The Mills County Sheriff’s Office has been given the green light to hire an additional deputy.
The board of supervisors approved a request from Sheriff Greg Schultz to add the deputy position during the board’s April 1 meeting.
“It will increase our coverage throughout the county,” Schultz said. “...
Some Mills County elected officials will be getting pay raises on July 1 and some will not.
The Mills County Board Of Supervisors took formal action Tuesday morning to set the salaries of elected officials for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1. The action came after supervisors met face to face...
103 Central building on the campus of the former Glenwood Resource Center.
$25.
That’s how much it will cost the Glenwood Community School District to secure its future on the former Glenwood Resource Center campus.
On Friday, the GCSD signed a 25-year lease – at the cost of $1 per year – with the Glenwood Redevelopment Corporation to remain in the 103 Central building....
Iowa PBS will premiere two Road Trip Iowa episodes featuring the Loess Hills in Malvern April 22.
Iowa PBS is bringing Road Trip Iowa to Malvern.
The statewide public broadcasting network will be at Art Church Iowa in Malvern on Tuesday, April 22, for a special premiere event featuring two episodes from season 2 of Road Trip Iowa.
In season 2 of the series, Iowa PBS continues the adventure...
Books on the shelves at the Glenwood Public Library.
Supporters of the Glenwood Public Library showed up in force at last Tuesday’s meeting of the Glenwood City to voice their opposition to proposed cuts in library staffing presented in a draft for the city’s 2025-2026 fiscal year budget, which begins July 1.
Under a budget draft presented to the...
Members of the Mills County Board Of Supervisors listened to concerns and comments from residents about property taxes during a public hearing last Tuesday, March 25, at the Mills County Annex Building.
The tax rate public hearing, which lasted about 30 minutes, is one of multiple steps the...
Mills County native Katrina Markel is a television reporter for KMTV 3 News in Omaha, reporting on people and issues in southwest Iowa.
Her ambitions have taken her to the bright lights of some of the world’s largest and most glamorous cities – New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mumbai (India) and Dundee (Scotland), yet Mills County native Katrina Markel is finding fulfillment these days telling stories about the people and...
The National Honor Society induction ceremony at Glenwood Community High School.
Twenty-six students were inducted into the Glenwood Honor Keys chapter of the National Honor Society during a ceremony last week in the auditorium at Glenwood Community High School.
The National Honor Society was founded in 1921 as an organization that would recognize and encourage academic...
The Glenwood Public Library.
Staffing will be cut by up to two employees and hours of operation will be reduced at the Glenwood Public Library under a preliminary budget draft for the 2025-26 fiscal year shared with city council members last week by city administrator Mitch Kolf.
In addition to the cuts at the library,...
Glenwood Assistant Fire Chief Bob Wray in 2021 - his 50th year with the department.
The Glenwood Fire Department is mourning the loss of Assistant Chief Bob Wray, a volunteer that not only served his community for over five decades, but helped build the foundation of the department and set a high standard for future generations of firefighters to follow.
Wray passed away March 13...