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Garwin News

Lions Quest Comes to Iowa

Sun Courier note: This article is reprinted with permission from the April edition of The Iowa Lion magazine, the official publication of the Lions Clubs of Iowa. Lions Clubs International Foundation is committed to providing youth and young adults with opportunities to succeed. The Lions ...

Garwin children celebrate Easter with the help of local Ambulance crew

GARWIN - The Garwin City Park was full of activity as area children gathered for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. There were two areas set up. The younger children's eggs were scattered on the concrete for easy picking up to fill their Easter baskets. The older children congregated on the north side ...

Pie-in-the-Face Raises Funds for Prom

The GMG-Garwin junior class held a fundraising event recently for students to pie a teacher in the face. The event raised $96 to help the junior class with prom. Students purchased a pie of shaving cream for $1. It was so cheap, that some students either bought more than one for a teacher, ...

Duden manages GMG business

Stacy Duden is the schools new Business Manager Official, and has been for the past three months. Although she is new to this type of job, Duden has aspects of this position that she is familiar with. Duden has worked in the human resources field for the last 10 years and has handled ...

Big February for GMG FFA

FFA has been very active these last few months. Members of FFA went to Iowa’s Capital on January 3. They listened to speakers that encouraged the importance of agriculture. Members were also able to take a tour around the capital. In late February there was an FFA speaking contest. FFA ...

GMG Speech a hit at districts

Twelve individuals from the GMG Speech Team performed at the District Individual Speech Contest Feb. 25 in Marshalltown. The participants competed in various categories including Poetry, Prose, Reviewing, Radio News, Spontaneous Speaking, Solo Musical Theatre, and ...

Short film shows at state

A group of students at GMG went to state in Short Film with a video called, The Sexy Photo Silencer. Anna Mussig, Caiden Priske, Lexi Vasquez, Skye Witte, and Jayden Beichley, all participated in a video about a student who sent an inappropriate photo to someone and that photo of her spread ...

Special election 2023: Kienzle wins GMG board seat

A newcomer won a seat on the GMG school board, and a $14.25 million bond issue at North Tama fell just short of a necessary supermajority during special elections held around the area Tuesday. According to unofficial results posted Tuesday night, Kristine Kienzle of rural Toledo defeated ...

GMG High School Art Club hosts elementary art camp

On Saturday, December 10, the GMG Art Club put together an art camp for the elementary. The Art club had an idea to do some fundraising by putting on an art camp for the younger students in the elementary, the money that was raised is going to be used by the art club for future activities ...

Wolverines don’t need A-game to topple East Marshall

It wasn’t easy or comfortable and it wasn’t always in hand, but the GMG girls’ basketball team found a way to get across the line — as it has often this season. The Wolverines (12-8) held on for a senior night win at home over visiting East Marshall 53-40 Monday night in their final ...