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One of the displays in the revamped military room at the Mills County Historical Museum in Glenwood.
The military room at the Mills County Historical Museum has a “new and improved” look to it.
Museum director Stephen Hunt said patrons will find that the new military displays are easy to follow, well-organized, engaging and informative.
“We’ve not added display units, but there are many new...
Loess Hills Regional Sanitary Landfill employees give Mills County Supervisor Carol Vinton and Mills County Chamber Of Commerce Executive Directon Jennie Davis a tour of the RNG processing facility.
A $35 million, state-of-the-art renewable natural gas (RNG) processing facility is up and running at the Loess Hills Regional Sanitary Landfill northwest of Malvern.
Two years in the making, the facility houses a complex, multi-step processing plant that converts gas from the landfill into methane...
Adrian Kalambokidis and his son Payton at their family’s pizza restaurant in Glenwood.
The menu at Adriano’s Brick Oven on the west side of Glenwood’s Town Square has expanded since the restaurant opened eight years ago, but pizza remains the staple of the mom and pop business owned by Adrian and Julie Kalambokidis and their sons Payton and Jacey.
“Our primary (menu item) has been...
A gazebo and covered case with a listing of burials located at the entrance to the Glenwood Resource Center Cemetery.
Situated on a secluded slope on the south side of the Glenwood Resource Center campus is an unrenowned cemetery that’s become a growing source of concern for Glenwood residents and city officials as the closure of the state-managed facility draws near.
The GRC is scheduled to close in eight months...
Northeast Elementary School.
Glenwood’s two elementary schools – Northeast Elementary and West Elementary – both received “High Performing” ratings in the latest Iowa Department Of Education Iowa School Performance Profiles.
Northeast and West had identical Index Score Ratings of 60.72, the highest of all Mills County schools...
From left, Glenwood Board Of Education candidates William Painter, William Bruce Wray, Tony Winton and Kellie Stewart. Incumbent candidate Eva Krueger was expected to participate in the forum but did not attend.
Four of the five candidates seeking to represent the Glenwood Community School District on the Board of Education faced off Sunday evening during a two-hour forum at the Mills County Historical Museum’s Zeum building at Glenwood Lake Park.
More than 50 spectators attended the meeting to hear the...
Glenwood Community High School.
Climate and culture change at Glenwood Community High School is real.
That was the message shared with members of the Glenwood Board of Education Monday night during a “Climate and Culture Update” presented by GCHS Interim Principal Lorraine Duitsman.
Just six months removed from an eye-opening...
Florida Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is greeted upon his arrival Satuday afternoon at Tom & Tiff’s restaurant by Iowa State Rep. David Sieck, Mills County Republican Chair Sandi Winton and Mills County Attorney DeShawne Bird-Sell.
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis made a brief, 45-minute stop in Glenwood Saturday as part of his effort to visit all 99 counties in Iowa.
DeSantis addressed a standing-room crowd at Tom and Tiff’s restaurant late Saturday afternoon.
The Florida governor covered multiple topics during...
This vacant convenience store is expected to open under new ownership and a new name in late October or November.
A vacant convenience store building at a prominent Glenwood intersection could soon be opening under a new name.
Owners of Omaha-based In-N-Out Stop, LLC, say they plan to open a store in the former Kum & Go / White Oak Station property on the northeast corner of the Sharp St. - Locust St....
Christmas is coming early this year for hourly employees of the City of Glenwood.
Last week, the Glenwood City Council approved giving 30 hourly employees one week of “holiday time” pay on their Nov. 16 paychecks to ease the pain of a transition being made in payroll processing at City Hall.
The...