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Wastewater Discharge In Mills County Reaches Tributary Of Silver Creek

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a wastewater bypass near Malvern in Mills County. On November 12, the Iowa DNR Field Office in Atlantic received a call from the City of Malvern regarding a wastewater bypass in a farm field southwest of the city. Officials say a farmer...

The remains of this house and garage at 405 N. Grove St. in Glenwood is expected to be knocked down this week. It was the scene of a neighborhood tragedy in August.

Charred Remains Of Grove Street House To Be Demolished This Week

The scorched remains of a house that was the site of a tragic shooting incident and fire in Glenwood over the summer is scheduled to be demolished this week. For the past three months, the structure at 405 N. Grove St. has served as a painful reminder of Dennis Burnell’s Aug. 6 shooting rampage...

Mills County 2025 Election Results

City of Emerson - City Council At-Large ( 2) Ann Roth 56 41.48% Dennis L. Porter 42 31.11% Cathy Bruce 34 25.19% Write-in 3 2.22% City of Emerson - Mayor ( 1) Larry Johnson 64 95.52% Write-in 3 4.48% City of Glenwood - City Council At-Large ( 1) Mike Lines 312 73.24% Michael Ray Phillips Jr. 99 23....

Volunteers stock the shelves at the Mills County Storehouse Food Pantry Friday afternoon.

Mills County Storehouse Prepares For Increased Demand At Food Pantry

With Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progam (SNAP) benefits for nearly 450 Mills County households in limbo during the shutdown of the federal government, Mills County Storehouse volunteers are stepping up their effort to assist and provide relief to individuals and families struggling to keep...

The former Glenwood Resource Center campus is now closed to the general public. Only individuals who have business with school district facilities or the Glen Haven Village skilled nursing facility are permitted.

Former GRC Campus Off Limits To Public

As of Friday, Oct. 31, the property that once housed the Glenwood Resource Center is closed to the public. The Glenwood Redevelopment Corporation announced the closure in a press release last week. “The former Glenwood Resource Center campus is set to close to the public this week for the safety of...

The annual Veterans Day program outside the Mills County Courthouse is set for Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.

Veterans Day Observances Planned In Mills County

Several Veterans Day-related observances will take place over the next week in Mills County. The East Mills Community School District Veterans Day Program will be on Friday, Nov. 7, starting at 10 a.m. at the school in Malvern. There will be a lunch following the program at the Malvern Community...

Glenwood Municipal Utilities has started the process of replacing its 42-year-old wastewater treatment plant.

GMU Begins Process Of Replacing Wastwater Treatment Plant

The clock is ticking for Glenwood’s aging wastewater treatment plant and Glenwood Municipal Utilities officials believe the time has come to begin the process of replacing the obsolescent facility. “It’s been almost 50 years and that plant is out of date,” said Doug Meggison, chair of the GMU Board...

Douglas Jensen

Douglas Jensen Of Silver City Launches Congressional Campaign

A Mills County resident has announced his candidacy to represent Iowa’s Fourth District in the U.S. House Of Representatives.Douglas Jensen, 40, of Silver City formally launched his campaign for the Republican Party nomination earlier this month at an event in Treynor. The decorated military combat...

Children play in the Ones Room at Kids Place.

School District, Kids Place Settling In At Renovated 103 Central Building

The Glenwood Community School District is back in its newly remodeled home on the former Glenwood Resource Center campus. The 103 Central building, the district’s home for its Kids Place daycare and central offices for more than three decades, underwent a remodel and infrastructure update this...

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.

Glenwood Chain Gang Member Richard Crouch Has Been A Fixture On Sideline For 60 Years

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 (...