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GRUETLI-LAAGER, Tenn. -- Seven individuals cleaning and renovating a restaurant in Grundy County are found distressed after being assaulted and robbed. The Grundy County Sheriff's Office responded to Miso Hungry restaurant Friday night after a 911 call. Deputies were told by the victims that two armed men in ski masks came in from the back of the restaurant and forced them into a small closet, before being beaten and robbed of jewelry and wallets with debit cards and cash totaling $5,000 - $7,000.

According to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, the 911 center received a call about a possibly injured person at the Miso Hungry Restaurant in Palmer, TN, around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, July 19. However, due to a “significant language barrier,” dispatch only thought a medic was needed.

Grundy County authorities are turning to the community for help tracking down two suspects accused of stealing thousands of dollars' worth of items from a group of people during a violent armed robbery in a restaurant Friday night.

Grundy County Swiss Historical Society will hold its annual Swiss Heritage Celebration, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stoker-Stampfli Farm Museum in Gruetli-Laager. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the family-friendly event. The public is invited. You don’t have to be Swiss to attend. See the July 25 edition of The Herald for additional details.

Grundy County authorities are turning to the community for help tracking down two suspects accused of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of items from a group of people during a violent armed robbery in a restaurant Friday night.

Grundy County authorities are turning to the community for help tracking down two suspects accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of items from a group of people during a violent armed robbery in a restaurant Friday night. According to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, the 911 center received a...

Megan Rollins’ trophy case is rivaled by only a select few former Yellow Jackets. Multiple all-district, all-region and all-state honors from her Grundy County basketball career are complemented by two Southern Conference titles and an NCAA Tournament appearance in two seasons with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Many...

On December 14th, 2023, Grundy County resident Devon Drake Rymer was found deceased. At the request of the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department, the 12th Judicial District Drug Task Force (DTF) began assisting in the investigation. After conducting an investigation and receiving a report from the Medical Examiner’s Office which...

The Grundy County Herald continues its spotlight this week on the hardworking AmeriCorps teams delivering food to children in Grundy, Franklin and Marion counties as part of the 2024 South Cumberland Summer Meal Program. Delivering summer meals at Pelham United Methodist Church, St. James Episcopal Church, and the Sherwood Community...

Tracy City resident Bob Willems has taken the leadership reigns of Rotary Club of Grundy County. “I’m looking forward to it,” said Willems. “My focus personally and as head of the club will be to continue our relationship with the Housing Hub to build new houses here on the plateau. That will be an underlying theme for what I do.”

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office has released the following arrest report. All arrestees are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and may be cleared of all charges. July 8.

GRUNDY COUNTY – The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced a grant of $353,232 for the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance from the state’s Tire Environmental Act Program. The Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, a community outdoor recreation project, will provide matching funds of $88,308 and use the grant to construct two sections of porous pavement trail using recycled scrap tires. The project costs $441,540 and creates ADA compliant accessible pathways for guests of all abilities that will connect the trail with South Cumberland State Park Visitor Center and the Fiery Gizzard trailhead. “The Tire Environmental Act Program provides ways to retrieve old tires and repurpose them into community assets,” said TDEC Deputy Commissioner Greg Young. “These grants help make that happen, and we look forward to the results that come from this process.” The approximate combined length of the two trail sections will be 0.75 miles and will recycle approximately 8,200 scrap tires. The Mountain Goat Trail is 35-mile multiuse, multimodal walking and cycling trail that runs through seven towns within Franklin and Grundy counties. The purpose of the Tire Environmental Act Program is to select and fund projects that best result in beneficial uses for waste tires. Projects must qualify for one of three categories: tire processing/recycling, tire-derived material use, or research and development. The program provides grant funding to eligible entities, including local governments, non-profit organizations, higher education institutions, K-12 schools, and for-profit businesses. Tennessee established the Tire Environmental Fund in 2015. Upon the first retail sale of a new motor vehicle to be titled and registered in Tennessee, a flat fee based on the number of a vehicle’s wheels is assessed. The fee goes into the fund, which is used for projects creating or supporting beneficial end uses for waste tires. Since 2015, grantees have been awarded almost $9.2 million, and approximately 7.6 million tires or nearly 82,000 tons of scrap tires have been diverted from landfills. The tires are repurposed for use in rubberized asphalt, tire-derived aggregate, tire-derived fuel, granulated rubber porous flexible pavement, and other beneficial end uses that result in tires being diverted from landfill for a higher and better use.

ALTAMONT, Tennessee (WDEF) – Drug investigators have charged a suspect in connection to a fatal drug overdose in Grundy County before Christmas. On December 14th, Devon Drake Rhymer died from an overdose. Investigators say Whitney Northcutt from Palmer provided the drugs. A grand jury indicted her on a charge...

The Grundy County Swiss Historical Society will host its annual Swiss Heritage Celebration Saturday, July 27, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (CDT) at the Stoker-Stampfli Farm Museum in Gruetli-Laager, Tenn. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the family-friendly event. The public is invited. You don’t have to be Swiss to attend.

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced a grant of $353,232 for the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance from the state’s Tire Environmental Act Program. The Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, a community outdoor recreation project, will provide matching funds of $88,308 and use the grant to construct...

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office has released the following arrest report. All arrestees a…

GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. — Earlier this month, a Grundy County School Board member was accused of telling teachers at Swiss Memorial Elementary School how to vote in the upcoming election. The board was supposed to address the unidentified member at Thursday's meeting. But when we attended the meeting, no...

Former Grundy County High School golf coach Trey Foster was recently elected to the GCHS Sports Hall of Fame as part of its 2024 induction class. The coaching veteran earned the honor following a head coaching career that spanned 28 years and produced four district titles and more than 400 wins.

Now that our Independence celebration is behind us, we have the next part of that journey ahead. July 12 starts early voting for the Aug. 1 election. You will choose your Republican or Democrat candidates for state and federal primary elections and the School Board and District 3 Constable candidates for the county general election. All elections matter, so study up and vote. I think I have told you before that I was raised in a bi-political family, where my parents canceled each other's votes every national election. I thought everyone had heated political discussions at the dinner table. Of course, that was back when there were many significant differences, but ultimately, everyone loved their country. We live in strange times, indeed. Thankfully, here in Grundy and Tennessee, we are somewhat insulated from some of the craziness we see in the country. Let’s not take that for granted and build upon the resilience that we naturally possess. Let’s vote with our heads and our hearts. Grundy can be our shining city on a hill.