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I’d give you 30 bucks

Well it has been 3 weeks since I had a total knee replacement on my left knee. I'd be pulling your leg if I told you it has gone smoothly. I am off work and told Kevin that I could take care of the news articles while I'm off work, but until this point I was in no condition to write anything.No ...

Looking Back

10 YEARS AGOMARCH 20, 2008Dr. Ken Storjohann, Reinbeck, was selected to head newly formed Chiropractic Summit Reform Workshop.Alice Hamann will celebrate her 90th birthday with an open house on March 29 at the Gladbrook Memorial Bldg.Lynn Habben, 76, Webster City, died Dec. 22 in Fort ...

Laura Ingalls Wilder presenter entertains and educates at museum event

I seriously doubt that many of you reading this haven't either read some of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books or watched the TV series "Little House On The Prairie" which was based on some of her books. The life and experiences of the author were presented to a packed house of visitors last Sunday ...

Library News

On March 3 we held two events at the library. At 10:00 a.m. we had a Dr. Seuss birthday party, complete with cake, crafts, stories, and a Reader's Theater with Dr. Seuss characters. The rest of the day we served coffee and cookies to people who came in to look through our many scrapbooks. This ...

Looking Back

10 YEARS AGOMarch 13, 2008Ron Tordoff seeks election as Grundy Co. Sheriff.Yvette Berner will celebrate her 80th birthday on March 13.Vernia Folkerts, 91, Morrison, died March 3 at Covenant Medical Center.4th graders celebrated 100 days of school on Jan. 30, 2008.Zach Schuman competes at South ...

The Hunger Moon

I was reminded recently that we are in the Hunger Moon. In the Old Farmers Almanac, there is a name given to each full moon of the year. These are mostly adapted from those used by early American Indians, who kept track of the passing seasons and tied their calendar to the full moons.The Hunger ...

Library News

New at the library this week:Fiction: The Bad Daughter by Joy Fielding, The Ladies of Ivy Cottage by Julie Klassen, Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke.Young adult: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert, People Like us by Dana Mele.Children's books: Just Like Jackie by Lindsey Stoddard, The ...

Looking Back

10 YEARS AGOMARCH 6, 2008Grundy Co. Sheriff Rick Penning seeks re-election.Todd Peterson of PCI, is elected President for 2008 for the Associated General Contractors.Over 100 quilts donated at the 9th annual Cedar Valley Hospice quilt-a-thon.Edna Morrow, 96, died Feb. 25 at Parkview ...

Who (or what) will? – IWILL

I have written about IWILL before. It is the acronym for Iowa's Water And Land Legacy.I believe it is time to fund the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund so that the residents of Grundy County, surrounding counties all of Iowa can reap the benefits this will provide our soil, ...

Library News

Children's author Dr. Seuss was born on March 2, 1904, and we are celebrating his birthday on the closest Saturday in March, tomorrow, March 3. Join us from 10:00 to 11:00 for a birthday party with stories, a craft, a birthday cupcake and a reader's theater.Then, all day after that, until ...