Grygla Eagle

Iron Chargers 1st year team earns spot in State Tournament

12/17/2019

Nick Mickelson, the Iron Chargers Robotics Team Advisor, gives us a quick rundown of the happenings thus far for each team. The 2019-20 season for Iron Chargers Robotics has brought both highs and lows for each of the two teams in our first couple of tournaments. Team 4149C (which consists of Elise...

Johnsrud to start NP career at Sanford Behavioral Health

12/17/2019

It was a big moment last week for Rozlynn Johnsurd, of Goodridge. She headed south to Mobile, Alabama, where she graduated from the University of Southern Alabama with a Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Degree. Along with earning her degree, she was also inducted into Sigma Theta Tau Honor...

Pictured are the Grygla JCC members who worked hard to pull off a festive, successful event. L-R: Robbie Anderson, Santa, Jaclyn Moe. Back row, L-R: Karla Byklum, Gretchen Smeby, Geoff Satre, Lindsay Oslund. More photos on page 3! Photo by Grygla Eagle Newspaper

Santa Claus is coming to town

12/10/2019

Well, technically he came to town last Sunday, but he’ll be visiting again in just a couple of short weeks! The Grygla JCC’s hosted a Santa Days event at the Community Center in town last Sunday and all was merry and bright! The local club put in so much time and effort in planning fun activities...

Belmont University’s Bob Fisher, songwriter Pat Alger, ASCAP’s Mike Sistad and artist Chris Stapleton. Photo courtesy of Belmont University

Belmont University honors ASCAP’s Mike Sistad with Music City Milestone Award

12/03/2019

Mike Sistad resides in Nashville, Tennessee. His parents are Marlyn and Gloria (Lunsetter) Sistad, of Gatzke, MN. Mike played with the Back Behind the Barn Boys from 1980-1988 and still presently joins the group for gigs around the area. Written by Jessica Nicholson, Musicrow.com, November 26,...

Pictured are the volleyball players named to the North Border Conference. L-R: Amy Wiskow and Chloe Kuznia were both named All Conference; Caitlyn Jacobson and Vivian Coan were both given an Honorable Mention. Chloe, Amy and Caitlyn were all three named to the Northern Lights Conference, as well. Photo by Grygla Eagle Newspaper

Charger athletes receive awards at their Fall Sports Banquet

11/26/2019

The Chargers Fall Sports Banquet was held last week on Thursday, November 21st, at the Goodridge Community Center. The banquet was catered by the Goodridge Lions Club. The hard work and achievements of the students were recognized and awards given out.

This group of Grace/Our Savior’s Lutheran Church kids attended the 2019 NW MN Synod Middle School Gathering “Heard” last weekend at Luther Crest Bible Camp in Alexandria. Front row, L-R: Raymond Moe, Brody Saurdiff, Kinsley Oslund, Allie Sundberg and Emily Johnson. Back row, L-R: Jamie Aune (Chaperone), Blake Rychlock, Gain Aune, Addison Severts, Anna Sundberg, Ava Sorvig, Lakylie Brobst and Kari Sundberg (Chaperone). Photo courtesy of Kari Sundberg

Fun, faith, friends...and voices being HEARD

11/26/2019

Last weekend, we had the pleasure of taking some of our local youth to Luther Crest Bible Camp in Alexandria, MN. It was the 6th-8th grade youth gathering and the theme this year was “Heard!” Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith,...

“A lifetime’s not too long to live as friends”

11/19/2019

Soon headed back to Northwood, ND, the town where she went to high school, Pastor Vicki Saude-Worthington has a few laughs left to share with us here in Grygla - starting with the Minnesota Vikings shirt she is wearing above! “I have really enjoyed this whole Packers/Vikings bit, “she laughed....

Randy and Lori Stephan are pictured with their youngest son, Johnathan. Photo by Grygla Eagle Newspaper

“Sometimes you want to go…”

11/19/2019

“…Where everybody knows your name And they’re always glad you came You want to be where you can see Our troubles are all the same You want to be where everybody knows your name” Written by Kari Sundberg, Eagle Editor Now that I’ve got the theme song from Cheers stuck in your head (go ahead, sing...

“Would you do it again?” “In a heartbeat,” says Glen

11/12/2019

In honor of Veterans Day, the Grygla Eagle Newspaper conducted an interview with one of our local veterans, Glen Limesand, Jr., of Gatzke. The interview has been left in its original form with Glen reflecting back on his years of service as a First Sergeant in the Minnesota Army National Guard. We...

L-R: Hudson McMillin, Lucian Tinnes, Carolyn & George Pittman, Carol & Merlin Klamar. These are just a few of the people who the Pittmans are calling their guardian angels. Photo by Grygla Eagle Newspaper

A Goodridge couple says their guardian angels were with them

11/05/2019

The date was Saturday, September 21st, and the weather conditions were WET; very wet. The Grygla area had just gotten inches and inches of rain fall and the ditches were full. For George and Carolyn Pittman, they remember the date and the weather conditions vividly as the Goodridge couple ended up...