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Today's News

  • On The Track Of History

        TABOR – When it comes to history, the Todd House in Tabor might be one of the best kept secrets in southwest Iowa.

         Built 158 years ago by Congregational minister John Todd, the two-story structure once served as a major hub on the Underground Railroad. Today, it stands as a lasting tribute to the abolitionists and John Brown loyalists who opposed slavery and supported the Kansas Free State movement of the 1850s.

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  • Recorder Getting Out Of Passport Business

        The Mills County Recorder’s Office is getting out of the passport business.
        Effective May 1, a change in requirements for offices accepting passport applications will force several recorders’ offices across Iowa to stop offering the passport service, Mills County Recorder Vicki McClintic announced earlier this month.

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  • Investigation At Treasurer's Office

        Investigators from the Iowa State Auditor’s Office and Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) are assisting Mills County authorities with an investigation involving the Mills County Treasurer’s Office.
        “We have placed a person on (paid) administrative leave,” Mills County Attorney Eric Hansen said. “Some discrepancies came to our attention. This is a joint investigation between DCI and the state auditor’s office.”

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  • County In Poor Health

        How healthy is Mills County?
        Not very, according to the County Health Rankings compiled by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute.

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  • Glenwood splits pair at Johnston tourney

        The Glenwood boys soccer team split a pair of games at the Johnston Invitational on Saturday in Johnston.

        The Rams edged Dallas Center-Grimes 2-1 in a game that ended 1-1 in regulation and was decided by shootout. In game two, Class 3A ranked No. 5 Johnston outlasted Glenwood 3-1.
        “It was a good day, a little chilly, but we played alright in the two games,” said Glenwood coach Mike Artist.

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  • Rams knock off St. Albert 3-0

        The Glenwood girls soccer team kicked off their 2011 season on Monday with a 3-0 victory over Council Bluffs St. Albert.

        The Rams, ranked No. 5 in the Class 3A preseason rankings by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, got their first goal of the season when Mallory Hoyt put a penalty kick in during the 35th minute of play after an illegal tackle penalty on the Saintes.

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  • Wolverines third at Cardinal Relays

        The East Mills track team garnered 68 team points to place third at the Cardinal Relays in Clarinda on Friday.

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  • Glenwood girls take home team title at Tiger Relays

        Cold weather and the unfamiliar confines of Red Oak couldn’t slow the Rams as the Glenwood girls track team came away from the Tiger Relays with its first team title of the season on Friday.

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  • Rams’ 11 gold medals dominate Relays

        The Glenwood boys track team won 11 events and double-medaled in six to win its fourth straight Ram Relays team title last Tuesday.
        Glenwood scored 185 team points to easily out distance second place Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson’s 63.

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  • New Lights, Scoreboard For Rams

    The Glenwood Community School district has completed a $254,000 overhaul to the lights at Ram Memorial Field and A.C. Nuckolls Field that will substantially improve safety at two of the district’s most frequently used fields.

     

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