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Reinbeck News

Sophia Folkerts of Reinbeck named to Central College Fall 2023 Dean’s List

PELLA – Sophia Folkerts, Central College Class of 2027 from Reinbeck, has been named to the dean's list for the Fall 2023 semester. The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester. Folkerts ...

Reinbeck’s Skovgard named to Univ. of Iowa president’s list

IOWA CITY – Reagan Skovgard of Reinbeck was among the more than 950 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa named to the president's list for the 2023 fall semester. Skovgard is an undergraduate in her third year of study at Iowa's College of Nursing. President's list status was ...

Reinbeck’s precinct favors Trump in 2024 caucus

REINBECK – Voters Monday at the Grundy County Precinct 6 Republican caucus overwhelmingly favored former president Donald Trump to be their presidential nominee for 2024. The precinct met at the Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School auditorium. Trump received 65 votes, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Caleb Egesdal of Reinbeck named to Wartburg’s Fall Term Dean’s List

WAVERLY – Caleb Egesdal of Reinbeck was named to the Wartburg College Fall Term Dean's List. The college recognized 484 students for Fall Term. The list honors students who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above in at least four course credits during the term. Three of the four course ...

Sun Courier’s 2023 PHOTO OF THE YEAR: Happy Birthday, America!

The Sun Courier has chosen a photograph from the paper’s coverage of Reinbeck’s Fourth of July Grand Parade as our 2023 Photo of the Year. The photo was taken by freelance photographer Soren Peterson of rural Garrison and features Reinbeck resident Janet Schildroth as she waves while ...

Area athletes selected for 2023 T-R All-Area Football Team

Several talented Gladbrook-Reinbeck and GMG football players were recently named to the 2023 Times-Republican All-Area Football Team alongside Rebels head coach John Olson who was named Co-Coach of the Year. G-R’s Isaac Clark and GMG’s Slate Witte, both seniors, were named as quarterback ...

G-R appoints Wentzien to school board vacancy

REINBECK – A write-in candidate in the Nov. 7, 2023 city/school election was recently appointed by the Gladbrook-Reinbeck school board to fill a vacancy. Jordan Wentzien – a preschool teacher at Marshalltown’s Anson Elementary and G-R parent – was appointed to the G-R school board ...

Deters charts new page

GRUNDY COUNTY – After dedicating more than 12 years to the office of Grundy County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Rhonda Deters has decided it's time to chart a new page in the election books – her retirement. “The decision to resign was made because of my desire to spend more ...

G-R hosts facility planning Town Hall in Gladbrook

GLADBROOK – Caleb Bonjour has been on somewhat of an apology tour lately. The Gladbrook-Reinbeck superintendent – who has only helmed the district since July of this year – recently spent a considerable amount of time examining the fractured relationship that exists between the two ...