March 2025

Southwest Iowa Neighborhood Reporter - Mills County Upbringing Helped Prepare Katrina Markel For Journalism Career

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 6:39pm admin

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 Co

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Glenwood Students Inducted Into National Honor Society

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 5:42pm admin

The National Honor Society induction ceremony at Glenwood Community High School.

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.

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City Proposes Library Cuts To Address Budget Shortfall

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 2:17pm admin

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 for the 2025-26 fiscal year shared with city counc

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Assistant Chief Bob Wray Helped Build Foundation, Set Standards For Glenwood Fire Department

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 2:07pm admin

Glenwood Assistant Fire Chief Bob Wray in 2021 - his 50th year with the department.

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 departmen

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Lenten Fish Fry Tradition Continues At Holy Rosary Catholic Church

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 2:00pm admin

Berkeley Greenwood and Dave Staiert grab fresh fish from the fryer in the kitchen at Kaufman Hall.

Fish Fry-days are back for the Lenten season at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Glenwood.

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County Supervisors Take First Step To Get EMS Tax Levy On Ballot

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 12:57pm admin

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 November to help fund Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

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Glenwood Community School District Proposing Lower Tax Rate For 2025-26 Fiscal Year

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 12:50pm admin

The Glenwood Community School District is proposing a 7% tax rate decrease for its upcoming fiscal year.

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