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Mar

Sign up now to become a RAGBRAI vendor in July

Submitted by agreve on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 07:57

By Shelia Tomkins

Vendors are being lined up now to offer food or other items to visitors taking part in the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) when it comes to Guttenberg in July. 

The local RAGBRAI committee has announced two deadlines for vendor applications: 

Wed
26
Feb

Garnavillo library book club members share favorite reads

Submitted by agreve on Wed, 02/26/2025 - 09:01

Garnavillo Library book club members display some of their favorite reads. Front from left are Joan Willker, NaDyne Meyer and Joyce Schoulte; back row, Sue Kuenzel, Denise Saunders, Georgi Kaiser and Becky Adams; not pictured are Jeanne Meisner and Dorothy Wendel. (Photo submitted)

The Garnavillo Public Library has a book club that was developed in 2015. Presently the club has nine members that meet on the third Wednesday of every month. The members of this group would like to share some of their favorite reads.

Wed
26
Feb

Fettkether settling in as Clayton County Recorder

Submitted by agreve on Wed, 02/26/2025 - 09:00

Josie Fettkether is settling into her new role as Clayton County Recorder. Fettkether was appointed in December by the Clayton County Board of Supervisors to replace the retiring Sue Meyer, and her appointment will run until the next general election in November 2026. (Photo by Audrey Posten)

By Audrey Posten 

Times-Register

Josie Fettkether is settling into her new role as Clayton County Recorder. Fettkether was appointed in December by the Clayton County Board of Supervisors to replace the retiring Sue Meyer, who served 39 years in the recorder’s office, first as a deputy and then the elected county recorder. Meyer was most recently re-elected in 2022, putting Fettkether’s appointment until the next general election in November 2026.

Wed
26
Feb

RAGBRAI theme, logo announced

Submitted by agreve on Wed, 02/26/2025 - 08:59

By Shelia Tomkins

"A Dam Fun Ride!" is the local theme and logo chosen by the Guttenberg RAGBRAI committee for this summer's Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa.

Wed
19
Feb

Rhonda L. Gebhardt

Submitted by agreve on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 10:29

Rhonda Leona Gebhardt, 63, of Champlin, Minn., formerly of Guttenberg, passed away Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, at her home.

Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m., on Friday, Feb. 21, at Morris Funeral Home in Guttenberg. Visitation will continue at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Guttenberg from 9-10 a.m. prior to funeral services.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 22, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Guttenberg, conducted by Rev. Paul Kwaku Ameyaw.

Wed
19
Feb

Ivanelle M. Bolsinger

Submitted by agreve on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 10:29

Ivanelle M. Bolsinger, 93, of Guttenberg, passed away Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at Guttenberg Municipal Hospital in Guttenberg.

Funeral services were Monday, Feb. 17, at United Methodist Church in Guttenberg, conducted by Rev. Neil Hofer. Visitation was before services at the church.

Burial was at Bethel Cemetery in Colesburg.

Wed
19
Feb

Graham L. Noack

Submitted by agreve on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 10:28

Graham Lyle Noack, 4, of Guttenberg, passed away peacefully at his family home surrounded by his loved ones on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. 

Visitation was Thursday, Feb. 13, at Morris Funeral Home in Guttenberg and before services at the church.

Funeral services were Friday, Feb. 14, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Guttenberg.

Wed
19
Feb

The Guttenberg Press – a trusted news source

Submitted by agreve on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 10:23

The Guttenberg Press has served the community for 129 years and has been at its 10 Schiller Street location since the mid-1950s. (Press photo by Austin Greve)

 By Caroline Rosacker

The recent announcements of reducing print publication days with a shift from printed news to online publication for certain days at the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque and the Cedar Rapids Gazette, and an ongoing ad for a feature writer/editor at The Guttenberg Press have community members wondering, "What is the future of our hometown publication?"

Wed
19
Feb

Greve, Rosacker win Iowa newspaper awards

Submitted by agreve on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 10:22

Stars and Stripes fireworks - July 2024

American Melody - June 2024

Winter Sunrise - January 2024

Rural house fire - June 2024

Controlled burn - May 2024

Early morning fire - December 2023

American Queen by moonlight - October 2023

County K9 training - March 2024

Austin Greve and Caroline Rosacker were named winners in the 2025 Iowa Better Newspaper Contest during an awards ceremony Feb. 6 in Des Moines. 

Greve received first place in the Best Photographer category among newspapers the size of The Press. Last year he earned a second place in the same category. (His submissions this year appear on the left.)

Wed
19
Feb

Housing volunteers sought for RAGBRAI bike riders in July

Submitted by agreve on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 10:22

By Shelia Tomkins

The Guttenberg RAGBRAI committee is seeking volunteers who can offer overnight accommodations for RAGBRAI riders or support staff when they visit here in July. 

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