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GCSD Food Service workers Michelle Jacobson and Ranae Parks distribute lunches Thursday afternoon at the drive-up meal site at Northeast Elementary School.
The Glenwood Community School District (GCSD) is again participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USAD) Summer Food Service Program.
Terry Marlow, Director of the GCSD Food Service Department, said meals are available to all children on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are no income...
Brett Alley and Jessie Mayer sort cans at the GRC Recycling Center.
Recycling, by its nature, is a fluid enterprise.
Materials, markets, and minimizing waste, they tend to fluctuate.
So it goes recycling programs, no matter their altruistic or economic intentions, come and go.
Not the Glenwood Resource Center’s Recycling Program.
In an era when Mills County has...
Lorraine Duitsman
A new associate principal is joining the administrative staff at Glenwood Community High School just as principal Rick Nickerson has announced his exit for the same position at the Treynor Community School District.
In May, the Glenwood Community School District formally announced the hiring of...
EDITOR’S NOTE - This story is the first in a series on recycling options in Glenwood and Mills County.
A decade ago, Mills County had more than a dozen sites offering residents places to take their recyclables, diverting thousands of pounds of materials from entering the waste stream and the...
Artema Gray
Criminal charges have been filed against Artema Gray, the former city clerk for the city of Silver City accused of improper use of over $61,000 in taxpayer funds.
In a release, the Mills County Sheriff’s Office announced that Gray, 44, had been arrested and charged with ongoing criminal conduct, a...
Glenwood Middle School science teacher Tom Berke with some of his sixth grade students.
Glenwood Middle School 6th grade science teacher Tom Berke said he was surprised to learn he had been selected as a recipient of a Charles E. Lakin Outstanding Teacher Award. He was presented the award during a surprise ceremony at GMS on May 9.
“It was a pleasant surprise to say the least,” Berke...
The Glenwood Community School District has been leasing building space on the Glenwood Resource Center campus for 30 years.
When the state of Iowa announced in April it was shuttering the Glenwood Resource Center in 2024, the future of the facility, its 150 clients and more than 600 employees weren’t the only lingering questions.
The closing of the facility – and the state’s intended sale of the property – could have...
Auditor of the State Rob Sand has released the findings of a special investigation into the City of Silver City.
The Iowa State Auditor’s Office has released its findings of a special investigation into the financial practices of the City of Silver City.In a report released last week, Auditor of the State Rob Sand said the special investigation was requested by city officials as a result of concerns regarding...
Richard Crouch
Mills County voters won’t have to make very many decisions when they cast their ballots in the June 7 primary election.
That’s because when it comes to county offices, there’s only one contested race – on the Republican ballot where incumbent county supervisor Richard Crouch is being challenged by...
U.S. Attorney Richard Westphal presented Sarah McGinnis with the Award For Excellence In Victim Services Monday morning at the Mills County Courthouse in Glenwood.
A member of the staff at the Mills County Attorney’s Office has been recognized with a prestigious award from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
Victim Witness Coordinator Sarah McGinnis is the recipient of the 2022 Award For Excellence...
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