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Celtic guitarist Jerry Barlow featured at Pioneer Craft Fair

The Historical Collections of Grundy County is pleased to welcome acclaimed Celtic fingerstyle guitarist Jerry Barlow for a special concert. The event will be held on Sunday, September 13th at 1:00 PM in Morrison. The program is a part of the day-long Pioneer Craft Fair from 11:00 AM to 4:00 ...

Burlington’s oldest cold case continues to baffle investigators

BURLINGTON - Sociopath. Sexual deviant. Serial killer.While familiar terms today, they were chilling, terrifying, almost unexplainable to Burlington residents nearly a half century ago. Local and state police used them to describe the person they believed raped, then killed a popular ...

Beautiful Blooms luncheon to be held in Wellsburg Tuesday Aug. 18

The Grundy Area Women's Connection luncheon will be held Tuesday, August 18 in Wellsburg.It will be held at the Wellsburg Community Building beginning at 12:30 PM. All area women are invited to attend. There will be food, music, a speaker and a special program. There is a cost.Special feature ...

Open class of the 2015 Grundy County Fair

The Open Class of the 2015 Grundy County Fair showed an increase in number of exhibitors and exhibits. The efforts of participants, volunteers and judges made for a successful Open Show. This year the youth clubs of Boy Scouts of Wellsburg, YMCA of Grundy Center, and the After School Kids of ...

Managing your unseen employee: The ventilation system

Iowa swine producers have a strong, solid understanding of animal husbandry, but changes in ventilation system technologies and complexity often make efficient and economical management of the systems a challenge. Ventilation systems can have a big impact on animal performance, animal health ...

Gladbrook Auxiliary

The August membership brunch for the Gladbrook Auxiliary welcomed members to the Memorial Bldg from 9-11am on Monday, August 10. This is the start of another Auxiliary year for us with an introduction to the theme, slogan and plans for 2015-16. The slogan is "Honoring our Veterans, Past, ...

Kyle Warren Named 2015 GROWMARK Summer Intern

AMES, IA -- Kyle Warren, of Garwin IA, was selected as one of fifty-seven interns from a nation-wide pool of agriculture students that are are exploring career opportunities at GROWMARK, Inc.The Agricultural Studies major will be exposed to accounting, marketing, communications, and product and ...

Auditions for the Nutcracker Ballet

Announcing a "don't miss the opportunity" to be a part of The Nutcracker Ballet at Stephens Auditorium. Auditions for this year's production are scheduled for Sunday, September 13, 2015 from Noon-7:30 p.m. at Stephens Auditorium.The Nutcracker Ballet at Stephens Auditorium has become an annual ...

Getting away with murder

The killers behind roughly a third of American murders go unidentified by law enforcement.In the Midwest, it's even less likely a killer will be caught: Just over half - 52 percent - are identified, according to FBI data referred to as "clearance rates."Criminologists and forensic death ...