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MidAmerican Energy plans to build and operate a 50-megawatt solar energy facility in Indian Creek Township near U.S. Highway 34.
Construction of the first solar energy project in Mills County is expected to begin later this year and could be up and running in 2025.
MidAmerican Energy plans to construct the solar project on a rural site in Indian Creek Township, east of the former Nishna Valley / East Mills Elementary School...
This outfield fence on a ballfield at the Glenwood Recreation Complex was damaged during last Wednesday’s storm system that passed through eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
Last Wednesday’s powerful thunderstorm system that took down trees and knocked out electrical power to major portions of the Omaha metropolitan area for several days did minimal damage in Mills County.
Travis Hitchcock, Mills County Director of 911 Communications & Emergency Management, said...
The Glenwood chapter of TeamMates Mentoring was named the Chapter Of The Year at the TeamMates Annual Conference in Lincoln, Neb. Some members of the Glenwood TeamMates Mentoring leadership team are shown here with TeamMates co-founder and former University Of Nebraska football coach Dr. Tom Osborne (right) and Will Shields (left), the conference’s keynote speaker and former Nebraska and Kansas City Chiefs football player. (Courtesy - TeamMates Mentoring).
The Glenwood Community School District’s TeamMates mentoring program has been recognized with a prestigious honor.
Earlier this month, Glenwood was named the TeamMates Mentoring Chapter of the Year. The award was presented during the TeamMates Mentoring Annual Conference in Lincoln, Neb.
“It speaks...
The Glenwood Community School District Board of Education has decided it will not put a multi-million dollar general obligation bond before voters this fall.
In a special meeting last Monday, the board voted to put on hold its plan to present a similar bond issue on the November general election...
The 6-foot high, 30-foot wide limestone “Glenwood” sign will be located along eastbound Highway 34, visible to motorists as they approach the Glenwood exit. (Courtesy - Ebmeier Engineering).
All of the funding has now been secured for a lighted “Glenwood” sign planned for eastbound Highway 34 near the Glenwood exit.
A $15,000 grant from the Iowa West Foundation and a $5,000 pledge from Glenwood State Bank recently put the project over the top. The 6-foot tall by 30-foot wide sign will...
RAGBRAI riders head east on Gaston Ave. Sunday morning after beginning their week-long trek across the state of Iowa.
They rolled in by the thousands on Saturday and they rolled out by the thousands on Sunday.
By all accounts, Glenwood’s eighth encounter with RAGBRAI was a success.
An estimated 20,000 visitors descended upon the community over the weekend as the city served as the starting point for the weeklong...
Danny Davis, shown here at Glenwood Lake Park, is riding his penny-farthing bicycle across the United States to raise money and awareness for autism.
The questions, the double-takes, the roadside stares – Danny Davis is used to it.
One doesn’t ride a penny-farthing bicycle, seemingly more at home in the Victorian-era, halfway across the United States and not expect some gawking.
And Davis is just fine with that.
“I have gotten some honks and...
RAGBRAI LI will begin in Glenwood Sunday morning.
If you have business on Town Square this week, you’ll want to get it done before Friday.
By the time the sun rises on Friday morning, the entire Town Square will be shut off to motor vehicle traffic as the city prepares to host up to 25,000 visitors this weekend as the start town for RAGBRAI (...
The route out of Glenwood for the start of RAGBRAI on July 21.
The dry weather in the forecast couldn’t come at a better time for the Redbud Avenue reconstruction project on the eastern edge of the Glenwood city limits.
The project still has a ways to go before it’s completed, but in 11 days, Redbud is slated to serve as the road out of town for the start of...
Gamechanger President Sameer Ahuja with Christopher Abbott’s family - wife Amie Abbott and sons Brecken and Gaven.
An award presented posthumously to his family last week, will allow the legacy of police officer Christopher Abbott to live on at the Glenwood Recreation Complex.
Officer Abbott, who died at the age of 48 in November 2023 after experiencing a medical emergency, was known for his tireless commitment...