Today's News

The 17th Annual Mills County Master Gardener Plant Sale will be held on Saturday, May 13, from 8:30 – 11 a.m., just in time for Mother's Day.  

Four people were arrested Friday after the Glenwood Police Department executed a search warrant following an on-going narcotic investigation at 207 N. Grove St.

Pamela Jay, 62, of Glenwood, was charged with possession of a controlled substance (serious misdemeanor), possession of drug paraphernalia (simple misdemeanor) and gatherings which is a Class D felony. She was being held at the Mills County Jail in Glenwood on a $6,300 bond.  

Jason Dammen admits he never envisioned the day he’d be raising chickens in his back yard.

“You can add this to the things I never thought I’d do,” Dammen said Saturday morning as he tended to his family’s five chickens, housed in a coop behind their Glenwood home on the 300 block of South Grove Street. “Here I am – an urban chicken farmer.”

Earning the highest ranking in school history, the Glenwood Community High School Jazz Band was awarded third place in Class 3A at the April 4 Iowa Jazz Championships.

Glenwood competed with 15 Class 3A bands at the state competition, marking the third consecutive year Glenwood has earned a top five ranking and 14th year the band has placed in the top 10. Harlan and Cedar Rapids Xavier earned first place and runner-up honors in Class 3A.