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Participants in the Glenwood TeamMates mentoring program pose for a photo with Glenwood Mayor Ron Kohn at a recent basketball game.
Participants in the Glenwood Community School District’s TeamMates program were recognized publicly last week in conjunction with National Mentoring Month. Nearly 50 mentors and mentees attended the Rams’ basketball games with Red Oak Thursday night and were recognized at halftime of the boys game...

Architectural rendering of Cattlemen's Heritage Beef's proposed beef processing facility in northwest Mills County.
Nearly 18 months since announcing plans to build to a 2,000-head per day beef processing facility in Mills County, Cattlemen’s Heritage Beef Company has finalized the purchase of a 132-acre site in northwest Mills County. The purchase of land northwest of the Highway 370 – Interstate 29 interchange...

Mills County Public Health Office Administrator Kiernan Scott.
The new administrator for the Mills County Public Health Office brings a unique background to the position. Kiernan Scott comes from a family with ties to the southwest Iowa medical community and she brings years of hands-on experience working in the community with children and families. Before...

City, county and Glenwood school district officials met for a Super Board meeting at City Hall on Jan. 12.
Representatives from the City of Glenwood, Mills County Board of Supervisors and Glenwood Community School District met for the first “Super Board” meeting of the year Thursday evening at City Hall. For the past several years, representatives from the three entities have tried to meet on a...

Tim Becker
The Glenwood Community School District is seeking to fill an immediate vacancy on the Board of Education. Tim Becker announced in December he would be stepping down immediately. Becker resigned after accepting a new job out of state. Glenwood Superintendent Dr. Devin Embray said the board would...

Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst answers a question during her town hall meeting in Glenwood on Jan. 5.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst began her 99-county tour of Iowa for 2023 with three stops in Southwest Iowa Thursday, including the Glenwood American Legion Hall in Glenwood. The Republican senator fielded questions from audience members during an hour-long town hall meeting. The topics of discussion ranged...

This graphic showing the number of veterans homes in Iowa and surrounding states was on display at the American Legion building during Sen. Ernst’s town hall meeting.
The hot topic of discussion at U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s town hall meeting in Glenwood Thursday was the need for a veterans home in western Iowa. Several members of the audience encouraged Ernst, a military veteran herself, to support a proposal to open a veterans home on the campus of the Glenwood...

Dr. Kyle Klute has assumed ownership of Young Vision Care in Glenwood from Dr. Jacque Young.
After returning from World War II, Elwood “Jack” Young, choose to become an optometrist over pursuing professional golf. He graduated at the Northern Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago after 18 months in 1948. He practiced in his hometown of Council Bluffs initially. In 1950, he purchased the...

Glenwood Rotary celebrated its 100th anniversary as a club last month during its annual fundraising spaghetti dinner.
A Glenwood service club recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The Glenwood Rotary Club was chartered on Nov. 4, 1922. The club was founded under the sponsorship of the Council Bluffs Rotary Club. Last month, Glenwood Rotarians marked the occasion with a 100th anniversary celebration held in...

U.S. Navy Capt. Melissa Hiller Lauby (left) was part of the State Department team that escorted American Brittney Griner (right) back to the United States after the professional basketball star was released from a Russian prison on Dec. 8. They’re shown here prior to their arrival in San Antonio, Texas. - COURTESY PHOTO
A Glenwood native had a major role in the Dec. 8 prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia involving American professional basketball star Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Following her release from Russian detention, Griner was escorted back to the United States by...

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