SWIPCO Executive Director John McCurdy presents Mills County Supervisor Richard Crouch the Ron Kohn Servant Leadership Award Thursday night in Walnut.
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Retiring Mills County Supervisor Richard Crouch received a special award during the annual meeting of the Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) Thursday night in Walnut. Crouch and Clarinda City Manager Gary McClarnon were recognized as co-recipients of the second annual Ron Kohn Servant...

Glenwood Kiwanis President Laura Hellbusch and Mayor Angie Winquist cut the ribbon at the Hiley Park playground.
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Members of the Glenwood Kiwanis Club were joined by donors and community leaders Friday evening to celebrate and formally dedicate over $200,000 in improvements made to the Hiley Park playground. “Start to finish, this project took four years,” said Kiwanian and Hiley Park project chair Michelle...

Sugar Makery owners Alexis and Malcom McCue took possession of the former Kaiman’s grocery store building Thursday, Sept. 10. They plan to move their sweet shop and production kitchen into the building.
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Popcorn, candy and ice cream lovers in Glenwood got some sweet news last week. Owners of the Sugar Makery are planning to relocate and expand  their popular sweet shop to the former Kaiman’s grocery store building in 2027. Malcom and Alexis McCue assumed ownership of the building Thursday. “It’s...
Mills County officials are hoping to get some clarity on whether opioid settlement funds can be spent for K-9 unit-related expenses. The county has...
September 29, 2026, 4:55 PM

Glenwood quarterback Ben Carlo is stacked up by a pair of Council Bluffs Lewis Central defenders in the Rams’ 31-0 loss Friday.
Lewis Central scored three fourth quarter touchdowns to pull away from Glenwood 31-0 in a clash of Class 4A, District 6 rivals Friday night at the...
September 29, 2026, 10:59 AM
Grace Berglund won the girls race to help the Glenwood girls to a sixth place finish while the boys were eighth at the Mount Michael Cross Country...
September 29, 2026, 10:58 AM

SWIPCO Executive Director John McCurdy presents Mills County Supervisor Richard Crouch the Ron Kohn Servant Leadership Award Thursday night in Walnut.
Retiring Mills County Supervisor Richard Crouch received a special award during the annual meeting of the Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) Thursday night in Walnut. Crouch and Clarinda City Manager Gary McClarnon were recognized as co-recipients of the second annual Ron Kohn Servant...
September 29, 2026

News


  • SWIPCO Executive Director John McCurdy presents Mills County Supervisor Richard Crouch the Ron Kohn Servant Leadership Award Thursday night in Walnut.
    September 29, 2026
    Retiring Mills County Supervisor Richard Crouch received a special award during the annual meeting of the Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) Thursday night in Walnut.Crouch and Clarinda City...
  • September 29, 2026
    Mills County officials are hoping to get some clarity on whether opioid settlement funds can be spent for K-9 unit-related expenses.The county has received around $350,000 from the national...

  • The Folsom Lake Solar project is proposed for the dark green shaded areas with diagonal lines.
    September 22, 2026
    A major solar energy project proposed for western Mills County passed its first challenge last week.After listening to a presentation from Orion Renewable Energy Group and comments from around 20...

Sports


  • Glenwood quarterback Ben Carlo is stacked up by a pair of Council Bluffs Lewis Central defenders in the Rams’ 31-0 loss Friday.
    September 29, 2026
    Lewis Central scored three fourth quarter touchdowns to pull away from Glenwood 31-0 in a clash of Class 4A, District 6 rivals Friday night at the Glenwood Activities Complex.Frustrated most of the...
  • September 29, 2026
    Grace Berglund won the girls race to help the Glenwood girls to a sixth place finish while the boys were eighth at the Mount Michael Cross Country Invitational last Tuesday in Elkhorn, Neb.Berglund...
  • September 29, 2026
    Glenwood was 3-2 on the day and claimed third place at the Carlisle Volleyball Tournament on Saturday.“It was good to see some different competition on Saturday,” said Glenwood coach...

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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