Scott Saville’s 29-year stint as an Anchor/Reporter at KCRG (Cedar Rapids) ends today.

Saville has been the Sports Director at the station for the past 12 years.

“Scott’s known for being a bit of a goofball thanks to his wild challenges with high schoolers in Athlete of the Week and his weekly Golden Klutz Awards,” KCRG anchor Beth Malicki said, “but in the newsroom he’s more subdued. He cares deeply about sports in all its forms and takes the responsibility of elevating local athletes very seriously.”

“There is a serious, competitive side,” Saville said. “I take my job seriously, but I have fun doing it.”

The Gazette writes that he worked in Minnesota, Kansas and Nevada before taking a job at KGAN in Cedar Rapids. From there it was on to Milwaukee, where he covered the Green Bay Packers. But rather than continue living the large-market life, he returned to Cedar Rapids.

“My wife (Brenda, who works for the Linn-Mar School District’s COMPASS alternative high school program) did not like it in Milwaukee. It was more difficult when we started having children.

“An intern called me when there was a job-opening here and wanted to know if I’d be a reference. My wife heard that phone call, and she said ‘You need to apply for that job.’ I did, and I got the job like two days later.

“This is a great place to raise a family.”

He is leaving the station to take on two jobs, He’ll work one at Hall Bicycle, across the street from KCRG. The other is at the Cedar Rapids YMCA.