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A breakfast celebrating the long partnership between the Glenwood and On With Life was held Thursday morning.
A bittersweet “fond farewell” breakfast Thursday morning signaled the end of a nearly 30-year partnership between the Glenwood community and On With Life, the long-term skilled care facility located on the campus of the Glenwood Resource Center.
On With Life’s Glenwood facility will be shuttered in...
Tree branches and limbs fell onto this house in western Mills County. (Courtesy / Mills County Emergency Management).
Significant structural damage to one home was confirmed in western Mills County as a result of Friday’s tornado outbreak in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
“We had one property out on Hannah, just off of 195th and north of Highway 34 that I’d classify that during our preliminary damage...
Nicole Kooiker
The Glenwood Community School District Board of Directors has announced Nicole Kooiker has accepted the offer to serve the district as the interim superintendent for the 2024-25 school year. Her hire will be official pending approval at their May board meeting.
Kooiker was hired by the Cedar...
View looking toward home plate from the centerfield fence on Field 2 at the Glenwood Recreation complex.
The condition of the outfield grass on the youth baseball and softball fields at the Glenwood Recreation Complex was the focus of intense discussion at a meeting last Tuesday at City Hall.
The meeting involved city officials, park board members and representatives of youth sports organizations that...
After weeks of discussion and a pair of heavily attended public hearings, the Glenwood Community School District is officially moving forward with plans to construct a new building it hopes will answer its pressing infrastructure needs.
The Glenwood Board of Education voted 4-1 to seek a revenue...
The Runza restaurant in Glenwood opened on Monday.
The wait is over.
The Runza sandwich has finally arrived in Glenwood.
The popular Runza sandwich and burger restaurant chain opened its 91st store in Glenwood on Monday at 710 S Locust St.
“We are proud to expand our store network and excited to bring a Runza Restaurant to the area,” stated Donald...
Glenwood Community School District school board members, administrators and administrative staff display the flag that was presented to the district at a recognition ceremony Monday afternoon at Glenwood Community High School. Glenwood is only the seventh school district in Iowa and 32nd in the United States to ever be recognized as a “Model Professional Community At Work” by an international provider of professional development for educators.
The Glenwood Community School District was recognized Monday by Solution Tree, a resource partner for professional development, for the district’s sustained success in raising student achievement.
GCSD staff members attended a surprise ceremony to announce the recognition Monday afternoon in the...
The East Mills Community School District and Sidney Community School District have named their next shared superintendent.
Pending the approval of the school boards at both districts, Michael Brown will assume his new duties as superintendent on July 1. He’ll replace retiring East Mills - Sidney...
The Glenwood Kiwanis Club is raising money to bring an all-inclusive playground to the city-owned Hiley Park.
The Glenwood Kiwanis Club’s effort to bring an all-inclusive, accessible playground to Hiley Park has received a major boost from the Iowa West Foundation.
In it’s latest round of grants, the foundation has awarded $40,000 to the project proposed for the city-owned park. Denison’s Washington Park...
Fremont-Mills received the Carrie Chapman Catt award after all 34 members of the senior class registered to vote.
TABOR - The senior class at Fremont-Mills High School got a special visit from Iowa Secretary Of State Paul Pate Friday morning.
Pate came to Tabor to present the students with the Carrie Chapman Catt Award in recognition of the school’s voter registration numbers. All 34 members of the Fremont-...