September 2019

With the generous support of the community, Operation Threshold of Grundy County had one of their most successful Back to School Supply Drives yet, gathering enough funds and supplies to provide more than 80 local students with everything they need for the new school year.
 
“It was amazing, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the community,” said Jodi Rowe, Grundy County Operation Threshold Coordinator. “We really depend on the community for donations and supplies and they came through. With their support, we were able to help so many kids.”
 

Having been involved in Scouts USA (formerly Boy Scouts of America) since his childhood, local resident and Grundy County Memorial Hospital Physicians Assistant Mike Knutsen knew when he got the chance to visit the World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia this summer, he couldn’t pass up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
 
The World Scout Jamboree, which is held every four years in a different country, brings Scouts from all over the globe together for a two-week long celebration of the Scouting values.
 

As residents and officials around the state seek new ways to address the shortage of rock on gravel roads, the board of supervisors discussed a potential policy that would allow landowners and the county to share costs in the future.
           
County Engineer Gary Mauer reported that he’d received a request from a farmer northeast of Grundy Center who would pay for the rock if the county covered the hauling. Currently, Grundy County does not have a formal policy on the matter, but all of the supervisors seemed to be in agreement on creating one by the end of the meeting.