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The Glenwood Jazz Band poses with its trophy from the Iowa Jazz Championships.
It must be April. The daffodils are in bloom, the grass is turning green and the Glenwood Jazz Band has earned another trophy at state competition. Glenwood’s varsity Gold Band finished in fifth place in the Class 3A competition at last week’s Iowa Jazz Championships in Ames. “Another good year of...

GCHS Activities Director Jeff Bissen
After considering an offer from the Harlan Community School District, Glenwood Community High School Activities Director Jeff Bissen will remain in Glenwood. During Monday’s GCSD Board of Education meeting, board president Matt Portrey announced Bissen had agreed to stay on in his position after...

Artist Zack Jones’ ‘Rise Of The Phoenix” depicts the fire that destroyed the Mulholland Grocery store in December 2021.
One tragic night in December 2021, the only grocery store in Malvern, Iowa caught fire and burned to the ground. Although the nearly 150-year-old building was surrounded by fire fighters from 21 communities who fought valiantly to save it, the building and all its history was a total loss. When the...

Crews began pouring concrete on Coolidge Street Monday morning. View is looking east.
Work appears to be on track for a timely completion of the Coolidge Street resurfacing project south of the Glenwood Fire Station. The project consists of resurfacing Coolidge Street, from Locust Street on the west to Walnut Street on the east, and some storm sewer and resurfacing work to the south...
The Glenwood City Council voted down the purchase of a storage shed for the pickleball courts on south Vine Street but approved the same purchase for an adjacent softball and baseball field. The action came after lengthy discussion during the council’s regular meeting last Tuesday, March 28. During...

The exterior of the 150-year-old Art Church in Malvern is being repaired and refurbished in 2023.
The Art Church in Malvern is getting a face lift. Owner Zack Jones said “critical exterior repairs” are needed to preserve the Victorian Gothic church that was built in 1873.  “There’s decorative corners. They just deteriorated to where I’ve got to replace some wood on them,” Jones said. “There’s...

Melanie Howard
Melanie Howard, a language arts instructor at the Glenwood Middle School, has been named the recipient of John A. Gregory Teacher of the Year Award, given annually to a Glenwood Community School District educator. The award is sponsored  by the Glenwood Community Schools Foundation and Farm Bureau...

The city council chamber at City Hall was nearly full for the March 25 legislative coffee in Glenwood.
State Sen. Mark Costello (R) and State Rep. David Sieck (R)  heard criticism during Saturday’s legislative coffee in Glenwood for their support of legislative bills viewed by opponents as potentially harmful to LGBTQ children. Last week, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed a “Bathroom Bill” into law...

Clockwise (from left): Bingo players Cindy Pazderka, Leslie Chase, Rene Hiller, Macie Hiller and Sheila Biggs.
For almost a quarter century, the Keith Klan has been raising money for cancer research and services for cancer patients. From 2000-2019, members of the Keith Klan raised nearly $157,000 for the Mills County Relay For Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. More recently, the members of...

Mills County residents check out some of the maps, photos and “Community Snapshot” information shared at last week’s county comprehensive plan workshop in Glenwood.
Dozens of Mills County residents offered their input over the past two weeks during a series of Comprehensive Plan meetings held across the county. The informational meetings addressed a variety of topics and issues regarding Mills County, including demographics, land use, housing, commercial and...

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