Jason M. Reicks is pictured receiving his five-year service award from Gary Mauer, Grundy County Engineer during the Grundy County Board of Supervisors meeting on Jan. 10. Reicks is an employee of the Grundy County Secondary Road Department. – Contributed photo
Samples from nearly 5,000 deer have been tested as part of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) effort to monitor for chronic wasting disease, resulting in 36 confirmed positives from the 2021-2022 hunting season. The samples were collected over the past 10 months from willing ...
Despite an absence of snow until just recently in Iowa, it was still shaping up to be a snowy winter – a winter of snowy owls that is. A recent uptick in snowy owls has been observed over the last month leading the Iowa DNR to declare it an irruption year – since late November, there have ...
At the start of the new year a new but familiar face has taken the reins at the Grundy County Conservation office. Following the recent retirement of long-time County Conservation Executive Director Kevin Williams, staff member Nick Buseman was promoted and hired as Williams’ ...
Wanting to know their new state after moving to Iowa in 2014, Dave and Karen Miglin and their two children went to the Field of Dreams movie site outside of Dyersville in northeast Iowa. Dave Miglin had moved from Atlanta ahead of the family the previous year for his job as media and digital ...
At its meeting on Jan. 3, the Grundy County Board of Supervisors elected new officers for the upcoming year. Mark Schildroth was elected as Chairperson and Vic Vandehaar was elected as Vice Chairperson. Pictured are, back row: Vic Vandehaar, Mark Schildroth; front row: Barbara Smith and Heidi ...
Dr. Stefanie Rohler and staff will merge with Wolfe Eye Clinic effective January 1, 2022 and continue to serve Grundy County and surrounding communities with top notch eye care and optical services. Lifetime Family Vision Center in Grundy Center is set to join the Wolfe Eye Clinic family at ...
One of Grundy County’s longest-tenured employees will soon be celebrating retirement. Grundy County Conservation Board Executive Director Kevin Williams formally announced in November his intentions to retire from the position at the end of 2021. Current Operations Supervisor and ...
After a one year hiatus in 2020, the annual Gladbrook-Reinbeck Booster Club Hall of Fame Dinner is returning next month to honor a group of community members that have contributed to the programs and environment at G-R as well as a number of past athletic teams with notable achievements. This ...
Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team (MIYBT) members traveled to the Hansen Agricultural Student Learning Center on the Iowa State University campus to compete in the 2021 Iowa Cattlemen’s Foundation Beef Scholarship Extravaganza contest on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. The competition requires high ...