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Ambassadors visited the Canary Underground Speakeasy today. Located in the lower level of Prairie Canary, the space has hosted a number of events and concepts over the years. Owners Paul & Kalyn Durr started to develop the idea of...
The City of Grinnell and its Parks & Recreation board are planning an extension of all-inclusive playground equipment onto the Central Park playground. Fundraising efforts have begun to build a play area to the south of the existing playground....
What do baseball and two contemporary novels have in common? Grinnell College Professor Stephen Andrews will explore that question in his March 29 presentation “‘No runs, no hits, no errors’:  Marilynne Robinson’s Deferral of Perfection from Gilead to Home.”...
With the daylight savings time change, gravel riders in and around the Grinnell community are ready to resume weekly gravel rides as they prepare for the annual Prairie Burn 100 gravel bike ride fundraiser on Saturday, June 10th, 2023...
(Grinnell, IA – March 14, 2023)  The Hammond Center for Assisted Living celebrated its 4-year anniversary with a golden years themed party in honor of tenants spending their golden years at Grinnell’s newest assisted living community. The tenants and...
We're excited to announce Grinnell has been named as pass through community for RAGBRAI L! We are working with our partners at the City of Grinnell and will begin pulling together a local steering committee in the coming weeks...
GRINNELL, IA – The Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce recognized UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center as the 2023 Business of the Year at its Annual Celebration, which took place March 8 at the Grinnell College Golf Course. “We...
As we continue to celebrate Membership Month, we want to recognize everyone who joined us at last night's Annual Celebration. After not being able to hold this event since 2019, we're so thankful to be able to celebrate the...
As the 20th century was known as the “Century of the Atom,” the 21st century is likely to be called the “Century of DNA.” Research into DNA has affected our cells, our health, our family trees, our law enforcement,...
New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services and Midwest-based health system UnityPoint Health® have signed a letter of intent to explore the formation of a new healthcare organization. The proposed healthcare company would see both systems preserve their trusted brand and...
GRINNELL, IA – The Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce and its Chamber Ambassadors group participated in the Build a Better Grinnell survey, visited with members and welcomed a new business to the chamber in January. Ambassadors started off February with...
Drake Community Library will host a workshop on conducting oral history interviews on March 13th from 3-4:30pm. This workshop is free and open to the public. Space is limited to 20 participants and advanced registration is required. It is...