Grundy Center News

Anita Fay Blaisdell, 72, died November 22, 2009, at her home, Black Mountain, from the effects of cancer.

Church leaders in the Grundy Center area from First Presbyterian, Holy Family Catholic, United Methodist, American Lutheran, Bethany Presbyterian, and Orchard Hill Grundy Campus have met to prepare an ecumenical worship service for the Thanksgiving holiday.

I know that many of you have been on pins and needles awaiting the second part to the column I started last week.

In the November 4th edition of the Progress Review, an article entitled, 'A Sweet Deal for LPC Seniors,' told how a group of local residents had spent nearly a year visiting various senior living facilities in surrounding communities trying to determine if a similar facility should or could be built in LaPorte City.

'There are no winners in this case,' a statement from the Kehoe family read. 'Lives have been irreparably damaged.' And it's true.

Posted on Nov 04, 2009 by Admin . Michelle Kehoe looks to family members during her murder trial at the Grundy County Courthouse in Grundy Center Tuesday, Nov.

Michelle Kehoe has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the knife attacks on her sons.

The defense has rested, in the case of a Coralville mom on trial for murder. She admits to committing the crime, but was she "sane" at the time? That's what a jury will now decide.

GRUNDY CENTER - Michelle Kehoe attempted suicide at least twice and suffered from major depressive disorder for a decade prior to the attack on her children on Oct.

Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. GRUNDY CENTER - Jury was seated late Wednesday afternoon in the murder trial of Michelle Kehoe in Grundy County District Court.

GRUNDY CENTER - For much of her interview with Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Chris Callaway, Michelle Kehoe maintained it was a mysterious abductor who hurt her and her sons.

In Grundy Center, Iowa, a woman named Michelle Kehoe is accused of killing her 2-year-old son, Seth, and trying to murder her older son, age 7 , before she cut her own throat.

The case of a Coralville woman accused of killing one of her sons and trying to kill another goes to court Wednesday.

One year later, she staggered into a home near a remote Littleton pond and said her two children were in danger.

The trial of a Coralville woman accused of killing one son and trying to kill another son last fall in rural Buchanan County is set to start on Wednesday in Grundy County District Court in Grundy Center.

Father Neal K. Stull, 52, of Easton, Kansas, formerly of Grundy Center, Iowa, died on Sunday, September 27, 2009, at the home of his sister, Melody and Tim Hoy while under the care of Iowa River Hospice.

Ervin Clair Heller, 93, of Toledo died Tuesday, Oct.13, 2009 ,at the Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center.

INDEPENDENCE - Michelle Kehoe will go to trial in Grundy Center on Oct. 28, nearly one year after the Coralville mother allegedly killed her two-year-old son.

R School will receive $98,764 for anti-drug fight. Candidates file for Reinbeck City election on Nov.

Des Moines, IA- Rep. Leonard Boswell will have a member of his staff in Reinbeck, Grundy Center and Traer, Friday, October 9th, for open office hours.