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Grundy County News

Grundy County Memorial Hospital project groundbreaking held June 29

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 ...

Fisher triumphs in GOP primary for House District 53

The following results are final unofficial results from the Tuesday, June 7, Primary Election in Iowa – including absentee ballots – from county auditors’ offices. The election canvass in Tama County will take place Monday, June 13, at 10:30 a.m. at the Tama County Administration Building ...

Grundy county may acquire historic church

The Grundy County Historical Collections has received an opportunity to take ownership of the old Presbyterian church in Morrison. The church had its last service February 7th 1965, before merging with the Reinbeck United Presbyterian Church. Currently the church is owned by Henry Schick, and ...

Absentee voting period begins in Iowa

The absentee voting period for the June 7 primary election is now underway. Iowans can vote in-person at their county auditor’s office from May 18 through June 6. May 18 was also the first day county auditors could mail absentee ballots to voters that requested one. “It’s important ...

Gladbrook-Reinbeck and Green Mountain-Garwin hold Commencement

Both the Gladbrook-Reinbeck and Green Mountain-Garwin high schools held Commencement for the Class of 2022 this past Sunday, May 15, in their respective gymnasiums. A separate story by Margaret Thomsen detailing GMG’s ceremony will be featured in next week’s edition of the Sun ...

Martin receives 5-year service award

Angela M. Martin (left) recently received her 5-year service award from Mark A. Schildroth (right), Chairperson of the Grundy County Board of Supervisors. Martin works in the Grundy County Auditor’s Office. –Contributed photo

Iowa’s amazing garden stories

Did you know that the Delicious apple, 4-H, hybrid corn, Earl May Garden Centers, Better Homes & Gardens and other innovations with state and national impact have their roots in Iowa? Darcy Maulsby, an author, historian and Iowa’s Storyteller from Lake City, will share these fascinating ...

Iowa Crop Progress and Weather Report

Snow, high winds, and continued cold conditions limited Iowa farmers to 2.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 17, 2022, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Farmers have been applying anhydrous and fertilizer, spreading manure, tilling fields, ...