September 2019

Former Baptist church designated to Most Endangered Properties list

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“Due to a production error, the original draft of the story was placed on the pages of the Grundy Register for a space allocation purpose only and was inadvertently sent to our printer. We apologize for any misunderstandings the original article may have caused and regret the incident occurred. As a result, we are making the version of the story which was supposed to be published available online for all to read and will be published again on the front page of the March 3, 2016 edition of The Grundy Register.

Feb. 25, 2016

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Mildred Sloth

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Mildred B. Sloth, 97, of Cedar Falls passed away on February 17 at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. Services were held on February 20 at Fredsville Lutheran Church in rural Cedar Falls. Visitation was one hour prior to the service.

Myrtle Venenga

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Myrtle Evelyn Venenga, 84, of Ackley, formerly of Grundy Center, passed away on February 17 at Grand JiVante in Ackley. Committal rites were were held February 20 at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. Memorials may be made to the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Myrtle's name.

Harold Koobs

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Harold Roger Koobs, 86, passed away on January 5 at the FMC and Casa de La Luz Hospice in Tuscon, Arizona. A memorial service was held at Rincon Baptist Church in Tuscon. 

Jessie Cooley

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Jessie Irene Cooley, 95, of Reinbeck passed away on February 20 at the Parkview Manor in Reinbeck. A funeral service will be held Thursday, February 25 at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. at the Rosehill Cemetery in Grundy Center. 

Cats rescued from “hoarder house” find new home

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GRUNDY COUNTY – About a month ago, 47 cats were rescued from a home in rural Grundy County after concerns about the living conditions of the house surfaced. Twenty-three of those cats were taken in by Waverly Pet Rescue, and at an adoption event held last weekend, five of those cats were adopted into new homes.
Barb Dunakey, WPR adoption coordinator, said that the cats they rescued from what is being called the “hoarder house” in rural Grundy County were not only extremely friendly, but in surprisingly good shape; more than ready for adoption.

Grundy Center receives certified local government designation

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GRUNDY CENTER – Recently, the National Park Service designated 34 communities across the nation as certified local governments – among those communities was Grundy Center.
This designation means that Grundy Center now has the opportunity to participate in the CLG (certified local government) program, which provides local governments with access to historic preservation guidance and grants.

Area locals help solve hunger in Haiti

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GRUNDY COUNTY – A drive to help others can lead people to very different places, to do very different things. For two Grundy County locals, this drive took them over 2,000 miles away to the island nation of Haiti.
Hunger, which has been a foremost problem in Haiti for years, is not as easily solved as it would seem – and that’s what led Darwin Cannegieter of Dike, and Julie Grunklee of Reinbeck, to travel to Haiti this January, where they used what they know best – agriculture – to work towards a solution.

Former Baptist church designated to Most Endangered Properties list

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GRUNDY CENTER – Along with eight other properties from around Iowa, the former First Baptist Church in Grundy Center has recently been named to Preservation Iowa’s Most Endangered Properties of 2016 list.
The Former First Baptist Church, which was built in 1918 after the previous church burned down, is one of the city’s oldest remaining properties, but for many years it has been an eyesore to the people of Grundy Center.

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