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Books on the shelves at the Glenwood Public Library.

Glenwood Residents Urge City Council Not To Cut Library Funding

Supporters of the Glenwood Public Library showed up in force at last Tuesday’s meeting of the Glenwood City to voice their opposition to proposed cuts in library staffing presented in a draft for the city’s 2025-2026 fiscal year budget, which begins July 1. Under a budget draft presented to the...

Mills County Residents Voice Property Tax Concerns At Levy Hearing

Members of the Mills County Board Of Supervisors listened to concerns and comments from residents about property taxes during a public hearing last Tuesday, March 25, at the Mills County Annex Building. The tax rate public hearing, which lasted about 30 minutes, is one of multiple steps the...

Mills County native Katrina Markel is a television reporter for KMTV 3 News in Omaha, reporting on people and issues in southwest Iowa.

Southwest Iowa Neighborhood Reporter - Mills County Upbringing Helped Prepare Katrina Markel For Journalism Career

Her ambitions have taken her to the bright lights of some of the world’s largest and most glamorous cities – New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mumbai (India) and Dundee (Scotland), yet Mills County native Katrina Markel is finding fulfillment these days telling stories about the people and...

The National Honor Society induction ceremony at Glenwood Community High School.

Glenwood Students Inducted Into National Honor Society

Twenty-six students were inducted into the Glenwood Honor Keys chapter of the National Honor Society during a ceremony last week in the auditorium at Glenwood Community High School. The National Honor Society was founded in 1921 as an organization that would recognize and encourage academic...

The Glenwood Public Library.

City Proposes Library Cuts To Address Budget Shortfall

Staffing will be cut by up to two employees and hours of operation will be reduced at the Glenwood Public Library under a preliminary budget draft for the 2025-26 fiscal year shared with city council members last week by city administrator Mitch Kolf. In addition to the cuts at the library,...

Glenwood Assistant Fire Chief Bob Wray in 2021 - his 50th year with the department.

Assistant Chief Bob Wray Helped Build Foundation, Set Standards For Glenwood Fire Department

The Glenwood Fire Department is mourning the loss of Assistant Chief Bob Wray, a volunteer that not only served his community for over five decades, but helped build the foundation of the department and set a high standard for future generations of firefighters to follow. Wray passed away March 13...

Berkeley Greenwood and Dave Staiert grab fresh fish from the fryer in the kitchen at Kaufman Hall.

Lenten Fish Fry Tradition Continues At Holy Rosary Catholic Church

Fish Fry-days are back for the Lenten season at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Glenwood. For over 30 years, the Holy Rosary Knights of Columbus have been hosting Friday fish fries in Kaufman Hall during the Lenten season. During the Lenten season, Fridays are a day of abstinence...

Mills County residents could be asked to vote on an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) tax levy in the November election.

County Supervisors Take First Step To Get EMS Tax Levy On Ballot

The Mills County Board Of Supervisors has taken the first step in a process that could lead to Mills County residents voting on a tax levy in November to help fund Emergency Medical Services (EMS) across the county. At its regular meeting Tuesday morning, the three-member board voted unanimously to...

Glenwood Community School District Proposing Lower Tax Rate For 2025-26 Fiscal Year

The Glenwood Community School District is proposing a 7% tax rate decrease for its upcoming fiscal year. A month before it prepares to officially unveil its 2025-2026 budget, the district has announced it is proposing a tax rate for the fiscal year beginning July 1 that will go down from $14.50...

Evans Masonry workers do tuckpointing on the historic Robinson Block building Monday afternoon.

Tuckpointing Work Expected To Alleviate Robinson Building Concerns

Workers from a Council Bluffs masonry company began doing tuckpointing work earlier this week on the 100-plus-year-old Robinson Block building, located on the southwest corner of Glenwood’s Town Square. The sidewalk that runs along the north side of the two-story structure was taped off earlier...