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Vietnam War veteran and Purple Heart recipient Jim Thrane of Glenwood was honored for his service during the Feb. 4 Creighton Bluejays basketball game in Omaha.
A Vietnam War veteran and Purple Heart recipient from Glenwood received a standing ovation for his military service from more than 18,000 Creighton basketball fans Saturday night during the Bluejays’ game against Villanova at CHI Health Center Omaha. Jim Thrane was escorted onto the court and...

The Glenwood City Council has approved funds for the resurfacing of this stretch of Coolidge Street between Locust and Walnut .
There’s some good news for motorists who travel on that treacherous stretch of Coolidge Street south of the Glenwood Fire Station. The Glenwood City Council approved a resurfacing project for the street at the council’s regular meeting Jan. 24. Jake Zimmerer, a representative of Eagle Engineering,...

Linda Goos, a cardiac care patient at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, and her sister Marcia Keith, the Service Leader For the Cardiovascular Service Line at the hospital, are helping get the word out about services available to Mills County and southwest Iowa residents in need of cardiac care.
February is National Heart Month and for two sisters from the Glenwood area, it’s the perfect time to promote cardiac care and services available to Mills County residents in need of treatment for heart-related conditions. Marcia Keith, the Service Leader for the Cardiovascular Service Line at...

The Burr Oaks Place apartment complex is being constructed on land that was once the site of the Glenwood city swimming pool. View is looking east from Elm Street.
The Burr Oaks Place apartment complex under construction in Glenwood is attracting heavy interest from potential residents and even compliments from some neighborhood residents who originally opposed construction. “We have over 40 people who have wanted applications and we really don’t have any...

The Glenwood City Council has approved construction of a concession stand building for the ballfields at the Glenwood Recreation Complex. A facility for City Field on South Vine Street is on hold.
The City of Glenwood is moving forward with one concession stand project and putting another on hold. Following lengthy discussion at its regular meeting Jan. 24, the city council voted to approve the construction of a concession stand this spring for youth ball fields at the Glenwood Recreation...

David Gute
The Iowa legislature has passed the Students First Act, the state’s first law allowing taxpayer money to pay for students to attend private schools. The bill passed in the Iowa House Jan. 23 by a 55-45 margin before the Senate followed suit with a 31-18 vote in the early morning hours of Jan. 24....
Eva Krueger has been appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Glenwood Board of Education. Krueger was selected by 3-1 paper ballot vote of existing board members during a special meeting on Monday. Krueger, one of four people to apply for the position, will fill a seat vacated in December by Tim...

Players and managers from the Glenwood Community School High basketball teams form a human pink ribbon chain during a Pink Out ceremony held Thursday night between the Rams’ varsity games against Red Oak.
The annual Pink Out Night has become a winter tradition at Glenwood Community High School. Thursday night, during the boys and girls varsity doubleheader against Red Oak, Ram basketball players, student managers, dance team members, cheerleaders, pep band members and spectators donned pink attire...

State Rep. David Sieck
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed legislation into law Tuesday that will provide families nearly $7,600 per child to cover private school expenses. The controversial Students First Act was passed by lawmakers  overnight on Monday without the support of nine Republicans in the House of Representatives,...

The value of ag land in Mills, Fremont, Montgomery and Page counties increased by 21.6 percent in 2022.
Mills, Fremont, Montgomery and Page counties in southwest Iowa all reported a 21.6 % increase in the value of farmland from 2021-2022, the highest percentage in the state of Iowa, according to results of the Iowa State University Land Value Survey. The survey showed agriculture land values...

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