Monday, August 17, 2026
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Mills County spent over $555,000 of its ARPA dollars to help bring high-speed fiber optic internet to the county.
Mills County has spent or designated about 84 percent of its federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars from the federal government, according to figures provided by the Mills County Auditor’s Office.
ARPA is federal funding approved in 2021 by Congress and President Joe Biden to assist local...
A Pre-K classroom at Kids Place in Glenwood.
The Mills County Board Of Supervisors has committed $250,000 to Kids Place Champions, the organization working to preserve the Kids Place childcare center in Glenwood.
The $250,000 matches the commitment the county board had previously given to the East Mills Childcare Solutions childcare center....
Glenwood Community High School Key Club member Aby Luddington and Glenwood Kiwanis Club members Carol Robertson, Denise Crawford, Michelle Wright and Barb Mass show off some of the Supplies 4 Success backpacks.
Glenwood Kiwanis Club members gathered at the Harvey T. Rimel American Legion post last Wednesday to fill and distribute 84 backpacks as part of the service organization’s annual Supplies 4 Success project.
Each backpack is filled with customized, age-appropriate supplies school children will need...
The summer swimming season is over at the Glenwood Aquatic Center.
With the swimming season at the Glenwood Aquatic Center coming to an end last weekend, city officials will now turn their attention to addressing nagging water-loss issues that have plagued the facility over the past several years.
City Administrator Amber Farnan told city council members last week...
Graphic posted by East Mills Community School District.
East Mills Community School District students will not be allowed to use their cell phones in the classroom under a new policy approved by the East Mills administration and board of education.
The new policy for “communication devices” will become effective when the 2024-2025 academic year begins...
The City Of Glenwood’s ordinance prohibiting pit bulls will remain in place despite a request to have the ban against the dog breed lifted.
Resident Katy Pfeiffer made a plea to the city council in June, stating that pit bulls aren’t as vicious or aggressive as they’re perceived to be. The council...
Two Omaha men died after being shot in the parking lot outside a concert at the I-29 Speedway near Pacific Junction Saturday night.
As of early Tuesday afternoon, no arrests had been made in the shooting deaths of two men Saturday night at the I-29 Speedway near Pacific Junction.
The victims, Marcus L. Johnson, 28, and Charles A. Williams Jr., 27, are both from Omaha.
The incident occurred in the parking lot at the motorsports...
Two people were killed in a shooting Saturday night at the I29 Speedway near Pacific Junction.
The incident occurred in the parking lot at the raceway just before 9 p.m., according to a press release from the Iowa Department Of Public Safety released Sunday morning. An outdoor concert was taking...
Nicole Kooiker began her position as interim superintendent for the Glenwood Community School District on July 1
Nicole Kooiker didn’t get the first job she sought in the Glenwood Community School District more than a decade ago.
The second time around proved a far better match.
Kooiker, 49, was hired as the district’s interim superintendent following the surprise April resignation of Dr. Devin Embray, who...
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...
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