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Grundy County News

2024 Habitat Workshop to focus on chronic wasting disease and wetlands

MORRISON — Landowners and interested members of the public are invited for a one-day workshop on Wednesday, February 21, at the Grundy County Museum, 204 Fourth Street, Morrison. From 11 a.m. to noon, Justin Clark from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will present on Chronic Wasting ...

In the Sky: February

February will be an interesting month with the sky’s brightest stars and constellations well placed for viewing in the southeastern sky. Very bright Jupiter will be unmistakable to their right (or westward). However, the other planets will be more of a challenge. Bright Saturn will start ...

Iowa and the Big Snow(s)

The story last week was certainly the weather as two significant winter storms clobbered Iowa – the first blowing through Monday into Tuesday with a heavy, wet snow, and the second arriving Friday into Saturday with blizzard conditions and bitter cold. The snowstorms combined dumped ...

2024 Spring Master Gardener training offered

TAMA COUNTY – The application window is opening January 15 for the 2024 Spring Master Gardener training cohort, which will be offered in 29 counties or extension regions. Iowans wishing to become Master Gardener volunteers choose a county to complete training through, participate in ...

School, church communities wrap family of Diderik Peterson in prayer, love

GRUNDY CENTER – The greater Gladbrook-Reinbeck/Grundy Center communities lovingly stepped up in recent days to embrace Gladbrook native Tarrence Peterson – a member of the G-R High School Class of 2003 – and his young Grundy Center family following a tragic set of events that took the ...

Ag scholarships available for 2024 high school seniors residing in Grundy Co.

Attention all Grundy County 2024 seniors interested in an agriculture career! The Grundy Center Community School District Foundation is offering an opportunity for scholarships to graduating seniors who reside in Grundy County and are seeking a degree or training in an agriculture field, i.e. ...

MercyOne announces over 8,200 births, 2023 top baby names

In 2023, MercyOne hospitals across the state celebrated more than 8,200 births, including 153 sets of twins and one set of triplets. Oliver was the top boy’s name in Des Moines, but Theodore topped lists in both Davenport and Waterloo. Eleanor and Sophia took top spots for girl names at ...

Sun Courier’s 2023 PHOTO OF THE YEAR: Happy Birthday, America!

The Sun Courier has chosen a photograph from the paper’s coverage of Reinbeck’s Fourth of July Grand Parade as our 2023 Photo of the Year. The photo was taken by freelance photographer Soren Peterson of rural Garrison and features Reinbeck resident Janet Schildroth as she waves while ...

Deters charts new page

GRUNDY COUNTY – After dedicating more than 12 years to the office of Grundy County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Rhonda Deters has decided it's time to chart a new page in the election books – her retirement. “The decision to resign was made because of my desire to spend more ...

Five easy ways to help birds

As winter descends on the Midwest, well-stocked bird feeders suddenly become the place to be this time of year. For those looking to expand beyond the traditional feeder, Tama County Naturalist Raina Genaw has created a list of five ‘easy’ ways to further help the feathered beings in our ...