IOWA – The deadline to file as a candidate for the Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 city-school election came and went last month, and while some local incumbents chose to run for reelection, the ballot this fall will be lacking a significant number of candidates as no one filed for any of the open ...
IOWA – GMG Class of 2024 alumna Lillian Bru of rural Gladbrook has been selected to participate in the 2025-2026 school year’s Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team (CAT) program. The one-year program focuses on increasing college students’ understanding of the corn industry. Students ...
GLADBROOK – The Chapel Church ladies hosted the Gladbrook-Lincoln senior citizens group on Friday, Sept. 12, at 11:30 a.m. for a meal and entertainment inside the church’s newly-constructed building. Guests enjoyed looking at the new building while also dining ‘ice cream social’ ...
GLADBROOK – The next Gladbrook Auxiliary meeting will be on Monday, Oct. 14, at 1:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building. GMG Superintendent Chris Petersen will be the speaker since October is Education month. You may pick up the Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes to fill. Hostesses are Jane ...
GLADBROOK – On the afternoon of Sept. 10, employees at First Interstate Bank (FIB) engaged in a companywide Volunteer Day. The event is simply a way for FIB to concentrate and magnify the effort of its employees who give to the places where they live and work. The staff at the Gladbrook ...
REINBECK – Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School announced last week the 2025 Homecoming Court. Queen candidates this year include Kennedy Brant, Jayla Hemann, Olivia Riffey, Elly Sieh, and Leila Thesing. Honorary queen candidates are Janine Kollreider and Emelyne Le Strat. King candidates ...
GLADBROOK – Members of the Gladbrook Junior American Legion Auxiliary are seeking the community’s help in collecting pull (pop) tabs from cans such as soup and pop as part of an ongoing project benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois. The pull ...
GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook American Legion Auxiliary met on. Sept. 8 for a dinner meeting. Unit President Jeanne Paustian called the meeting to order. She reported on her travels to Shelby and Tampa. PNP Nicole Clapp and Jeanne attended the 100th American Legion World Series of Baseball ...
ATLANTA, Ga. – Gladbrook native Birdy Young, lead singer-songwriter of the country Jukebox band Hideaway Honey, has officially earned the title of International Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter at the 2025 International Singer Songwriters Association (ISSA) Awards in Atlanta, Ga. Young was ...
REINBECK - In an update to a story that published last Friday addressing the possibility of both a Gladbrook-Reinbeck school bond referendum and a City of Reinbeck fire station bond appearing on the ballot together as part of this fall's city/school election, Reinbeck Fire Chief Chris Heasley ...