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Carlene Hall, Anna Stoysich and Alyssa Pacheco are among the contributors to the community mural created this summer in Malvern. The theme of the mural is “What does Mills County mean to you?”

Community Mural Depicts Mills County's Natural Beauty, Landmark Buildings

A community mural that could soon be greeting visitors to Malvern was unveiled Thursday at the Malvern Public Library. Artist Anna Stoysich, who coordinated the project, said the “What does Mills County mean to you?” themed mural took six weeks to complete and features contributions from about 25...

Tim Reinert

Glenwood Community Schools Looking For New School Business Official

The Glenwood Community School District is looking for a new School Business Official and board secretary. Tim Reinert, who has served in that position for five years, announced in August he was stepping down after accepting a position in the Council Bluffs Community School District. As Glenwood’s...

Agency Nurse Faces Charges For Drugs Given To Resident at Glen Haven Village

A Kansas woman working as an agency nurse is facing charges connected to her treatment of a resident at Glen Haven Village skilled nursing facility. Rochelle Rose Reyes of Wathena, Kan., 37 was arrested late last month and is charged with administering harmful substances, a Class D felony, and...

City Council Discusses Proposal To Replace Deputy City Clerk Position With Finance Officer

A proposal by Glenwood City Administrator / Finance Director Courtney Harter to replace the city’s vacant deputy city clerk position with a “finance officer” received a mixed reaction from city council members last week. Harter said the recent departure of deputy city clerk Justice Lewis has opened...

Eric Shawn Ballanger

Felony Charge Filed For Phone Threat Made To Fremont-Mills School Board Member

A 52-year-old Russell, Iowa man is facing a felony charge after allegedly threatening a member of the Fremont-Mills Board Of Education. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that it had received a report of a threatening telephone call to a Fremont-Mills school board member on Aug....

Glenwood Police Department Gets Approval To Reinstate K-9 Unit

The Glenwood Police Department has started the process of bringing back its K-9 unit.\ The department was given the green light last week by the Glenwood City Council to reinstate and begin fundraising for a K-9 unit. Glenwood Police Chief Eic Johansen told city council members the K-9 will be a...

Highway 34 construction projects have reduced traffic to one lane in both directions near Glenwood this summer.

Road, Turning Lane Projects Impacting Highway 34 Traffic

Law enforcement officials are encouraging Mills County motorists to slow down and proceed with caution when driving through the multiple construction zones on U.S. Highway 34 near Glenwood and Pacific Junction. Construction cones and barricades have been in place at various locations on Highway 34...

County Supervisors Take First Step Toward EMS Tax Levy Special Election In March

The Mills County Board of Supervisors went back to the drawing board Tuesday morning and set a public hearing for Nov. 10 to once again declare Emergency Medical Services (EMS) an “essential service.” The public hearing is the first formal step in a required process for setting a county-wide...

Fremont-Mills School Board Fails To Approve Hiring Of Transgender Music Teacher

The Fremont-Mills Board of Education has declined to approve a contract and hiring of a transgender music teacher the district had offered a position to earlier this summer. At its regular monthly meeting last week, the Fremont-Mills Board of Education rejected the contract offer to Ace Rios it...

Successful Petition Drive Will Allow Voters To Decide Size Of County Board

Mills County residents will get to decide if they want to increase the size of the board of supervisors from 3 to 5 after all. On Aug. 11, five weeks after the Mills County Board of Supervisors rejected a resolution that would have automatically put the issue on the November general election ballot...