Senior Content Editor at NPR’s Midwest Newsroom. Semiretired gymnastics coach. I can fix passive sentences and back handsprings.
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
15 May 2025
It's humid in these parts!
What's your best guess for the state with the highest relative humidity so far in 2025?
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Kansas
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Missouri
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Nebraska
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20 Dec 2024
I will be on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” today, speaking with Ben Kieffer about the trend of four-day school weeks in Iowa and beyond. Please tune in!
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
13 Dec 2024
Number of Iowa school districts with 4-day weeks tripled in one year | @npaseka @NPRMidwestNews iowapublicradio.org/educatio…
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
18 Nov 2024
With help from our partners at @NPRMidwestNews, we were also able to lightly compare the Jackson County Detention Center and Regional Correction Center to CJC.
Many thanks to @npaseka & @theheroofthyme for their assistance in hunting down data & compiling graphics.
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
29 Oct 2024
Good read by @npaseka with insight from the always brilliant @LinaMariaMuril6
29 Oct 2024
Habit.
Party over policy.
Don't want to rock the boat in your circle.
Why do Republicans in some states elect lawmakers with more extreme positions than their own?
Our @npaseka explored this issue in her first story as a member of our team. kcur.org/2024-10-28/midwest-…
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
10 Oct 2024
And then there were FIVE again... @NPRMidwestNews is a full team once more.
@npaseka @kavahnmansouri @theheroofthyme @krishusted and yours truly
And we're growing! 1/2
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
12 Aug 2024
A beautiful story of the trials and triumphs of breastfeeding & postpartum. Thank you for sharing @npaseka. fearlessbr.com/essay-my-brea… via @BusinessRecord #MaternalHealth
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
10 Aug 2024
The first Iowa woman to win a gold medal (1972) didn’t need fancy eyewear, just a pair of cat-eye glasses. Jefferson, Iowa, rightly has a fabulous statue of her
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
4 Aug 2024
Old school:
“Female gymnasts should peak at 16 because they likely have 1 shot at the Olympics.”
New school:
“Female gymnasts should pace at 16 because they may have 16 MORE years in elite and 4 Olympics”
Welcome to the future thanks to legends stomping out the myth 🙏
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2 Aug 2024
Darkhorse VP pick
2 Aug 2024
Jordan Chiles has a date to add to your calendar.
"I just say stay tuned for August 6th. There might be an announcement for something,” she told me today.
👀 @uclagymnastics @LA28
More:
olympics.com/en/news/jordan-…
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
6 Jul 2024
Wall Street Journal reporting what basically every parent knows - the demand for berries is virtually insatiable, particularly in the key under-4 demographic
6 Sep 2023
Berries are a perfect example of how economic growth can make parenting more expensive even as it boosts incomes. Three decades ago, you got grapefruit or canned pears for breakfast. Today, are you even a real parent if you're not keeping Driscoll's in business? 🫐🍓
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
5 Jul 2024
When an athlete argues that abuse prevention measures like Safesport hamper potentially winning, that athlete has articulated two things:
1. Abuse might be needed to be a good athlete.
2. Winning is worth abuse.
Pare back the words, look at the ideas. She was clear.
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
22 Apr 2024
This is a day I’ve been waiting for for a long time. Wild salaries, lots of coach and athlete movement show that schools, donors & sponsors are finally paying for the true value of women’s gymnastics. It’s not going to be pretty but it’s a lesson in negotiation. Net positive.
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9 Jan 2024
Interview help request: I am looking for Iowa women who experienced extended health problems/complications after giving birth and lost their Medicaid coverage after 60 days postpartum. Please email me if you feel comfortable sharing a postpartum story: nicolegrundmeier@bpcdm.com
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2 Jan 2024
My best and brightest professional moment of the year: Meeting and interviewing @R_Denhollander. I am forever grateful. She made the world safer for all of us.
fearlessbr.com/rachael-denho…
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
27 Oct 2023
Thank you, @npaseka, for a wonderful feature about our 𝙁𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 leader, @AshleyMGreig.
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27 Oct 2023
The six women featured in this year’s annual Fearless anniversary publication range in age from 16 to 74 and live in communities all across Iowa. Their stories are unique, but they all involve resilience.
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
12 Oct 2023
Cyclone hooper Julius Michalik and Cyclone gymnast Libby Bell pose for a photo outside of Hilton Coliseum in 1994.
#TBT #CyclONEnation
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
3 Oct 2023
Emotionally reactive parents put us into fight or flight.
This can cause:
- issues expressing emotions
- fawning (people pleasing) being the “easy” child
- fear of conflict
- hypervigilance: always on edge, thinking someone’s mad/upset.
I hope this video helps you understand yourself and your behavior.
RETWEET FOR AWARENESS
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
20 Jun 2023
If you grew up in a home with constant screaming or yelling, your body remembers. You might startle easily. Or feel like sobbing when someone yells.
How To Heal:
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Nicole Paseka Grundmeier retweeted
31 May 2023
And now... What you have been waiting for. Wold hired a contractor who came back with a quote, but Wold said it was too high. Friday the contractor told workers, "Get away. You’re going to die.”
Byline shared w/ the incredible @K_5mydearwatson
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