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Students watch a performance from Omaha Street Percussion during Friday’s Blue Ribbon School celebration at Glenwood’s West Elementary School.
A blueberry pancake breakfast, classroom Christmas parties and an all-school assembly highlighted a day of celebration Friday at Glenwood’s West Elementary School.
Students and staff spent their last day before winter recess celebrating the school’s national recognition as a Blue Ribbon School....
About a dozen Glenwood residents and city officials spent an hour sharing and discussing the city’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats during an hour-long forum at City Hall last Tuesday, Dec. 13.
The forum, a part of the city’s SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)...
County Attorney DeShawne Bird-Sell is administered her oath of office by Magistrate Keith Tucker.
DeShawne Bird-Sell has been appointed to the position of Mills County Attorney.
Bird-Sell, who operates her own legal practice in Glenwood, was admininistered her oath of office at the Mills County Courthouse Tuesday, Dec. 13, by Magistrate Judge Keith Tucker. She fills a vacancy created by the...
Tom Mulholland poses in front of his property on Malvern’s Main Street. Construction of his new grocery store is expected to begin in the spring with a projected opening in the spring of 2024.
One year removed from the devastating fire that destroyed his business and turned his life upside down, Malvern grocer Tom Mulholland is focused on the future.
Banners announcing the future construction and opening of the new Mulholland Grocery Store hang along the Main Street fence line of the...
The Meyer Building on the Glenwood Resource Center campus is being considered as a site for a new elementary school.
The Glenwood Community School District has taken its first step in a potentially $50 million plan to overhaul its elementary school facilities.
During a special meeting Nov. 30, the Glenwood Board of Education voted unanimously to contract with Clark and Enersen, a Lincoln, Neb. design firm to...
Construction work has commenced on the East Mills school project.
Preliminary dirt work for the East Mills Community School District construction project has begun.
Bull dozers and other pieces of construction equipment arrived at the site last month.
The planned $22 million facility upgrade includes the renovation of the existing East Mills Middle School and...
Emily McQueen poses with her “Loess Hills” painting, one of nine pieces of artwork she created for the newly-named Mills County Chamber of Commerce. Each of the other eight paintings depict a community in Mills County.
“You can’t really have art without having a sense of community as art is for others to enjoy as well.”
The quote from screen actor Jaime Zevallos seems fitting for a set of community paintings created recently by Mills County artist Emily McQueen.
McQueen, a Glenwood resident and owner of the Fine...
Glenwood citizens are invited to offer their input and discuss what they believe should be the city’s financial priorities at a public forum on Tuesday night, Dec. 13, at City Hall. The one-hour forum begins at 6 p.m., prior to the start of the regular city council meeting.
Glenwood City...
Before leaving the North Pole Buddy says goodbye to his fellow elves and Santa. Front row (from left): Ellie Mintle, Liam Harrill, Kadence Sherry, Cooper Cyr, Cameron Wells, Emma Palma, Lydie Ploeger, Khloe Sherry and Metaleen Holman. Back row: Grace Whigham, Callie Durfey, Madden Durbin, Lilly Waller, Quinn Cosgrove and Avery Ridge.
The Mills Masquers’ final installment of the 2022 season hits the stage Friday with a six-night run of the Christmas favorite, “Elf Jr., The Musical.
The Jr. designation means that none of the actors can be over the age of 18. Some 35 students from the age of six to 17 make up the cast of this show...
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has filed a complaint and a proposed consent decree with the State of Iowa to resolve allegations that conditions at Glenwood Resource Center, a state-managed facility for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, violated...