Dr. Thomas Baer has been named the 2024-2025 Iowa Family Physician Of The Year by the Iowa Academy Of Family Physicians.
2 weeks 3 days ago
A Mills County doctor says he’s humbled to be recognized as the 2024-2025 Iowa Family Physician Of The Year. The Iowa Academy Of Family Physicians presented the award to Dr. Thomas Baer of Malvern during a ceremony earlier this month in Altoona. The Iowa Family Physician of the Year award is...

Brian Ring has been crisscrossing the state of Iowa fulfilling his duties as the Department Commander for the American Legion Of Iowa.
1 month 2 days ago
For the first time in 70 years and only the third time in history, the Department Commander For The American Legion Of Iowa hails from Glenwood. U.S. Air Force veteran and Harvey T. Rimel American Legion Post 141 member Brian Ring assumed his duties as state commander in July. “They’ve been after...

Grocer Tom Mulholland outside his new building on Main Street in Malvern.
1 month 1 week ago
MALVERN - Christmas could come early this year in Malvern. The long-awaited rebuild of Mulholland Grocery is nearing the finish line and the store on Main Street could be open just in time for the holiday season. The Malvern community has been without a local grocery store since a massive fire took...
The Mills County Public Health Office is receiving the remainder of its allocated tax dollars following action last week by the Mills County Board of...
December 3, 2024, 4:53 PM

Nicole Kooiker
Nicole Kooiker has been hired as the Glenwood Community School District’s next superintendent. Kooiker’s hiring was announced Tuesday by the Glenwood...
December 3, 2024, 1:17 PM
The Glenwood Community School District has named three finalists in its search for the district's next superintendent. The Glenwood Board Of...
November 22, 2024, 9:58 AM
The Mills County Public Health Office is receiving the remainder of its allocated tax dollars following action last week by the Mills County Board of Supervisors. By a unanimous vote, county supervisors agreed to allocate the remaining $230,000 that’s been pledged to MCPH for the 2024-2025 fiscal...
December 3, 2024

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Sports


  • Co-Captain Alli Koontz, Glenwood
    November 18, 2024
    First TeamOH Charley Hernandez, Sr., Glenwood-  Led the way Hawkeye 10 champion Rams with 411 kills and 327 digs.S Alli Koontz, Sr., Glenwood- Dished up 810 set assists this season to go with...

  • Offensive Captain Cole Staudt, Glenwood
    November 18, 2024
    OffenseQB Caleb Urban, Sr., East Mills-  Threw for 2,091 yards and 21 TDs while adding six rushing TDsRB Jonathan Ekpai, Jr., Fremont-Mills- Rushed for team-high 863 yards and 11 TDs.RB Pauley...

  • The Glenwood volleyball team poses with its state quarterfinals trophy at the Xtream Arena in Coralville. The Rams close their season with a record of 36-7.
    November 5, 2024
    The Glenwood volleyball season came to an end Monday night in the Class 4A state quarterfinals at the Xtream Arena in Coralville.The No. 6 seeded Rams struggled to get into a rhythm offensively and...

Features


  • 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...

  • The Rhapsody In Gold vocal jazz choir from Glenwood Community High School earned a sixth-place trophy at last week’s Iowa Vocal Jazz Championships in Spirit Lake. From left: baritone Connor Edick, alto Evan Belt, tenor Dallis Taylor, soprano Aubrey Mullanix and bass Aaron McQueen.
    April 4, 2023
    The group may be small in numbers, but the Glenwood Jazz Choir made a loud statement at last week’s Iowa Vocal Jazz Championships.The five-member ensemble brought home a sixth-place trophy from...

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