4-Her Rhyley Wright grooming two of her sheep.
3 days 11 hours ago
The Mills County Fair is right around the corner and local 4-H members are finalizing their projects for judging. The fair provides opportunities for a variety of involvement including static projects, livestock, fashion, communication and more. Two 4-H members, Malachi Hardesty and Rhyley Wright,...

Patrons browse the book shelves at Saturday’s fundraising event.
1 week 3 days ago
The Friends of the Glenwood Public Library hosted their first major fundraiser of the year Saturday – “Books, Beats and Beans.” While the Friends have been around for decades, involvement and support had lapsed over the past couple of years. Kate Wilson, Glenwood Public Library Board president and...

The Glenwood Kiwanis Club has helped furnish and maintain Hiley Park for over 40 years.
2 weeks 3 days ago
The Glenwood Kiwanis Club is nearing its goal of raising $187,000 to make Hiley Park handicap accessible. Recent donations of $17,500 from Glenwood State Bank and $2,500 from First Interstate Bank leaves the club just $17,500 short of its goal, according to spokesperson Michelle Wright. Kiwanis has...
Mills County Relay for Life is hosting a cancer survivor recognition and family fun day at Glenwood Lake Park from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 12....
July 8, 2025, 5:44 PM

Glenwood’s Allison Koontz hit a home run at the plate and tossed a shutout in the circle in the Rams’ 5-0 win over Atlantic in Hawkeye 10 Conference softball last week.
Allison Koontz smacked a home run and allowed just one hit and struck out eight in the circle for Glenwood in a 5-0 victory over Shenandoah in...
July 7, 2025, 12:28 PM

Glenwood shorstop Brennan Anderson fires a putout in a game earlier this season. Anderson had three hits and drove in a run in the Rams’ 8-7 loss to Shenandoah Thursday.
A three-run sixth inning proved the difference for Shenandoah in an 8-7 win over Glenwood in Hawkeye 10 Conference baseball Thursday in Shenandoah....
July 7, 2025, 12:26 PM

4-Her Rhyley Wright grooming two of her sheep.
The Mills County Fair is right around the corner and local 4-H members are finalizing their projects for judging. The fair provides opportunities for a variety of involvement including static projects, livestock, fashion, communication and more. Two 4-H members, Malachi Hardesty and Rhyley Wright,...
July 8, 2025

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  • Glenwood’s Allison Koontz hit a home run at the plate and tossed a shutout in the circle in the Rams’ 5-0 win over Atlantic in Hawkeye 10 Conference softball last week.
    July 7, 2025
    Allison Koontz smacked a home run and allowed just one hit and struck out eight in the circle for Glenwood in a 5-0 victory over Shenandoah in Hawkeye 10 Conference softball Thursday.Koontz was 2-for...

  • Glenwood shorstop Brennan Anderson fires a putout in a game earlier this season. Anderson had three hits and drove in a run in the Rams’ 8-7 loss to Shenandoah Thursday.
    July 7, 2025
    A three-run sixth inning proved the difference for Shenandoah in an 8-7 win over Glenwood in Hawkeye 10 Conference baseball Thursday in Shenandoah.The Rams (11-18 overall, 8-12 in the conference) led...

  • Cooper Hagen led East Mills with three hits in its come-from-behind victory over Fremont-MIlls in Class 1A postseason baseball Saturday.
    July 7, 2025
    Gabe Blanton’s two-out, walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh lifted East Mills to a 5-4 win over Fremont-Mills in the Class 1A, Substate 7 opening round in Lenox Saturday.The Wolverines...

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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