Harold and Jo Murren of Malvern place an order at the Pim’s Thai Catering truck.
6 days 6 hours ago
The aroma of smoked BBQ and fried funnel cakes was in the air again Thursday night in Malvern, signaling the start of another season of Food Truck Night at the Mills County Fairgrounds . Eight vendors – six food and two specialty -  offering everything from tacos and Thai to fresh lemonade and...

Charter Communications executives Katie (Marshall) Collins and Lucy (Collins) Hansen are both graduates of Glenwood Community High School. They worked together for several years before realizing they grew up in the same community.
2 weeks 6 days ago
What are the odds? Two talented and successful women in leadership positions at a Fortune 100 company are working under the same roof at an office in Colorado, sharing ideas on projects with one another and helping develop company strategies without knowing they both grew up in the same community...

Glenwood Community High School Activities Director Jeff Bissen visits with Creston High School student-athlete Nate Bentley at Children’s Hospital in Omaha Friday. Bentley collapsed at a track meet in Glenwood last Tuesday, April 8.
1 month 4 days ago
The quick thinking and action of bystanders, staff and paramedics is being credited with saving the life of a student that collapsed at the Glenwood Athletic Complex track during last Tuesday’s Glenwood Ram Relays. Just after 5:20 p.m., a Creston High School freshman suffered a medical emergency...

Three of the four runners on the Glenwood girls 4x800-meter relay team celebrate its first place finish and season-best time at the Class 3A State Qualifier Meet in Glenwood Thursday. Pictured from left: Breckyn Petersen, Madelyn Berglund and Haylee Hughes.
Glenwood placed fourth as a team with 101 points, just four points out of second place.   “This was a loaded state qualifying meet that we knew was...
May 19, 2025, 12:40 PM

The Fremont-Mills girls track team celebrates its state qualifying meet champinship Thursday in Woodbine.
The Fremont-Mills girls qualified in 10 events and ran away with the team title at the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet in Woodbine Thursday. The...
May 19, 2025, 12:39 PM

East Mills’ Jackson Embree passes the baton to Jiri Brodigan. Embree and Brodigan, along with Cooper Stearns and Walter Seipold punched their ticket to the 4x200-meter relay at the Griswold state qualifier meet.
The East Mills boys won the 4x200-meter at the Class 1A State Qualifying meet in Griswold Thursday. The quartet of Jackson Embree, Cooper Stearns,...
May 19, 2025, 12:37 PM

Three of the four runners on the Glenwood girls 4x800-meter relay team celebrate its first place finish and season-best time at the Class 3A State Qualifier Meet in Glenwood Thursday. Pictured from left: Breckyn Petersen, Madelyn Berglund and Haylee Hughes.
Glenwood placed fourth as a team with 101 points, just four points out of second place.   “This was a loaded state qualifying meet that we knew was going to be a challenge,” said Glenwood coach Mark Starner. “It seemed like everything that we were good at, there were two to three other teams that...
May 19, 2025

News


  • The Glenwood Aquatic Center will remain closed indefinitely as the city explores its options for the 9-year-old facility that has been plagued by water loss issues.
    May 13, 2025
    Following the advice of the city's engineering consultant, the Glenwood City Council voted 4-0 Tuesday night not to open the Glenwood Aquatic Center in 2025.As reported last week by The Opinion-...

  • Harold and Jo Murren of Malvern place an order at the Pim’s Thai Catering truck.
    May 13, 2025
    The aroma of smoked BBQ and fried funnel cakes was in the air again Thursday night in Malvern, signaling the start of another season of Food Truck Night at the Mills County Fairgrounds .Eight vendors...

  • Mills County Veterans Affairs is currently housed in this building at 602 S. Locust St.
    May 13, 2025
    The Mills County Veterans Affairs Office could be moving to a new home under a proposal being considered by the Mills County Board Of Supervisors.The proposal would relocate the Veterans Affairs...

Sports


  • Three of the four runners on the Glenwood girls 4x800-meter relay team celebrate its first place finish and season-best time at the Class 3A State Qualifier Meet in Glenwood Thursday. Pictured from left: Breckyn Petersen, Madelyn Berglund and Haylee Hughes.
    May 19, 2025
    Glenwood placed fourth as a team with 101 points, just four points out of second place.  “This was a loaded state qualifying meet that we knew was going to be a challenge,” said...

  • The Fremont-Mills girls track team celebrates its state qualifying meet champinship Thursday in Woodbine.
    May 19, 2025
    The Fremont-Mills girls qualified in 10 events and ran away with the team title at the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet in Woodbine Thursday.The Knights won eight events to notch automatic bids to this...

  • East Mills’ Jackson Embree passes the baton to Jiri Brodigan. Embree and Brodigan, along with Cooper Stearns and Walter Seipold punched their ticket to the 4x200-meter relay at the Griswold state qualifier meet.
    May 19, 2025
    The East Mills boys won the 4x200-meter at the Class 1A State Qualifying meet in Griswold Thursday.The quartet of Jackson Embree, Cooper Stearns, Jiri Brodigan and Walter Seipold ran a 1:33.36 to top...

Features


  • Members of the Hope Squad at Glenwood Community High School pose for a photo in the hallway at GCHS. Front row (left left): Sophia Stroud, Brooklyn Oetter, Payton Stewart, Abby Chase, Charli Sorenson. Middle row: Kaylee Wray, Maddie Severn, Maya Schau and Abigail Lincoln. Back row: Sponsors Hannah Doorenbos and Heather Roberson. Not pictured: Zoey Brown, Ahna Grassau, Lynnea Longchaya and Faulyn Struble.
    February 18, 2025
    Good deeds, acts of kindness and positive messages.For the Hope Squad, these are just a few of the ways the peer-to-peer counseling program is fostering a culture of care at Glenwood Community High...

  • Pat Staebell retired as the school counselor at Northeast Elementary at the end of the school year. He was a counselor at the school for 32 years.
    June 6, 2023
    Pat Staebell, the only school counselor Northeast Elementary has ever known, retired at the end of the 2022-23 school year.The LeMars native has been a fixture at the school since 1991.“I still...

  • GCHS Interim Principal Lorraine Duitsman
    May 30, 2023
     A new principal isn’t the only change coming to Glenwood Community High School.Following Principal Cole Albright’s sudden resignation earlier this month, the Glenwood Board of...

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