Today's News

A changing of the guard is about to take place at the First National Bank branch office in Glenwood.

On Friday, Patrick Ross will retire as president / branch manager, putting a formal end to a financial career that began 40 years ago. Taking over for Ross will be Doug Meggison, a lending officer and vice president at the bank for nearly 21 years.

“I’m of age (65) to retire,” Ross said during a recent interview. “Cheryll, my wife, is retired and we’re wanting to do some traveling, so I just felt now is the time.”

In these times of economic recession and budget belt-tightening, Mills County is lowering its tax asking for next year, according to the county's 2009-2010 budget.

The county's tax asking is down slightly from last year's $5,652,813 to $5,486,731 this year, meaning Mills County's $12,461,544 budget is about $400,000 less than last year.

Not bad considering the current state of the economy and the fact the county didn't have to eliminate any programs, said Joe Blankenship, president of the Mills County Board of Supervisors.

About a year ago, Gary Cochran had an idea.

Cochran's 97-year-old grandmother had just passed away and his children, ages 2 and 4 at the time, didn’t really know their great-grandmother or really who she was from looking at old photos.

Rev. Don and Mary Jo Maynard will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows at Heritage Hills Church of the Nazarene in Papillion, Neb., on Sunday, June 21, 2009, at the close of the morning worship service. Rev. and Mrs. Maynard were married June 19, 1959, at West Side Church of the Nazarene in Indianapolis, Ind.

Rev. Maynard served as pastor of the Glenwood Church of the Nazarene from October 1986 until his retirement in 2001.

The Maynards have two children, Kimberly Maynard and Jonathan Maynard, both of Omaha, and three grandsons.