It was a firm ‘NO’ this past Tuesday, Sept. 13 from more than 60 percent of voters in the Gladbrook-Reinbeck school district in regards to a bond referendum that would have provided up to $23.6 million in additional revenue to address facility upgrades and space needs. Two questions were ...
In 1998 I began my search for more Iowa Firefighters Association (IFA) history. We were about to write the history of the Traer Fire Department for Traer’s 125th Year – celebrated in 1998 – when I came across a name I had seen in the IFA convention books over the years. The name was Fred ...
This year’s Pioneer Craft Fair raffle is a print by Charles Freitag, titled “The Saturday Evening Soak.” Tickets are available for purchase now at the Grundy County Conservation Board Office at 204 Fourth St. in Morrison or on the day of the Pioneer Craft Fair. The Pioneer Craft Fair ...
The annual Pioneer Craft Fair will take place on Sunday, September 11, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the Grundy County Heritage Museum Grounds located at 204 Fourth Street in Morrison. Plan now for a day of good family fun. Admission and all activities are free of charge. (Food ...
From swine to sheep to sewing – and seemingly everything in-between – 4-H and FFA members from across Tama and Grundy counties are well-represented this year at the Iowa State Fair. The Sun Courier’s state fair photos are merely a small sampling of both the livestock entries and static ...
The Grundy County Community Foundation (GCCF), an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa (CFNEIA), is seeking volunteers to serve on its governing committee. The GCCF connects people to the causes they care about through charitable giving, enriches Grundy County communities ...
The Gladbrook-Reinbeck school board took another step forward Tuesday night in the process to hold a bond referendum by successfully collecting more than enough petition signatures and subsequently adopting a resolution to order a special election for Tuesday, Sept. 13. The petition garnered ...
The stormy weather that made its way across Iowa the morning of Monday, July 4, may have caused some holiday revelers to alter their plans, but the weather proved no match for Reinbeck’s annual 4th of July Celebration which – after canceling a few morning events – began at noon with the ...
Grundy County Memorial Hospital is marking its upcoming 70th anniversary by kicking off a $31 million project to improve its surgery, laboratory, and imaging departments. Groundbreaking for the new hospital addition is set for Wednesday, June 29 in Grundy Center, and caps a three-year planning ...
Last Tuesday evening (June 14), the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Facilities Task Force presented its recommendation to the school board for addressing the school district’s facility needs. The task force recommends that the board place a bond issue question on the ballot for September 13, 2022. This ...