Glenwood Community High School Key Club member Aby Luddington and Glenwood Kiwanis Club members Carol Robertson, Denise Crawford, Michelle Wright and Barb Mass show off some of the Supplies 4 Success backpacks.
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Glenwood Kiwanis Club members gathered at the Harvey T. Rimel American Legion post last Wednesday to fill and distribute 84 backpacks as part of the service organization’s annual Supplies 4 Success project. Each backpack is filled with customized, age-appropriate supplies school children will need...

Nicole Kooiker began her position as interim superintendent for the Glenwood Community School District on July 1
1 month 1 week ago
Nicole Kooiker didn’t get the first job she sought in the Glenwood Community School District more than a decade ago. The second time around proved a far better match. Kooiker, 49, was hired as the district’s interim superintendent  following the surprise April resignation of Dr. Devin Embray, who...

The Glenwood chapter of TeamMates Mentoring was named the Chapter Of The Year at the TeamMates Annual Conference in Lincoln, Neb. Some members of the Glenwood TeamMates Mentoring leadership team are shown here with TeamMates co-founder and former University Of Nebraska football coach Dr. Tom Osborne (right) and Will Shields (left), the conference’s keynote speaker and former Nebraska and Kansas City Chiefs football player. (Courtesy - TeamMates Mentoring).
1 month 2 weeks ago
The Glenwood Community School District’s TeamMates mentoring program has been recognized with a prestigious honor. Earlier this month, Glenwood was named the TeamMates Mentoring Chapter of the Year. The award was presented during the TeamMates Mentoring Annual Conference in Lincoln, Neb. “It speaks...

The Meyer Building housed the Glenwood Middle School in the 1990s and early 2000s.
The Meyer Building on the campus of the Glenwood Resource Center is back on the radar for the Glenwood Community School District. The vacant building...
September 10, 2024, 4:14 PM

Mills County spent over $555,000 of its ARPA dollars to help bring high-speed fiber optic internet to the county.
Mills County has spent or designated about 84 percent of its federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars from the federal government, according...
September 10, 2024, 4:05 PM

A Pre-K classroom at Kids Place in Glenwood.
The Mills County Board Of Supervisors has committed $250,000 to Kids Place Champions, the organization working to preserve the Kids Place childcare...
September 10, 2024, 3:59 PM

The Meyer Building housed the Glenwood Middle School in the 1990s and early 2000s.
The Meyer Building on the campus of the Glenwood Resource Center is back on the radar for the Glenwood Community School District. The vacant building that once served as a schoolhouse for children living on the campus and later as the Glenwood Middle School, is now being considered as the site for...
September 10, 2024

News


  • The Meyer Building housed the Glenwood Middle School in the 1990s and early 2000s.
    September 10, 2024
    The Meyer Building on the campus of the Glenwood Resource Center is back on the radar for the Glenwood Community School District.The vacant building that once served as a schoolhouse for children...

  • Mills County spent over $555,000 of its ARPA dollars to help bring high-speed fiber optic internet to the county.
    September 10, 2024
    Mills County has spent or designated about 84 percent of its federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars from the federal government, according to figures provided by the Mills County Auditor...

  • A Pre-K classroom at Kids Place in Glenwood.
    September 10, 2024
    The Mills County Board Of Supervisors has committed $250,000 to Kids Place Champions, the organization working to preserve the Kids Place childcare center in Glenwood.The $250,000 matches the...

Sports

Features


  • 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...

  • The Rhapsody In Gold vocal jazz choir from Glenwood Community High School earned a sixth-place trophy at last week’s Iowa Vocal Jazz Championships in Spirit Lake. From left: baritone Connor Edick, alto Evan Belt, tenor Dallis Taylor, soprano Aubrey Mullanix and bass Aaron McQueen.
    April 4, 2023
    The group may be small in numbers, but the Glenwood Jazz Choir made a loud statement at last week’s Iowa Vocal Jazz Championships.The five-member ensemble brought home a sixth-place trophy from...

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