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Call For Furloughs Puts Public Health Budget Back In Spotlight

Funding for the Mills County Public Health Office continues to be a source of discussion and contention between supporters of the public health agency, the Mills County Board of Supervisors and Mills County Auditor Ami Petersen. Last April, supporters of the public health agency voiced their...

Mayberry, Sayers Win County Supervisor Seats In General Election

Republicans Lonnie Mayberry and Jack Sayers were elected to two seats up for election on the Mills County Board Of Supervisors in last Tuesday’s general election. Mayberry was the top vote-getter, receiving 4,526 votes. Sayers landed in second place with 4,349 votes. Democrat Bruce Wray was the...

Brian Ring has been crisscrossing the state of Iowa fulfilling his duties as the Department Commander for the American Legion Of Iowa.

Glenwood's Brian Ring Answers The Call As State American Legion Commander

For the first time in 70 years and only the third time in history, the Department Commander For The American Legion Of Iowa hails from Glenwood. U.S. Air Force veteran and Harvey T. Rimel American Legion Post 141 member Brian Ring assumed his duties as state commander in July. “They’ve been after...

Glenwood Police Department Loosens Policy To Allow Officers To Take Cruisers Home

The city of Glenwood is amending a policy that will allow more police officers to take a patrol cruiser home with them when they aren’t on duty. Under the new policy, approved last month by the Glenwood City Council, police officers will be allowed to take a cruiser home if they live at an Iowa...

Ricky Schnackel

Bank Robbery Attempt Thwarted In Glenwood

A 66-year-old Glenwood resident was arrested last Wednesday after law enforcement officers responded to a bank robbery call at Glenwood State Bank. The attempted robbery was reported around 9:50 a.m. Ricky Schnackel is facing charges of second-degree robbery, a Class B felony, and use of a...

Public Reception Scheduled For Glenwood City Administrator Candidates

The City of Glenwood is hosting a public reception for the four finalists for its city administrator position on Friday, Nov. 8, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Glenwood City Hall, 5 North Vine Street. The following four individuals are finalists for the position: Brian Keller is employed with the State of...

Joe George

Glenwood Selects Malvern City Clerk Joe George To Fill Interim City Administrator Post

Malvern City Clerk Joe George will take on some additional duties with the City of Glenwood in November. He has agreed to serve as the interim Glenwood city administrator while the city finds a replacement for outgoing city administrator Amber Farnan. Farnan is expected to be elected Mills County...

Grocer Tom Mulholland outside his new building on Main Street in Malvern.

Mulholland Grocery Store Rebuild Nearing Finish Line

MALVERN - Christmas could come early this year in Malvern. The long-awaited rebuild of Mulholland Grocery is nearing the finish line and the store on Main Street could be open just in time for the holiday season. The Malvern community has been without a local grocery store since a massive fire took...

Early voting began Oct. 16 in Iowa.

Early Voting Numbers In Mills County Exceeding Expectations

The voting line outside the Mills County Auditor’s Office was steady last week as early / absentee voting for the Nov. 5 general election got underway. On Wednesday, Oct. 16 - the first day of early voting in Iowa - 143 in-person ballots were cast at the auditor’s office. It shattered the Mills...

Mark Norman

New Economic Development Director Likes Potential For Mills County

The Mills County Economic Development Foundation (MCEDF) has found its new director. Mark Norman, a southwest Iowa resident with three decades of economic development experience on both the Iowa and Nebraska sides of the Missouri River, has been named the replacement for Andrew Rainbolt, who...