The regular meeting of the Gregory City Council was held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, October 4, 2021, at City Hall. There’s a new lawman in town Chief of Police Doug Catts introduced Dean Rivers to the council.

Merrill McFayden was honored at the 145th IOOF Grand Lodge Session the weekend of September 18-19, 2021, when he was initiated as the State Grand Master. At the same meeting, his daughter, Alisa Schmitz, was appointed as State Herald in addition to receiving a Special Recognition Award from the Sovereign Grand Warden, who is from PA.

Christian Spann and Gracie Kenzy were crowned Homecoming king and queen at the coronation ceremony Monday evening, October 4, at Gregory Memorial Auditorium. Coy Determan and Emma Thomas were the runnersup. Milly Meyer and Jace Beck were the crown bearers.

It’s an opportunity that doesn’t happen very often, but when a rider is chosen to participate in the buffalo roundup at Custer State Park, it is well worth the wait. This year Scott Zimbelman was chosen for his second time.

The Gregory cross country team participated in the Platte - Geddes Invite on Satruday, September 25th. The varsity girls started off the day with a 2nd place team finish. Hanson out distanced the Gorillas by 5 points, as Hanson scored 16 points, Gregory 21, Platte Geddes 31, to round out the top three. Individually, Emma Thomas placed 2nd with a 20:58.2, Asia VanDerWerff placed 4th with a time of 22:16.4, Kodi Timanus got 20th place with a 24:26.1 and Emily Grim 25th with a 26:45.4 for the Gregory team.