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Today's News

  • Balanced Rams breeze past Tigers

    With snow and blistering cold preventing the Glenwood basketball team from three days of practice, Ram coach Curt Schulte put his team through a rigorous 90-minute work out prior to their game with Red Oak on Saturday afternoon.

    The jumpstart seemed to payoff as Glenwood rattled off 15 points in a row in the first quarter and led by as many as 29 in a 67-42 Hawkeye 10 Conference victory on Saturday.

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  • Glenwood second at Winterset tourney

    Colin White earned a first place medal and Sam Jameson and Nate Harms both placed second for Glenwood in a second-place team finish at the Gary Christiansen Tournament at Winterset on Saturday.

    “The guys did a great job today,” said Glenwood coach Matt Dyer. “We were actually in the lead coming into the final round. Urbandale had a few more guys place higher than us and that’s what cost us the lead. I am very proud of this team. It was a total team effort to place as high as we did.”

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  • Spirits Brighten After Holiday Scam

    As the investigation continues into a forgery scheme that bilked Operation Santa out of more than $11,000 the Glenwood non-profit that has spent more than a decade helping needy families buy Christmas gifts got a gift of its own last week.

    The Mutual of Omaha Foundation has donated $10,000 to Operation Santa to cover the losses the group has suffered as a result of more than 220 forged $50 gift vouchers.

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  • Arson Charges in Apartment Fire

    A resident of a Glenwood apartment complex that suffered $30,000 in damages in a Dec. 21 fire has been charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting the blaze.

    Jarrett D. Dunn, 36, the resident of Unit 10 where the blaze ignited in a kitchen area of the former Chief Motel at 6 North Locust St., was arrested on Dec. 23 after a confrontation with police. Damages to the complex were mostly confined to Dunn’s unit.

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  • Glenwood Post Office asking for customer assistance in making winter deliveries

    Glenwood letter carriers are asking customers for some help in clearing a path to their mailboxes. Unsafe conditions such as unshoveled snow, icy sidewalks and porches, or large amounts of snow blocking mailboxes can delay or even prevent mail delivery.

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  • Holiday Scam

    As of Tuesday morning, one arrest had been made and more are expected to follow as the Glenwood Police Department continues its investigation into the use of forged vouchers that claim to be from the Operation Santa program in Mills County.

    Over 220 of the fake $50 vouchers were cashed in earlier this month for purchases totaling more than $11,000, interim police chief Mike Mercer said. The vouchers were presented and accepted at four Glenwood businesses – Family Dollar, Newman’s Thriftway, Captain Video/Radio Shack and Pamida.

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  • Apartment Fire Called 'Suspicious'

    The Iowa State Fire Marshal’s Office is assisting in the investigation of a suspicious fire Monday morning at a Glenwood apartment complex.

    The blaze caused extensive damage to one unit of the former Chief Motel and forced the evacuation of the other 10 units in the one-level, L-shaped structure.

    “It started in the kitchen area of Unit 10,” Glenwood Fire Chief Butch Fidler said. “All I can say at this time is that it’s suspicious in nature.”

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  • Prelude To Winter

    A foot of snow, a sheet of ice and sub-zero temperatures.

    It’s definitely beginning to look and feel a lot like Christmas.

    Autumn doesn’t officially end until next Monday, but southwest Iowa got its first taste of winter weather last week when a brutal storm dropped 12 inches of snow on the area and created blizzard conditions. The snowfall moved in Monday evening and continued falling well into Wednesday.

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  • Glenwood ISL Vote Set For Feb. 2

    A day short of one year after voters said no to the Glenwood School’s request for an Instructional Support Levy, the district is planning to try again.

    The Glenwood School Board voted 3-1 at a public hearing Monday night in the Glenwood Community High School Media Center to pursue an Instructional Support Levy (ISL), an alternative funding stream to address curriculum and technology needs in the cash strapped district, in a Feb. 2 special election.

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  • Rams go on road, knock off Kuemper

    The Glenwood boys basketball team withstood a two-hour road trip, a bus breakdown and a late rally to post a 53-48 victory over Kuemper Catholic on Friday.

    The Rams (2-1 overall, 1-1 in the Hawkeye 10 Conference) were delayed en route to Carroll on Friday afternoon with mechanical problems on the team bus. After a short delay waiting for a replacement bus, the Rams arrived on time.

    “This was a good win,” said Glenwood coach Curt Schulte. “Anytime you can win at Kuemper its a good win. So with all that happened, this was a solid win for us.”

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