Born within a few hours of each other on July 4, 1976, Jenni (Goos) Rounds, Holly (Robertson) Jackson, Allan Hughes and David Hughes have shared a lifelong connection for 50 years as Bicentennial babies.
2 weeks 4 hours ago
A wave of red, white and blue patriotism is sweeping the nation this week as America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday on the Fourth of July. There will be concerts, Main Street parades, historical re-enactments, picnics and massive displays of fireworks, but for four Mills County residents...
4 weeks 3 hours ago
The Mills County YMCA marked a milestone anniversary last week with a community open house. Built at a cost of $4.7 million, the facility opened its doors to the greater Glenwood and Mills County community in June 2006. “Where did the time go,” asked  Mills County Executive Director Diana Burchett...

Youth from Riverview Baptist Church assist in sorting items at the Mills County Storehouse retail store.
1 month 1 week ago
The motto of the Mills County Storehouse is “People Helping People.” Thursday, the food pantry and thrift store, known for providing assistance to Mills County and southwest residents in need, was on the receiving end of some help from members of a Christian church in Oklahoma. A missionary...

State Auditor and Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand addresses his audience in Glenwood on July 1.
Iowa State Auditor and Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand made a campaign stop in Mills County last week as part of his “100 Town Hall Tour”...
July 7, 2026, 4:04 PM
The Mills County Board of Supervisors failed to pass a resolution on Tuesday that would have allowed residents to decide at the ballot box in...
July 7, 2026, 3:47 PM
Mills County’s celebration of America’s 250th anniversary officially begins this week in communities across the county. Festivities are planned in...
June 23, 2026, 7:38 PM

State Auditor and Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand addresses his audience in Glenwood on July 1.
Iowa State Auditor and Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand made a campaign stop in Mills County last week as part of his “100 Town Hall Tour” across the state. “Make Iowa not redder or bluer, but better and truer” was the theme of his message to his audience in Glenwood Wednesday afternoon....
July 7, 2026

News

Sports


  • Glenwood shortstop Malynn Johnson had two hits and drove in three runs in the 17-13 loss to Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln Friday.
    June 23, 2026
    Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln hung 10 runs on Glenwood in a big sixth inning rally to notch a 17-13 victory over the Rams in out-of-conference softball Friday in Council Bluffs.The Rams (2-17) led...

  • Fremont-Mills’ Gavin Crom walked and scored a run in the Knights’ 15-0 victory over Sidney Friday.
    June 23, 2026
    Evan Laumann was dominated on the mound for Fremont-Mills in a 15-0 victory over Sidney in Corner Conference baseball Friday.Laumann pitched all four innings, allowing one hit and striking out seven...

  • Glenwood’s Benn Christiansen slides safely into third base on the Ram’s 7-6 game one win in over Council Bluffs St. Albert in their Hawkeye 10 Conference double-header last week.
    June 23, 2026
     Glenwood smacked 16 hits in a 14-9 loss to Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln on the road at Jon Lieber Field in Council Bluffs Friday. The two teams combined for 31 hits in the game, but the...

Features


  • Members of the Hope Squad at Glenwood Community High School pose for a photo in the hallway at GCHS. Front row (left left): Sophia Stroud, Brooklyn Oetter, Payton Stewart, Abby Chase, Charli Sorenson. Middle row: Kaylee Wray, Maddie Severn, Maya Schau and Abigail Lincoln. Back row: Sponsors Hannah Doorenbos and Heather Roberson. Not pictured: Zoey Brown, Ahna Grassau, Lynnea Longchaya and Faulyn Struble.
    February 18, 2025
    Good deeds, acts of kindness and positive messages.For the Hope Squad, these are just a few of the ways the peer-to-peer counseling program is fostering a culture of care at Glenwood Community High...

  • Pat Staebell retired as the school counselor at Northeast Elementary at the end of the school year. He was a counselor at the school for 32 years.
    June 6, 2023
    Pat Staebell, the only school counselor Northeast Elementary has ever known, retired at the end of the 2022-23 school year.The LeMars native has been a fixture at the school since 1991.“I still...

  • GCHS Interim Principal Lorraine Duitsman
    May 30, 2023
     A new principal isn’t the only change coming to Glenwood Community High School.Following Principal Cole Albright’s sudden resignation earlier this month, the Glenwood Board of...

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