Amy Kennedy started her photography business, Portraits By Amy, in 2000.
6 days 16 hours ago
For a quarter century, Amy Kennedy has aimed her camera at Glenwood’s biggest moments and smallest joys, treating every family, every milestone, every smile as if it were her own. And she still can’t imagine doing anything else. “I’m not even ready to quit or retire,” Kennedy said. “I’m still young...

Linda Rowe on the third place discus medal stand.
6 days 16 hours ago
Long before she collected four National Senior Games medals, Linda Rowe was a gangly Glenwood girl who could high jump higher than anyone in Iowa. At 73, the 1970 Glenwood Community High School graduate and former state champion is still proving that competitive fire doesn’t age. Rowe demonstrated...

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.
1 month 2 weeks ago
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 (...

Nestled in a hilly area at the south end of the campus is a burial site for more than 1,000 Glenwood Resource Center residents and staff. The site is now being cared for by the Glenwood Redevolpment Corporation.The corporation has long-term plans of enhancing the property. For now, the campus, including the burial site, is closed to the public for safety reasons.
The campus of the former Glenwood Resource Center, including a burial site that serves as the resting place for more than 1,000 individuals, will...
December 9, 2025, 6:05 PM

Horse and carriage rides are among the activities planned for the Glenwood Holiday Festival.
From the arrival of Santa Claus and a Christmas tree lighting ceremony to a ginger bread competition and a nutcracker scavenger hunt, a variety of...
December 4, 2025, 5:45 PM

Director Brittney Rimel cuts the ribbon outside the Lakin Foundation Child Development Center of East Mills.
The East Mills Community School District and Malvern community celebrated the opening of its new child care center with a ribbon cutting and public...
November 18, 2025, 6:03 PM

Nestled in a hilly area at the south end of the campus is a burial site for more than 1,000 Glenwood Resource Center residents and staff. The site is now being cared for by the Glenwood Redevolpment Corporation.The corporation has long-term plans of enhancing the property. For now, the campus, including the burial site, is closed to the public for safety reasons.
The campus of the former Glenwood Resource Center, including a burial site that serves as the resting place for more than 1,000 individuals, will remain closed to the public for an indefinite period of time as redevelopment of the property moves forward. The campus has been off limits  to the...
December 9, 2025

News


  • Nestled in a hilly area at the south end of the campus is a burial site for more than 1,000 Glenwood Resource Center residents and staff. The site is now being cared for by the Glenwood Redevolpment Corporation.The corporation has long-term plans of enhancing the property. For now, the campus, including the burial site, is closed to the public for safety reasons.
    December 9, 2025
    The campus of the former Glenwood Resource Center, including a burial site that serves as the resting place for more than 1,000 individuals, will remain closed to the public for an indefinite period...

  • Horse and carriage rides are among the activities planned for the Glenwood Holiday Festival.
    December 4, 2025
    From the arrival of Santa Claus and a Christmas tree lighting ceremony to a ginger bread competition and a nutcracker scavenger hunt, a variety of activities are planned for the annual Glenwood...

  • Amy Kennedy started her photography business, Portraits By Amy, in 2000.
    December 4, 2025
    For a quarter century, Amy Kennedy has aimed her camera at Glenwood’s biggest moments and smallest joys, treating every family, every milestone, every smile as if it were her own.And she still...

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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