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Today's News

  • 25-year Sentence For Ex-county Employee

    A former employee of the Mills County Treasurer’s Office has been sentenced to serve 25 years in prison for the theft of funds from the auto licensing department.

    Tammy Jo Gammon, 43, pleaded guilty to the Class B felony in November. She was sentenced Monday in Mills County District Court by Judge Timothy O’Grady.

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  • Principal Expects To Keep Her Job

    More than 10 days  after Glenwood Community High School Principal Kerry Newman was placed on paid administrative leave, school district students and parents remained in the dark as to the reasons why the principal is the subject of an internal investigation.

        Glenwood Community Schools Superintendent Devin Embray, who is heading the investigation, said Friday Newman’s status remains unchanged and the investigation is “on-going.”

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  • New Library Director Being Hired

    Glenwood is expected to have its new public library director in place by the end of February.

    In a report to the Glenwood City Council at its regular meeting Tuesday, Jan. 22, Glenwood Library Board member Gary Johnson said a person has been selected to replace Angela Campbell, who is leaving the post in mid-February after accepting a position as the director of the public library system in Rock Island, Ill.

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  • Courthouse Expansion Moving Forward

    A relatively snowfree January has allowed workers to pick up some lost ground on the $1.5 million expansion and renovation of the Mills County Courthouse.

    Mills County Auditor Carol Robertson said Friday work had fallen about two weeks behind, but the absence of snowfall and unseasonably warm temperatures last week helped get the project back on track.

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  • Erasing Early Retirement

    The Glenwood Community School District is doing away with its early retirement leave incentive for licensed and classified staff.

    The Glenwood Board of Education voted last Monday to forgo the policy that offers employees that have served the district for 15 consecutive years a one-time incentive financial package for early retirement. The board voted to retain the rates offered in the current incentive policy for the next three years. The incentive will be eliminated following the 2014-2015 school year.

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  • Lockdown Drills At GCHS

    In light of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. and other school shootings across the country, Glenwood Community High School is being proactive.

    Glenwood took time out during the class day last week to explain and stress the importance of lock-down procedures to students at school.

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  • Reduced Post Office Hours

    The Mineola and Emerson post offices will remain open but at reduced hours as part of a U.S. Postal Service cost-cutting move to improve the organization’s financial stability.

    The plan keeps the existing post offices in place but with modified retail window hours designed to match customer use. Access to the retail lobbies and post office boxes would remain unchanged.

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  • Glenwood Police Reports 5/8/13

    Incidents
        April 8 – Branden Blain of Glenwood reported a burglary and theft.
        April 9 – Lincoln Farm and Home reported a gas drive-off.
        May 3 – Michelle Scott of Glenwood reported a serious assault.
        May 3 – Kwik Shop of Glenwood reported a gas drive-off.
        May 7 – Glenwood Community School District reported a burglary and criminal mischief.

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  • mills County District Court 5/22/13

    Judge Mark Eveloff
        Tammy Raye Thallus, Omaha – possession of a controlled substance, pleaded guilty, sentence suspended to two days in county jail, one year probation, driver’s license suspended for 180 days, ordered to pay court costs and fees.

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  • WEDDING - Matthew Aporta/Mary Beth LaRue

    Mary Beth LaRue and Matthew Aporta were united in marriage April 6, 2013, at the historic Santa Margarita Ranch in Santa Margarita, Calif. The ceremony was officiated by David Lynch.

        The bride is the daughter of Dick and Linda LaRue of Glenwood. The groom is the son of John Aporta and Micael Tsavaris of New York, N.Y.
        John LaRue, brother of the bride, served as the man of honor. Two of the bridesmaids were Blaire Winum Schnebel and Ashley Turner of Glenwood.

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