There is some exciting news for the Pioneer trail. The Grundy County Conservation Board and Grundy County Heritage Foundation have spent the last year exploring ways to close the gaps on the Pioneer Trail. Currently, there are two gaps on the Pioneer Trail. One gap is on the east edge of ...
REINBECK – High school thespians took to the Gladbrook-Reinbeck auditorium stage last Saturday and Sunday for the fall production of the musical comedy “Once Upon A Mattress” by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer, with music by Mary Rodgers and lyrics by Marshall Barer. The ...
REINBECK – Some upper story windows in downtown Reinbeck recently received a colorful upgrade. Last spring, Dale Wambold with the Reinbeck Lions Club reached out to Gladbrook-Reinbeck art teacher Kassi Nelson with the idea of her students possibly painting some murals for placement in the ...
DES MOINES – Mercedes Wedeking of Reinbeck, IA, has been named to the President's List for the 2023 summer quarter term at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. To qualify for this academic recognition, students must attain a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.75 for a ...
REINBECK – There was very little room at The Dig Inn last Saturday during the bar/record store’s third annual Becktoberfest celebration and for good reason – the event got back to its merrymaking, beer-drinking, polka roots. While no bands played along Broad Street this year, Jerry ...
GLADBROOK – Reinbeck Lions Club members Sue Buskohl and Sharon Wambold recently visited Crayon Corner Learning Center in Gladbrook as part of the Lions KidSight USA program that provides touchless eye screening and follow-up care when needed to young children. Buskohl and Wambold tested 13 ...
Last week Friday, Sept. 22, both Gladbrook-Reinbeck and GMG school districts capped off their respective homecoming weeks by winning gridiron football games in front of hometown audiences and celebrating recently-crowned homecoming royalty. G-R crowned Isaac Clark and Dylinn Blohm the ...
REINBECK – Eric Dinsdale, a young member of the Reinbeck Public Library, and his family recently completed the monumental task of reading 1000 books before kindergarten. Eric said his favorite spot to read is on the couch and his favorite book to read is “Balloons, Balloons, ...
REINBECK – It was a picture-perfect day in Iowa for last Saturday’s 12th annual Reinbeck Art Festival and Car Show held downtown along Main and Broad streets. The festival was well-attended with many young families observed enjoying all the event had to offer including a free flower ...
The G-R Community School District’s 2023-24 Homecoming Court was recently announced. Queen candidates include (front row, l-r) Delaney Petersen, Kloie Hendricks, Jada Blohm, Lauren Boyer, and Dylinn Blohm. King candidates include (back row, l-r) Max Anderson, Honorary King Jonas Kristensen, ...