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Today's News

  • Rams hold on against Harlan

    Ryan Hansen and Bryce Cap pulled out an 8-6 victory in the final match of the day to clinch the Glenwood boys tennis team's 5-4 victory over Harlan last Tuesday.

     

    The Rams jumped out to a 4-2 lead after the singles matches, but Harlan bounced back to win the first two doubles matches and knot the team score at 4-4 before Hansen and Cap's dramatic win.

     

    Grant Nikseresht got off to a slow start but came firing back to win his singles match 10-6 over Nate Patee.

     

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  • Ongoing Investigation In Malvern

    In a press release issued Wednesday afternoon, Mills County Sheriff Eugene Goos acknowledged that his office is continuing an on-going investigation in Malvern that includes the death of Karl Hertz, 62.

    Hertz, the owner and president of Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home, Inc., and former mayor of Malvern, died early Friday morning at his residence as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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  • GRC Superintendent Resigns

    After less than six months on the job, Glenwood Resource Center Superintendent R. Scot Booth abruptly resigned on Thursday.

    Booth was brought in last October to oversee the state-operated residential care and treatment facility for people with mental and developmental disabilities. His resignation was effective the end of the day Thursday.

    A statement released by the Iowa Department of Human Services on Friday did not give a reason for Booth's resignation.

    Assistant superintendent Kelly Brodie has been named interim superintendent.

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  • Glenwood Superintendent Named

    The Glenwood Community School District has named Devin Embray as its next superintendent.

    At a special meeting Thursday night, the Glenwood Board of Education voted unanimously (5-0) to offer the contract to Embray, 43, who is currently serving as superintendent of the Independence Community School District in northeast Iowa, a position he’s held since 2003. Prior to that, Embray was an assistant superintendent and middle school principal at the West Delaware County Community School District and a middle school assistant principal at Fort Dodge.

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  • Superintendent Search

    The formal interview process is over for the Glenwood Community School District’s four superintendent finalists.

    Over the past week, the four candidates have each taken a turn spending an entire day in Glenwood answering questions and touring facilities. The Glenwood Board of Education hopes to name the district’s next superintendent within the next week, said Dr. Thomas Jacobson of McPherson & Jacobson, L.L.C., a consulting firm assisting the district in its superintendent search.

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  • Operation Southern Exposure

    On April 16 and 17, the Glenwood Police Department will be teaming up with other law enforcement agencies to participate in "Operation Southern Exposure," sponsored by the Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau and NHTSA.

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  • Amphitheater In Need Of Restoration

    The Davies Amphitheater will open its 30th Summer Season on Sunday, June 6, with a combined concert of the Glenwood Community Band and the Southwest Iowa Men’s Chorus.

    Under the management of Gordon and Lori Woodrow, another full summer of family entertainment is scheduled.

    Single admission prices remain the same as previous years - $5 for adults and $4 for students.

    Gold Card Memberships are again available, with the price of a family membership remaining at $40, which admits an immediate family household to all performances.

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  • Rams swat Tigers, 6-3

    The Glenwood boys tennis team opened its 2010 season on its new courts with the school's first victory in recent memory over Red Oak in Hawkeye 10 Conference tennis last Monday.

    The Tigers smashed the Rams 8-1 in last year's season-opener, taking five of six singles matches and all but one doubles match. This year's opener would be nearly a complete reversal with Glenwood posting a 6-3 dual win.

    Grant Nikseresht, the Rams' No. 1 singles player, outlasted freshman Peter Walker 10-7 in his win. Chawin Tiyajinda, Dillon Stane and Grant Stivers each added singles wins.

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  • ‘Wild night’ in Clarinda gives Glenwood title a day later

    The Glenwood boys track team won the Cardinal Relays on Friday in a rather unlikely way: by trying not to win.

    Well, at least, that wasn't their main goal.

    Glenwood coach Mark Starner took his track team to Clarinda with the intention of using the meet as a spring board for his team to qualify in an as many events as possible for the upcoming Drake Relays.

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  • Glenwood second at Cardinal Relays

    The Glenwood girls track team tied with Creston for second place in the team standings at the Lady Cardinal Relays in Clarinda last Tuesday.

    Atlantic shared the team title with Griswold with both racking up 118 points. Glenwood scored 90 points to match co-runner up Creston.

    Shaniece Nott earned the Rams their sole individual gold medal by winning the 110-meter dash in 12.98. Nott added a second place showing in the 200-meter dash.

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