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The field is set for this fall’s general election in Mills County.            More than 1,600 voters cast ballots in Tuesday’ night primary elections in to decide who will represent each party on the Nov. 5 ballot. There were just two contested races for Republicans in Mills County for county...

Construction work on Redbud Avenue and Locust Street (below) is projected to be completed around July 1.
Getting around Glenwood for the next six weeks is going to be a little challenging for motorists. Two major road projects – one on Redbud Avenue heading in and out of town near Glenwood Community High School and one on North Locust Street – will force motorists to take alternate routes and detours...

The Glenwood Aquatic Center is scheduled to open Monday, May 27.
The Glenwood Aquatic Center is scheduled to open on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27. Glenwood City Administrator Amber Farnan said she’s optimistic  the facility will be open for a full season of swimming in 2024. Water-loss issues kept the aquatic center from opening in 2022 and delayed the start of...

A 2016 ordinance allowing chickens within the city limits of Glenwood was repealed by the city council in 2021.
It apprears, the great Glenwood chicken debate is heating up again. Three years after the city council repealed a controversial 2016 ordinance that allowed chickens to be raised within the city limits, the issue resurfaced on the council’s May 14 agenda. Resident Jackie Magnussen came before the...

Jack Smithers of Glenwood plays a round of disc golf at Glenwood Lake Park on May 11.
Glenwood’s new disc golf course is getting rave reviews before it even opens. More than 50 disc golf players took part in Saturday’s Ron Kohn Memorial Disc Golf Course Open House and Fundraiser, put on by the Glenwood Area Disc Golf Club. The event included an opportunity to play a round of disc...
Absentee voting begins Wednesday, May 15, for Iowa’s June 4 primary elections. In Mills County, Republicans will have two contested races to vote on for county courthouse positions. Three candidates are on the Republican ballot for two seats on the Mills County Board of Supervisors – incumbents...
It takes a special kind of person to be a pediatrician - one who understands and appreciates the family dynamics that often come with the job. Dr. Kari Simonsen, Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children’s...

Jessica Burdic with one of the colorful flower baskets available at The Blooming Barn in Malvern.
It’s the most colorful place in Mills County. With annuals, perennials and hanging baskets galore, The Blooming Barn is bursting with color and bustling with gardeners and flower lovers looking for that perfect plant to place in the garden or basket to hang on the deck or patio. The nursery,...

From left: Glenwood Community School District Superintendent Dr. Devin Embray, Carol Landstrom (Bruce Landstrom’s mother), Bruce Landstrom, Cindy Menendez (nominator) and Glenwood Community High School Principal Lorraine Duitsman.
Two Mills County educators have been named Charles E. Lakin Outstanding Teacher Award recipients. On Thursday, the Charles E. Lakin Foundation presented Bruce Landstrom, lead teacher at the Glenwood Community School District THRIVE program, and Cheyenne Ruby, a fourth grade teacher at the East...

The mural to be painted on the south side of Glenwood City Hall will be 21 feet high and 121 feet wide.
A Mills County artist is bringing the beauty of the Loess Hills to Glenwood’s Town Square. Artist Emily McQueen, owner of the Fine Arts On Fifth gallery in Malvern, has been hired to create a mural depicting the Loess Hills on the south side of the Glenwood City Hall building. Work on the  mural...

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