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Today's News

  • Kaufman free throw gives Glenwood win

    Taylor Kaufman hit a free throw with 3.4 seconds left to break a 60-60 tie in overtime to give the Glenwood boys basketball team a 61-60 upset victory of Council Bluffs Lewis Central on Thursday.

    “We’ve had some good wins in my four years, but this was probably one of the biggest in the program’s history,” said Glenwood coach Curt Schulte of his team’s win over the Class 4A Titans who had already sealed up the Hawkeye 10 Conference title. “This was a great win for the school and the community.”

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  • Wolverines hold on late, advance to district semis

    MALVERN - Nursing a one-point lead with just over a minute remaining in the East Mills team Class 1A district opener against Riverside on Thursday, basketball coach Kevin Schafer went to an old bag of tricks.

    Following a timeout, and leading 43-42 with the ball, the Wolverines came out in an old school, three-man, dribble weave on offense that Schafer hadn’t used all year.

    “We weren’t going to shoot unless we had a layup,” said Schafer.

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  • Harms advances to second round at state wrestling

    With one day down at the Iowa State Wrestling Tournament the Glenwood wrestling team has all four of its state qualifiers still wrestling heading into day two.

    Bettendorf is the team leader after day one with 35 points. Waverly-Shell Rock is second with 26 points and Indianola is third with 25 points.

    Glenwood is tied for 32nd with four team points.

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  • Crunching The Numbers

    More than 40 people came out to Glenwood Community High School Media Center last Monday to watch the Glenwood Board of Education in an hour-long budget work session.

    Yes, a budget work session.

    The topic of discussion was more than just tax levies, budget guarantees and line items. With rumors swirling that the financially-strapped district will have to make heavy cuts from the fiscal 2010-2011 budget, the question on the minds of most in attendance was just how much and how deep those cuts will impact programs and teachers.

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  • Down To Three

    The site-selection committee for the proposed Loess Hills Archeology Interpretive Center has chosen three pieces of publicly-owned ground in and around Glenwood as possible locations for the educational facility that’s being billed as a future tourist attraction for Mills County.

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  • Booking The Budget

    As a means of cutting back on expenses, the Glenwood Public Library is looking at cutting back on its hours.

    A proposal under consideration would reduce the number of hours the library is open to the public on a weekly basis from 48 to 42. Two hours would be cut at either the beginning or the end of the day on Wednesdays and four hours would be eliminated by closing on Saturday afternoons.

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  • On To State

    COUNCIL BLUFFS - Glenwood’s Sam Jameson, Nate Harms, Tyler Maxwell and Colin White punched their tickets to the Iowa State Wrestling Tournament at the Class 3A, District Wrestling at Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson on Saturday.

    Council Bluffs Lewis Central edged Sioux City East 243.5 to 228 for the district crown while Glenwood placed fourth in the district with 168 points, just three points behind third place Sioux City North.

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  • Glenwood Girls Pick Up 2 Wins

    Rachel DeYoung, Lexi Fisher and Morgan Lucy combined for 50 of the Glenwood girls basketball team’s 64 points in a 64-39 Hawkeye 10 Conference victory over Creston on Friday.

    The Rams shot 48.1 percent from the field (26-of-54) and held a 39 to 22 rebounding edge while holding the Panthers to 22.2 percent (12-of-54) shooting.

    Lucy had 12 rebounds to go with her 22 points. Fisher added 16 points and DeYoung 12.

    Kierra Smith led Creston with 11 points.

    Glenwood 64,

    C.B. Lewis Central 59

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  • Wolverines Win 11th Straight

    The East Mills boys basketball team won its 11th game in a row to close out the regular season with a balanced offensive and defensive effort in a 63-43 victory over Logan-Magnolia on Friday.

    The Wolverines (17-3 overall, 10-1 in the Corner Conference) led 30-16 at the break and effectively shut down Panthers leading scorer Levi Ettleman, who entered the game averaging 21.4 points and had scored 66 points in his previous two games combined.

    East Mills held the 6-foot-3 junior forward to just six points on 2-of-12 shooting.

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  • Teen Jumps Off Plattsmouth Bridge

    Single-digit temperatures and blustery winds on Monday forced rescuers to call off their search late in the afternoon for a man who is believed to have jumped off the Plattsmouth Toll Bridge into the cold water of the Missouri River.

    Law enforcement agencies and rescue personnel from Mills County and Cass County, Neb., responded shortly after 3:20 p.m. after witnesses reported seeing a male subject get out of his vehicle, a white Ford Contour, and jump off the bridge.

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