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The Missouri River crested at over 40 feet when it overtopped this Mills County levee in March 2019. (Courtesy Photo - Mills County Emergency Management).
The Mills County Emergency Management Office expects Missouri River water levels to crest near the Plattsmouth Bridge at just under 35 feet Thursday afternoon into Friday morning.
If that projection holds true, Mills County 911 / Emergency Management Director Travis Hitchcock is optimistic the...
There’s no light at the end of the tunnel for the Glenwood Resource Center. The State Of Iowa will officially close the campus in Glenwood on Sunday, June 30. The facility provided care for thousands of Iowans with intellectual and physical disabilities. It originated as a Civil War home for orphans in the 1860s and later transitioned into an institution for mental health care.
The sun is setting on the Glenwood Resource Center.
The sprawling, 400-acre campus that’s been home to thousands of Iowans with profound intellectual and physical disabilities is officially closing Sunday. The last resident of the state-managed facility was moved off the campus last week and only a...
Glenwood Community School District Superintendent Dr. Devin Embray at the Glenwood Activities Complex, built in 2019 after school district voters approved the project in a special election.
Dr. Devin Embray admits he couldn’t have predicted 14 years.
Then again, the longtime Glenwood Community School District Superintendent wasn’t counting. He came to the community for a job. He stayed in the job because of the community.
Embray can’t say for sure he ever thought he’d be in his...
Iowa Western Community College and its partner, the Glenwood Community School District, have been awarded a $1 million grant to help fund a proposed innovation center.
The IWCC-GCSD partnership is among four recipients receiving a total of $3.6 million in grants from the Iowa Department of...
Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg (left) tours the 712 Lofts with developer Ryan Sell.
Iowa Lt.Gov. Adam Gregg made a stop in Glenwood last Tuesday to get a first-hand look at the 712 Lofts apartment complex under construction on the former site of the Glen Haven nursing home.
Developer Ryan Sell gave Gregg, city officials and members of the Mills County Chamber of Commerce and...
The Glewood City Council will not bring back an ordinance to permit chickens within the city limits.
After further review, Glenwood’s policy of not allowing chickens to be housed or raised within the city limits stands.
At the recommendation of the city council’s Administration sub-committee, the council has decided not to bring back a controversial ordinance that previously permitted chickens...
Brittany Jones teaches a lesson on weather to her preschool class at KIds Place
In Iowa, 23% of all residents live in a childcare desert – a census tract with more than 50 children under age 5 that contain either no childcare providers or so few that there are more than three times as many children as licensed childcare slots.
In rural areas, that figure jumps to 35%....
The front side of East Mills School in Malvern.
It’s said a school is a building that has four walls and tomorrow inside.
In the case of East Mills and its extensive, $22 million remodel and addition, the hope is to have decades inside the new K-12 school in Malvern.
“We gave a tour to staff recently and they were excited,” said East Mills...
Bob Wolbach (right) with his three children - Anna, Sam and Josh.
Bob Wolbach’s priorities for his popular Glenwood coffee and ice cream shop have always been about more than just the bottom line.
Harvest Moon Coffee and Specialty is about community. It’s about family.
“That’s the most important thing,” Wolbach said during a recent interview. “Some people get...
Ernie Gencarelli, the former chief of the Pacific Junction Fire Department, was charged with three felonies last week.
The former fire chief for the Pacific Junction Volunteer Fire Department was arrested last Wednesday on multiple charges related to theft of more than $40,000 in donated funds to the now closed department.
Ernie Gencarelli, 67, was arrested by Mills County Sheriff’s Deputies following a months long...