1 week 2 days ago
Sometime around July 4, 2076 – as America is celebrating its Tricentennial – a time capsule offering a glimpse into what life was like in Mills County back in 2026 will be opened by local dignitaries. What they’ll uncover is a mixed collection of items from Mills County citizens, businesses and...

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.
1 month 6 days 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...
1 month 2 weeks 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...

Glenwood Community High School students take in the post Homecoming football game fireworks show last fall. (Courtesy Photo - Dustin Heino).
A new feature is coming to the Glenwood Homecoming celebration in 2026 – a drone show over the skies of the Glenwood Activities Complex after the...
August 4, 2026, 4:00 PM
As of Midnight, Saturday, Aug. 1,  the Mills County Sheriff’s Office  is the primary law enforcement agency serving the city of Tabor, replacing the...
August 4, 2026, 3:55 PM
Trophies, medals and accolades tell only part of Mason Koehler’s story.  Behind Glenwood’s two-time state wrestling champion, all-state football...
August 4, 2026, 11:05 AM

Glenwood Community High School students take in the post Homecoming football game fireworks show last fall. (Courtesy Photo - Dustin Heino).
A new feature is coming to the Glenwood Homecoming celebration in 2026 – a drone show over the skies of the Glenwood Activities Complex after the Rams’ football game against Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson. The drone show is being sponsored by members of the Glenwood Community High School Class of...
August 4, 2026

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  • 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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