Mills County native Katrina Markel is a television reporter for KMTV 3 News in Omaha, reporting on people and issues in southwest Iowa.
2 days 3 hours ago
Her ambitions have taken her to the bright lights of some of the world’s largest and most glamorous cities – New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mumbai (India) and Dundee (Scotland), yet Mills County native Katrina Markel is finding fulfillment these days telling stories about the people and...

The National Honor Society induction ceremony at Glenwood Community High School.
2 days 4 hours ago
Twenty-six students were inducted into the Glenwood Honor Keys chapter of the National Honor Society during a ceremony last week in the auditorium at Glenwood Community High School. The National Honor Society was founded in 1921 as an organization that would recognize and encourage academic...

Glenwood Assistant Fire Chief Bob Wray in 2021 - his 50th year with the department.
1 week 7 hours ago
The Glenwood Fire Department is mourning the loss of Assistant Chief Bob Wray, a volunteer that not only served his community for over five decades, but helped build the foundation of the department and set a high standard for future generations of firefighters to follow. Wray passed away March 13...

The Glenwood Public Library.
Staffing will be cut by up to two employees and hours of operation will be reduced at the Glenwood Public Library under a preliminary budget draft...
March 20, 2025, 2:17 PM

Mills County residents could be asked to vote on an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) tax levy in the November election.
The Mills County Board Of Supervisors has taken the first step in a process that could lead to Mills County residents voting on a tax levy in...
March 12, 2025, 12:57 PM
The Glenwood Community School District is proposing a 7%  tax rate decrease for its upcoming fiscal year. A month before it prepares to officially...
March 12, 2025, 12:50 PM

Mills County native Katrina Markel is a television reporter for KMTV 3 News in Omaha, reporting on people and issues in southwest Iowa.
Her ambitions have taken her to the bright lights of some of the world’s largest and most glamorous cities – New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mumbai (India) and Dundee (Scotland), yet Mills County native Katrina Markel is finding fulfillment these days telling stories about the people and...
March 25, 2025

News


  • Mills County native Katrina Markel is a television reporter for KMTV 3 News in Omaha, reporting on people and issues in southwest Iowa.
    March 25, 2025
    Her ambitions have taken her to the bright lights of some of the world’s largest and most glamorous cities – New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mumbai (India) and Dundee (Scotland),...

  • The National Honor Society induction ceremony at Glenwood Community High School.
    March 25, 2025
    Twenty-six students were inducted into the Glenwood Honor Keys chapter of the National Honor Society during a ceremony last week in the auditorium at Glenwood Community High School.The National Honor...

  • The Glenwood Public Library.
    March 20, 2025
    Staffing will be cut by up to two employees and hours of operation will be reduced at the Glenwood Public Library under a preliminary budget draft for the 2025-26 fiscal year shared with city council...

Sports

  • February 24, 2025
    Mason Koehler rarely shows emotion on the wrestling mat.Koehler is a machine while wrestling. Largely unemotional and always singularly focused on his purpose: winning.But all that stoicism was out...

  • Colin Steele knocked down a pair of three-pointers in the Rams’ win over Denison.
    February 18, 2025
    Glenwood knocked down 9-of-16 three-point shots and shot 60% from the field en route to a 92-50 road victory at Denison on Friday night.The Rams, who improved to 17-4 with the victory, opened up a...

  • Malynn Johnson, shown earlier this season against St. Albert, scored 12 points in both of the Rams’ games last week.
    February 18, 2025
    Glenwood wrapped up its regular season Friday night with a 60-34 triumph over Denision.Maggie McChesney scored 16 points, pulled down 13 rebounds collected seven steals to lead the charge for...

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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