10 YEARS AGONOV. 1, 2007Paul & Lorna Robertson will celebrate their 89 & 90 birthdays with a family dinner and card shower.Mr. & Mrs. Jake Lundgren are parents of a daughter born Aug. 10.Cheerleading Championship will be competing on Oct. 3.20 YEARS AGOOCT. 30, 1997Dale ...
Growing up, our family raised sheep. My grandfather raised sheep. When out of high school, I worked for a fella while I went to college and he raised you guessed it sheep.So over the course of the years, I many times would be called upon to grab the gun because there were dogs in the sheep. ...
On this Tuesday, October 31, we will be having a Halloween party for story time at 10:00. Kids are invited to wear costumes. Children age five and under, get ready for fun!We have quite a few new books for children: Applesauce Day by Lisa Amstutz, Penguins Love Their ABCS by Sarah Aspinall, ...
10 YEARS AGOOCT. 25, 2007Shawn Murphy, Dean Kerns, Beryl Manlick and Jack Boyer are all candidates for the City Council.Marian Smith, 96, formerly of Reinbeck, died Oct. 12 in Valparaiso, Ind.G-R presents "Once Upon a Mattress" on Friday, Nov. 2 and Sunday afternoon Nov. 4.Three G-R students: ...
I awoke to our first frost of the season this morning. The forecast for the remainder of the week was back to above average temps for mid-October, but this frost was firm enough that I may see some reaction to it in the flowers around the house.I hope I experience some frost action with the ...
10 YEARS AGOOCT. 18, 2007Fire Prevention Week is being observed with kindergarten kids getting a ride on fire truck.Candace Davis & Tyson Brown will be married June 8, 2008 at Holiday Lake.Erik Bachman & Jackie Hampe will be married Dec. 28 in Wis.Mr. & Mrs. Allen ...
When writing a weekly news column, I oft times find myself coming up against a deadline without much for inspiration. Such was the case this week. That is, until I was outside working in the yard over the weekend.It was a bit later in the morning that I bent down to move a piece of lumber and ...
Stop in the library during the month of October and see the 4-H exhibits in our display case. National 4-H week is Oct 1-7 and we have projects in the case from the 2016-2017 Black Hawk Nighthawk members which were taken to the Grundy County Fair and/ or the state fair.New books this week ...
10 YEARS AGOOCT. 11, 2007G-R Rebel volleyball treats District play next week. They will host the district semifinal round on Oct. 16.Grundy Center Tour of Homes planned for Oct. 14.Danielle Ryan & James Miller both of Grundy Center, will be married on Nov. 10 at UCC Church in ...
It is officially here. While the weather and temperatures might not indicate it fall has arrived. It is my favorite season for several reasons. It will mean cooler temps once these unseasonable times get past us. And they will! I don't like to be hot and so fall temps are what I enjoy. Of ...