City of Graettinger

ISU Program at Women's Club

Jamie Neff, Program Coordinator from ISU Extension PA Co. was at the Graettinger Library last week to give a talk about dealing with stress and healthy relationships during the W...

Water Main Flush

Lt. Governor, Adam Gregg, visited the Graettinger building of the GTRA school district. Principal Simington, Supt. Marshall Lewis and GT School Board President Kevin Jensen were on hand to give the tour. In the above photo, Simington shows the Lt. Governor the new wood working area of the "shop" class.

Lt. Gov. Gregg Tours Graettinger School

Lt. Governor, Adam Gregg, made a stop at the Graettinger school building, to tour the new addition the school district added and opened last fall. Principal Jeremy Simington, Su...

Graettinger to Share Light Plant Manager

The Graettinger Municipal Light Plant has entered into an agreement with the City of West Bend to share an Electric Utility Manger. Craig Olson will begin duties as a shared manag...

GMU ELECTRIC OUTAGE AUGUST 12TH, 2021

On, Thursday August 12, 2021 the electric service will be shutoff in Graettinger to allow the service to be switched from overhead to underground. This will affect the SW corner o...

Graettinger Business Club Sponsors Annual Golf Tournament

It was a beautiful summer day with a small chance of showers as the Graettinger Business Club Annual Golf Tournament got underway. There were 22 teams on the course on Friday. The ...

Hoffman Competes in Palo Alto County Fair Queen Contest

Mackenzie Hoffman, daughter of Kim and Dewey Hoffman, is a contestant in this year's Palo Alto Fair Queen Contest. Mackenzie is active in volleyball, basketball, track, golf, softb...

Olesen to Compete for Palo Alto County Fair Title

Grace Olesen, daughter of Steve and Ronda Olesen will be one of the contestants in the Palo Alto Fair Queen Contest this year. In school, Grace has been involved in basketball, tra...

At the ribbon cutting for the site of the new buildings going up at Daybreak east of Graettinger the group gathered to support project. Sandy Henderson-Graettinger City Clerk, Ron Graettinger, Palo Alto County Supervisor, Bill Graves-DBF Maint Supervisor, Steve Banks-DBF Director of Processing, Chelsea Moore-Summit Ag Project Engineer, Aaron Bruce-DBF Mill Manager, Blair Turpeinen-Summit Ag Site Superintendent, Brett Pickar-DBF General Manager, Bill Rehm-DBF Owner/CEO, Jerry Welch DBF-VP of Operations, Jed Skogerboe-ILEC, Ian Ackroyd-DBF Production Manager, Ramon Rodriguez-DBF Pullet Supervisor, Doug Vlasma-ILEC, Andria Moran-DBF NW Iowa Human Resources. As shown in the sign behind the group, three new buildings will be built in place of the 8 that were torn down to improve the old buildings, some of which had been their over 20 years.

Daybeak Held Ribbon Cutting to Introduce the New Construction at Graettinger

Many people around the area may have seen the destruction of eight chicken barns out at Daybreak Foods east of Graettinger. Some people may have even worried the area was losing on...

City Library to Have Limited Hours July Through Early August

The Graettinger Public Library will have limited hours during July and early August. The temporary schedule approved by the board of trustees is as follows: Week of July 4th...

Caneff Takes the Wheel at Hillcrest Golf

Chet Caneff is the new Golf Course Superintendent at Hillcrest Golf and Country Club. Chet joined the Hillcrest team early this spring. After working for a landscaper right out of ...

Local Popcorn Stand in Business for 88 Years!

It is a celebration of sorts as 88 years ago the popcorn stand downtown was built, by Opal Anderson's uncle Larney Anderson. Opal took it over in 1953 & Jeanie Johnson took over t...

Graettinger Selected for Walkaround

Graettinger was one of a handful of towns selected by the Iowa Economic Development to participate in a Walk-Around event on Tuesday, June 8th. Day one: 11:30 am L...