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Government

  • Police Cruiser Debate Revs Up

         The Glenwood City Council has passed a resolution authorizing the city to utilize up to $175,000 in general obligation bonds for the purchase of up to four new police cruisers.

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  • GOP Lawmakers United On Labor Reform

    Yes, they support their governor in his desire to restructure wage and benefit compensation packages for state employees, but members of Mills County’s legislative delegation say they also stand firm behind the Glenwood Resource Center and its staff.

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  • City Weapons Ban

    The Glenwood City Council has passed a resolution that prohibits weapons from being brought into a building or onto a property owned, occupied or leased by the city of Glenwood.

        Under the resolution passed unanimously by the council Tuesday, Feb. 8, only persons with a professional permit to carry a weapon (certified law enforcement officers), will be permitted to possess a weapon on city property.

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  • New Police Cruisers Sought

    Under a proposal presented to the Glenwood City Council last week, Police Chief Eric Johansen would like to add four new vehicles to the Glenwood Police Depart-ment’s fleet after the start of the new fiscal year on July 1.

    If the council approves the purchase of the two Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs and two Chevy Caprice police cruisers proposed by Johansen, the number of vehicles in the GPD fleet would grow from five to nine, allowing each of the nine officers on the Glenwood police force to be assigned their own vehicle.

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  • New Assistant County Attorney

        Western Iowa native Tricia McSorley is in her second month of work as Assistant Mills County Attorney. McSorley began working at the office on Dec. 1 and is sharing the case load with newly-elected county attorney Eric Hansen.

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  • Concealed-carry Numbers Shooting Up

         It’s hard to miss which car is Howard Kamish’s.     With Howard’s Electronics, featured prominently on his vehicles and the expensive computer and electronic equipment the Glenwood business owner often carries, he knows he’s potentially a target for thieves.

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  • Interim Financial Manager

       The city of Glenwood’s search for a full-time city administrator / financial manager could take several weeks.
        Until a full-time replacement is found for Mary Smith, who retired as city administrator earlier this month, former Emerson city clerk Michelle Faxon will serve as Glenwood’s interim financial manager on a part-time basis. Faxon will be paid $15 per hour and work three days a week for the city. Her hiring, retroactive to a Jan. 6 start date, was approved at last Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Glenwood City Council.

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  • Police Promotion

        A Glenwood police officer charged with assault over the summer has been promoted to sergeant in a unanimous vote by the Glenwood City Council.
        At the Dec. 28 council meeting, Pat Martin, a 13-year veteran of the Glenwood Police Department, was promoted to sergeant following the recommendation of the council’s Public Safety Committee and Police Chief Eric Johansen.

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  • Checking Out

        Denise Crawford has seen a lot of things in her more than 30 years at the Glenwood Public Library: younger and younger readers, computers and the Internet, automated card catalogs, e-readers and multimedia and enough best sellers to line up end-to-end all the way to Hastings.

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  • City Administrator Leaving

        Mary Smith will leave her post as Glenwood City Administrator on Tuesday, Jan. 11.
        The Glenwood City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday night to accept Smith's letter of retirement.

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