Some members of the Supplies 4 Success team: Denise Crawford, Desi Bartel, Carol Robertson, Laura Hillbusch, Lora Fisher, Nicole Thomas, Sydney Rohrberg, Jabe Rounds, Keaton Mayhew, Lydia Fuoss, Liam Hays and Ava Scott. Not pictured: Barb Mass and Michelle Wright.
3 weeks 4 days ago
Thanks to the efforts of the Glenwood Kiwanis Club, Glenwood Community High School Key Club and First National Bank (FNBO), more than 50 children in the Glenwood Community School District started the school year with a new backpack filled with the supplies they need to complete their classroom...

Sugar Makery owners Alexis and Malcom McCue.
1 month 2 days ago
The past six years have been a sweet experience for Malcom and Alexis McCue. The founders and owners of the Sugar Makery say the success of their business is a direct result from the patronage and support they’ve received from the Glenwood community since the first day their popular popcorn, candy...

Amber Landolt opened Juniper Metal Works in 2019.
1 month 3 weeks ago
Amber Landolt is living her dream. While a student at Iowa State University, Landolt  realized she had found her passion when she dropped an interior design class and replaced it with a metalsmithing class. “I walked in and it was like instant, ‘This is where I need to be,’” she recalled. “...

On Monday, Sept. 18, Mike Collins and other employees at the Glenwood Cemetery began removing 27 dead and dying ash trees at the cemetery.
Emerald Ash Bore is methodically wiping out the ash tree population in Glenwood and Mills County. Beginning this week, 27 dead or infected ash trees...
September 19, 2023, 3:52 PM

Glenwood Resource Center Administration Building.
The Glenwood Community School District is currently in discussions with the state to assume ownership of the Glenwood Resource Center’s...
September 19, 2023, 3:42 PM

Northeast Elementary School Principal Ashlie Salazar gives parents a tour of the school building at the conclusion of Thursday night’s forum.
The first public forum for the Glenwood Community School District’s upcoming $39.9 million bond issue attracted a sparse crowd to Northeast...
September 19, 2023, 3:36 PM

On Monday, Sept. 18, Mike Collins and other employees at the Glenwood Cemetery began removing 27 dead and dying ash trees at the cemetery.
Emerald Ash Bore is methodically wiping out the ash tree population in Glenwood and Mills County. Beginning this week, 27 dead or infected ash trees are being cut down at the Glenwood Cemetery and that’s just a fraction of the infected trees in the city. The wood-boring beetle, whcih was first...
September 19, 2023

News


  • On Monday, Sept. 18, Mike Collins and other employees at the Glenwood Cemetery began removing 27 dead and dying ash trees at the cemetery.
    September 19, 2023
    Emerald Ash Bore is methodically wiping out the ash tree population in Glenwood and Mills County.Beginning this week, 27 dead or infected ash trees are being cut down at the Glenwood Cemetery and...

  • Glenwood Resource Center Administration Building.
    September 19, 2023
    The Glenwood Community School District is currently in discussions with the state to assume ownership of the Glenwood Resource Center’s administration building when the campus closes its doors...

  • Northeast Elementary School Principal Ashlie Salazar gives parents a tour of the school building at the conclusion of Thursday night’s forum.
    September 19, 2023
    The first public forum for the Glenwood Community School District’s upcoming $39.9 million bond issue attracted a sparse crowd to Northeast Elementary School Thursday evening.Approximately 25...

Sports


  • Glenwood quarterback Kayden Anderson completed 10-of-11 passes, including two touchdown tosses, for 186 yards in the win over Atlantic.
    September 4, 2023
    Glenwood scored 28 first quarter points and cruised to a 47-6 road victory over Atlantic in non-district football Friday.The Rams (2-0) scored touchdowns on their first four possessions and...

  • East Mills' Layne Mastin grasps at Sidney running back Michael Hensley in the Wolverines’ 70-32 loss Friday. Hensley had 185 yards rushing and 182 yards receiving to go with five total TDs in the win.
    September 4, 2023
    MALVERN - A physical Sidney squad and a slew of injuries were too much for East Mills to overcome in a physical, 70-32 loss to the Cowboys in Eight-player, District 10 football Friday in Malvern.If...

  • Glenwood’s Trent Patton fights for a first down in the Ramas’ 28-24 win Friday. Patton scored three touchdowns in the victory.
    August 28, 2023
    Glenwood’s defense bent a few times but didn’t break when it mattered most Friday night as the Rams held off Sioux City East, 28-24, at the Glenwood Activities Complex.East was denied...

Features


  • 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...

  • The Rhapsody In Gold vocal jazz choir from Glenwood Community High School earned a sixth-place trophy at last week’s Iowa Vocal Jazz Championships in Spirit Lake. From left: baritone Connor Edick, alto Evan Belt, tenor Dallis Taylor, soprano Aubrey Mullanix and bass Aaron McQueen.
    April 4, 2023
    The group may be small in numbers, but the Glenwood Jazz Choir made a loud statement at last week’s Iowa Vocal Jazz Championships.The five-member ensemble brought home a sixth-place trophy from...

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