Richard Crouch has been a member of the chain gang at Glenwood Rams’ varsity football games since 1965, the same year he graduated from high school.
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For the past 60 years, Richard Crouch has had a unique, close-up view of all the action on Glenwood’s gridiron. Crouch has been a volunteer member of the Glenwood chain gang for varsity football games since 1965, the same year he graduated from Glenwood High School. “I got a phone call from (...

Second Lt. Blaine Wilcox was killed in action on Oct. 7, 1944. He was buried at the Glenwood Cemetery with full military honors on Oct. 7, 2025.
1 month 1 hour ago
U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Blaine B. Wilcox was finally laid to rest in the Glenwood Cemetery along side members of his family on Oct. 7, exactly 81 years to the day after the 26-year-old bombardier was killed in action on a mission over Europe. Lt. Wilcox  was buried with full military honors on...

Larry and Karen Lincoln with their daughter Amy and son Alan.
1 month 2 weeks ago
The grand marshals for the 2025 Glenwood Homecoming Parade have strong and long-lasting ties to the event that’s near and dear to their hearts. Larry and Karen Lincoln’s story is one of love, dedication and community spirit. High school sweethearts who married soon after graduation, they will...
 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a wastewater bypass near Malvern in Mills County. On November 12, the Iowa DNR Field...
November 13, 2025, 10:55 AM

The remains of this house and garage at 405 N. Grove St. in Glenwood is expected to be knocked down this week. It was the scene of a neighborhood tragedy in August.
The scorched remains of a house that was the site of a tragic shooting incident and fire in Glenwood over the summer is scheduled to be demolished...
November 11, 2025, 4:28 PM
City of Emerson - City Council At-Large ( 2) Ann Roth 56 41.48% Dennis L. Porter 42 31.11% Cathy Bruce 34 25.19% Write-in 3 2.22% City of Emerson -...
November 5, 2025, 9:40 AM
 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a wastewater bypass near Malvern in Mills County. On November 12, the Iowa DNR Field Office in Atlantic received a call from the City of Malvern regarding a wastewater bypass in a farm field southwest of the city. Officials say a farmer...
November 13, 2025

News

  • November 13, 2025
     The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a wastewater bypass near Malvern in Mills County.On November 12, the Iowa DNR Field Office in Atlantic received a call from the City of...

  • The remains of this house and garage at 405 N. Grove St. in Glenwood is expected to be knocked down this week. It was the scene of a neighborhood tragedy in August.
    November 11, 2025
    The scorched remains of a house that was the site of a tragic shooting incident and fire in Glenwood over the summer is scheduled to be demolished this week.For the past three months, the structure...
  • November 5, 2025
    City of Emerson - City Council At-Large ( 2)Ann Roth 56 41.48%Dennis L. Porter 42 31.11%Cathy Bruce 34 25.19%Write-in 3 2.22%City of Emerson - Mayor ( 1)Larry Johnson 64 95.52%Write-in 3 4.48%City of...

Sports


  • Ava Grindle smacks down one of her 11 kills in the win over St. Albert.
    October 29, 2025
    Back in August, East Mills volleyball coach Connie Viner thought she had the pieces of potentially a very good team.Tonight, the Wolverines combined all those pieces into a regional championship and...
  • October 28, 2025
    Glenwood’s Grace Berglund and Caitlin Hebel placed among the top 15 individual place winners at the Class 3A State Qualifying Meet in Spencer last Wednesday to punc their tickets to this week...

  • Gracy Mullanix had nine kills in Glenwood’s sweep of Harlan.
    October 28, 2025
    Glenwood battled Bishop Heelan to the end but came up short in a 23-25, 25-23, 35-21, 14-25, 13-15 marathon Class 4A, Region 2 semifinals loss Thursday in Sioux City.“It was hard to walk out on...

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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