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Education

GMG raises flag for a new year

The traditional Flag Raising Ceremony on the first day of school, August 23, was held at the GMG Elementary Green Mountain campus. The Gladbrook American Legion and Auxiliary conducted the ceremony. Members of the Legion Color Guard presented the flags. Gladbrook Junior Auxiliary members ...

Keller awarded Mahr Family 4-H Scholarship

Eric Keller, Tama County was awarded the Mahr Family College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 4-H Scholarship through the Iowa 4-H Foundation at the recognition ceremony Sunday, July 11 in Ames. The scholarship was made in the amount of $4,000. Over 85 Iowa 4-H scholarships valued at over ...

Area students qualify for all-state speech

The 2021 speech season wrapped up earlier this month with the individual state speech contests held on March 13. GMG sent 14 events to the state contest. Those included Literary Program: Stephenie Claussen, Jadyn Hessenius; Storytelling: Kaci Krier; After Dinner Speaking: Frances Jackson; ...

Five things to know from G-R school board

1. Following a public hearing where no comments were heard or reported, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck school board unanimously approved the proposed school calendar for the 2021-22 school year. The start of school will be on August 23 with the last day of school on May 26. Gladbrook-Reinbeck will ...

GMG speech group earns All-State honors

Two GMG speech students recently earned All-State honors for their Group Mime event. Joaquin Fitzsimmons, left, and Owen Bovenmyer, right, are pictured rehearsing their mime event titled “Carnival Capers” ahead of their state contest on Feb. 6. The duo received all Division 1 ratings at ...

Wolverines and Rebels perform at state speech

The large group speech season reached its conclusion with a state contest that looked quite different from years past. Under normal circumstances participants from 20 or more school districts would converge at a handful of regional locations to hold their district and state contests. The ...

G-R sprints past Janesville

REINBECK — The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels welcomed in a two-loss Janesville Wildcats team to their home court on Jan. 18. The Rebels got behind a career high scoring performance from sophomore guard William Kiburis and sent Janesville home with their third loss, a 73-53 blowout. Kiburis put ...

T55 FFA to host breakfast

T-55 FFA's 2nd Annual Agriculture Appreciation Breakfast is this Saturday [01-23-21] from 7am-10am! If you or a loved one is involved in agriculture in any way, come on by and grab some food! It is a drive-thru this year, so just pull up in front of the GR High School Commons and a member will ...

Waltermire to rep GMG at State Swim Meet

WEST DES MOINES — Every tick of time off the clock moved the Bobcats’ bubble closer to bursting, but the Marshalltown girls’ swimming team didn’t want to see its season pop for the second year in a row. The same four swimmers combined to shave critical seconds off their seed times in ...

Girls State scheduled for June

The American Legion Auxiliary Iowa Girls State program is one of the premier programs sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. The program was started by a dream of four women to teach young women about the political process. At the ALA Girls State girls develop leadership skills, ...