Today's News

Mills County is now taking applications for Iowa Disaster Assistance from individuals affected by the hail storms on Aug. 18 and Aug. 22 as well as from those individuals and families who have had flood-related expenses.

    Applicants must meet the income requirements and present receipts for expenditures related to either event listed above. Expenses must fit into the application guidelines with a maximum reimbursement amount of $5,000 per household.  

    Mark Abrams won his third meet of the season but Plattsmouth edged Glenwood in the team standings to prevent the Rams from doing the same at the Council Bluffs Lewis Central Invite on Saturday at Iowa Western Community College.

    Luke Schafer threw for a school-record seven touchdown passes and the East Mills football team defeated Stanton for the first time in four years with a dominating 48-12 victory on Friday in the Eight-Man, District 8 opener for both teams.
    “These kids that are seniors, when they were freshmen they got torched pretty good by them and it was closer their sophomore year and then last year, I think they felt like they out-played Stanton and kind of blew it,” said East Mills coach Kevin Schafer.

    Villisca swept East Mills 25-21, 25-19, 25-13 in Corner Conference volleyball on Thursday.
    “The first two games were neck and neck before Villisca pulled away the last four or five points,” said East Mills coach Connie Viner-Blank. “We have to minimize mistakes late in the game.”
    The Wolverines (1-7 overall, 0-3 in the conference) were led by Amanda Bazer's seven kills. Jessika Lynn added three kills and seven digs and Zoe Frink had three kills and four digs.