September 2019

One of the county’s longest tenured employees announced his impending retirement recently after nearly four decades with the secondary roads department, and the board of supervisors accepted it at Monday morning’s regular meeting.
           
Ivan Groeneveld, the patrol operator out of the Buck Grove shed northeast of Wellsburg, had worked for Grundy County for 37 years. He worked his last day last Wednesday and is using up his vacation days before officially wrapping up his tenure on May 31.
           

GRUNDY CENTER – Treating every hole like a new experience worked out for Lauren Dirks.
 
She delivered the only round below 90 at Town and Country in Grundy Center on Monday, turning in an 87 for medalist honors as the Spartan girls moved on to a Class 1A regional final in Brooklyn next Monday, May 20.
 
"Driving, chipping and putting all worked well," Dirks said. "And just thinking about each hole as a new hole really helped. … The second half I felt like I kept improving and it helped me get to my goal."
 

Since she was crowned Miss Teen USA last month, Kaliegh Garris has become a mainstay in the national media: she appeared on “CBS This Morning,” and writers at People Magazine, The New York Times, NBC News and CNN, among other outlets, have all profiled her. But her mother, Tammy Venenga, couldn’t wait to speak to The Grundy Register.
           

WHAT TO KNOW IF YOU GO
 
Heat advisory: Drake Stadium will allow spectators to bring in unopened water bottles or empty refillable water containers on Thursday due to expected high temperatures.
 
Tickets are $10. For more information, visit the IAHSAA's State Meet Central.

WATCH LIVE
 
The IAHSAA and IGHSAU have offered a free live stream link for viewers wishing to watch the state track and field meet: https://www.ihssn.com/track-livestream-viewing.html