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Today's News

  • St. Albert downs Glenwood in three

    Council Bluffs St. Albert handed Glenwood a 23-25, 14-25, 20-25 non-conference sweep in volleyball last week.

    “St. Albert is a very good team. We played very well the first game but our passing and serving didn't help us for the night. We struggled passing and serving,” said Glenwood coach Kara Huisman.

    The Rams (9-15 overall, 2-6 in the conference) were led by Morgan Lucy's 10 kills and 11 blocks.

    Erica Schwanke added 17 assists and three aces and Chelsea Konfrst had six kills and six blocks.

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  • Wolverines can’t escape Viking surge

    STANTON – In the same fashion of a great heavyweight fight, the East Mills-Stanton football game, Friday, was full of quick hitting offense, strong defense, and possibly the district championship in the balance.

    The defending district champion Vikings came into the game with a perfect 6-0 record with a winning margin averaging 40 points per game wearing their purple tops and white bottoms.

    The challenger East Mills Wolverines were in their visiting whites, with a 5-1 record, only losing in an overtime slugfest with the CAM, Anita Cougars in which they lost 44-42.

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  • School Board Election Nears

    Voters in the Glenwood Community School District now have a field of eight candidates to choose from in next Tuesday’s school board election.

    The top three vote-getters will be elected to serve a four-year term on the district’s five-member board of education. Seven of the candidates have their name on the ballot – Bill Agan, Dave Blum, Henry Clark, Tim Harms, Edward Lund, Rex A. Ruth and Dave Warren. The eighth candidate, Cheryll Ross, announced last week that she is running a write-in campaign. Voters will be allowed to vote for up to three of the candidates.

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  • School Board Election Nears

    Voters in the Glenwood Community School District now have a field of eight candidates to choose from in next Tuesday’s school board election.

    The top three vote-getters will be elected to serve a four-year term on the district’s five-member board of education. Seven of the candidates have their name on the ballot – Bill Agan, Dave Blum, Henry Clark, Tim Harms, Edward Lund, Rex A. Ruth and Dave Warren. The eighth candidate, Cheryll Ross, announced last week that she is running a write-in campaign. Voters will be allowed to vote for up to three of the candidates.

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  • Gina's Story

    Last July, when Gina Giaffoglione accepted an invitation from one of her outpatient physical therapists at Immanuel Medical Center to share her story with some Alegent Health

    marketing folks, the thought never crossed Gina’s mind that the interview would lead to air time in a national

    television commercial.

    Three months later, a day doesn’t go by when Gina doesn’t hear from somebody who’s seen her in the commercial.

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  • One Man's Trash . . .

    When Mills County Sheriff’s Deputy Bob McAleer came across a 1979 Moped motorcycle that had been discarded in a heap of trash, an idea crossed his mind.

    Why not take a look at the little two-wheeler and see if it can be restored and turned into a public relations tool for the sheriff’s office?

    A conversation piece, if you will.

    Well, with about $900 and some mechanical know-how, McAleer was able to put together the newest vehicle in the sheriff’s office fleet.

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  • First Taste of Winter

    Officially, winter is still more than two months away.

    It didn’t look that way Saturday morning, however, as snowfall blanketed portions of Nebraska, Iowa and other upper plains states.

    Snowfall totals varied in southwest Iowa from a trace to more than four inches. Some areas of Mills County received up to two inches.

    Some stretches of central and western Nebraska received more than 15 inches of snow, forcing the closure of Interstate 80 and other state and county highways.

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  • ANNIVERSARY - Mike and Mary Wasko (50)

    Mike and Mary (Crall) Wasko of Glenwood will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 17.

    The couple was united in marriage on Oct. 17, 1959, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Georgetown.

    Mr. and Mrs. Wasko have four children - Michael of St. Joseph, Mo,; Mary Devereaux and husband Alan of Omaha; Debbie Landon and husband Steve of Missouri Valley; and Diane Whitley and husband Cliff of Glenwood. They have seven grandchildren.

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  • Rams dominate Atlantic, move to 4-3 on season

    Nick Uphoff passed for three touchdowns and the Glenwood defense forced five turnovers and allowed just 146 total yards in a 40-7 Class 3A, District 8 victory over Atlantic on Friday.

    For the game, Glenwood gained 317 yards to Trojans’ 146 and ground out 263 rushing.

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  • ENGAGEMENT - Krissi Gage/Jordan Hrupek

    Krissi Gage and Jordan Hrupek have announced their engagement and approaching marriage.

    The bride to be is the daughter of Marcey Davis of Houston, Texas. She is a 2001 graduate of Clark High School in San Antonio, Texas, and a 2005 graduate of the US Air Force Academy. Captain Gage is currently serving in the US Air Force piloting the KC135 refueling aircraft and has been frequently deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

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