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Reinbeck News

Reinbeck Art Festival, car show, & more set for Sep. 20

REINBECK – The Reinbeck Art Festival promises to be a day of color, music, art, and more in downtown Reinbeck! The festival will take place on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. along Reinbeck’s Main Street. Nearly 30 artists will be in attendance this year. There will also be ...

Hawkeye Community College Announces Summer 2025 Graduates

WATERLOO – The following are Hawkeye Community College summer graduates and their programs of study in the local area. -Zoe Jans; Dysart; Intermediate Manufacturing Welding:GTAW, Carbon Steel, Aluminumý & Stainless Steel; Diploma -Jenna Yilek; Garwin; Physical Therapist Assistant; ...

The Great Zucchini Race

REINBECK – This time of year practically everyone with a garden is asking themselves, what on earth am I supposed to do with all these zucchinis? For those in Reinbeck last Saturday morning, the solution was simple – race those green machines of the veggie world down the street! The ...

Bond updates: Reinbeck Fire decides against; G-R approves resolution

REINBECK - In an update to a story that published last Friday addressing the possibility of both a Gladbrook-Reinbeck school bond referendum and a City of Reinbeck fire station bond appearing on the ballot together as part of this fall's city/school election, Reinbeck Fire Chief Chris Heasley ...

Blooming through the week

REINBECK – You don’t have to venture outside the town of Reinbeck anymore to procure fresh farm flowers with the opening of Five R Farm’s new Flower Hut. “It was a mobile kegerator that (my husband) Ben (Robertson) had purchased. He never ended up using it and it had been sitting ...

Welcome Back!

Students enrolled at both GMG and Gladbrook-Reinbeck headed back to the classroom this past Monday, Aug. 25, on what was the first day of the 2025-26 school year, including 28 seniors at GMG Secondary in Garwin who marked their last first day with a group photo. As is tradition, flag-raising ...

Gladbrook-Reinbeck circulates $17.3 million bond referendum petition

REINBECK – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District recently began circulating a $17.3 million school bond petition. Last November, the district’s $16.5 million bond request failed – falling short of the requisite 60% supermajority by garnering roughly 50% of the vote with ...

G-R staff participate in Youth Mental Health First Aid training

REINBECK – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach provided Youth Mental Health First Aid training to staff from Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District, who work with youth ages 6 to 18, at BarLea Roots Event Center on Wednesday, Aug. 20. This educational program is designed to ...

Amity Church to celebrate 150th anniversary during Sundae Sunday Aug. 24

REINBECK – The members of Amity Church invite the public to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of its founding as part of Sundae Sunday festivities. This Sunday, Aug. 24, from 4-7 p.m., the annual Sundae Sunday event will be held. During that time memorabilia will be displayed, and past ...

Drew Eilers honored with inaugural Corn Belt Award

REINBECK – For all the accolades Drew Eilers has reaped during his high school career at Gladbrook-Reinbeck, his most recent – the 2024-25 Spring-Summer Corn Belt Award and Scholarship from Bound and Wyffels Hybrids – might just be his ‘sweetest’ yet. On Wednesday, July 30, right ...