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9/02/10 EMPLOYMENT LAW LUNCH & LEARN WITH ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE DAN ANDERSON
Questions related to employment law and practices will be the topic of an upcoming Lunch and Learn in Grinnell.

9/01/10 ITM GROUNDBREAKING HELD
A LARGE CROWD GATHERED THIS MORNING (WED) AT THE HISTORICAL SPAULDING BUILDINGS ON SPRING STREET JUST NORTH OF 4TH AVENUE FOR THE GROUND BREAKING FOR THE IOWA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM.  

9/01/10 POLICE REPORT BIKE THEFTS
GRINNELL POLICE YESTERDAY RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF BIKE THEFTS…AND BIKE RECOVERIES.

9/01/10 GRINNELL HAS ANOTHER RECORD SETTING RAINFALL DAY
GRINNELL HAD ANOTHER RECORD SETTING RAINFALL FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT SEVEN THIS MORNING.

9/01/10 CAMPGROUNDS, INCLUDING ROCK CREEK, FILLING FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Iowa campgrounds are filling up fast for the last major camping weekend of the summer.

9/01/10 ITM GROUNDBREAKING TODAY
IT’S BEEN UPWARDS OF EIGHT YEARS IN THE PROCESS…BUT GROUND BREAKING FOR THE IOWA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM IN GRINNELL WILL TAKE PLACE THIS MORNING.

8/31/10 TWO APPARENT BURGLARIES IN BROOKLYN
TWO APPARENT BURGLARIES WERE REPORTED IN BROOKLYN. 

8/31/10 AUGUST WARMER THAN NORMAL
THIS IS SHAPING UP TO BE A VERY WARM AND WET YEAR. THE MONTH OF AUGUST FINISHED WARMER…AND WETTER… THAN NORMAL IN GRINNELL.

8/31/10 ITM GROUNDBREAKING
A LONG AWAITED GROUND BREAKING WILL FINALLY TAKE PLACE TOMORROW. (WED)

8/27/10 LIBRARY OFFERS NEW EARLY OUT AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
THE DRAKE COMMUNITY LIBRARY IS OFFERING A NEW AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR EARLY OUT DAYS.

8/27/10 COUNTY CANDIDATES SET FOR FALL ELECTION
THE COUNTY-WIDE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN SET FOR THE FALL GENERAL ELECTION.

8/27/10 COUNTY SUPERVISORS SIGN OFF ON McDOWELL BRIDGE PROJECT
THE POWESHIEK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE SIGNED OFF ON A PROJECT TO SAVE THE HISTORIC McDOWELL BRIDGE. 

8/27/10 WOMEN'S HEALTH FOCUS AND BABY FAIR SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
The annual Grinnell Regional Medical Center Baby Fair has merged with the annual Women’s Health Focus to create an evening full of activities for women of all ages. 

8/27/10 GRINNELL AREA ARTS COUNCIL GETS STATE GRANT
THE GRINNELL AREA ARTS COUNCIL IS GETTING SOME STATE FUNDING.

8/25/10 SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET
APPROVAL OF THREE PRE-SCHOOL CONTRACTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS EVENING’S GRINNELL-NEWBURG SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

8/24/10 GRINNELL COLLEGE GETS GRANT
GRINNELL COLLEGE IS GETTING A SIZABLE FEDERAL GRANT.

8/24/10 ANOTHER FATAL HEAD-ON CRASH ON I-80 IN JASPER COUNTY
THE SECTION OF INTERSTATE-80 THAT GOES THROUGH JASPER COUNTY MAY SOON HAVE THE DUBIOUS DISTINCTION OF BEING THE DEADLIEST STRETCH OF FREEWAY IN THE STATE.

8/24/10 GRMC ANNUAL REPORT
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDIcAL CENTER LOST MUCH LESS MONEY IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.