Jodi Rowe, Grundy County Operation Threshold Coordinator. “We really depend on the community for donations and supplies and they came through. With their support, we were able to help so many kids.”
 

Having been involved in Scouts USA (formerly Boy Scouts of America) since his childhood, local resident and Grundy County Memorial Hospital Physicians Assistant Mike Knutsen knew when he got the chance to visit the World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia this summer, he couldn’t pass up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
 
The World Scout Jamboree, which is held every four years in a different country, brings Scouts from all over the globe together for a two-week long celebration of the Scouting values.