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Today's News

  • Knights complete rare Corner ‘four-peat’

    TABOR - Four-peat?

    The Fremont-Mills boys track team are indeed winners of their fourth straight Corner Conference title with the victory on its home track in Tabor last Tuesday.

    The Knights won six events and placed in the top three in 11 other events to rack up 158 points. Sidney was the runner up with 122 points.

    “This was by far the toughest of the four,” said Fremont-Mills boys coach Mike Wood.

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  • C.B. St. Albert blanks Glenwood, 1-0

    Sam Wilber’s goal in the 53rd minute broke a scoreless tie and carried Council Bluffs St. Albert to a 1-0 Hawkeye 10 Conference boys soccer victory over Glenwood Thursday in Council Bluffs.

    The Rams (5-3) struggled with their attack against the Falcons’ defense, finishing with nine shots on goal.
    Wilber’s goal came off an intercepted pass the freshman finished from 25 yards out.

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  • Fremont-Mills girls win own Relays, boys third

    The Fremont-Mills girls and boys track teams had strong showings at its own Knight Co-ed Invitational last Tuesday in Tabor.

    The Fremont-Mills girls won eight events and wrapped up the team title with 162 points. Southwest Valley was a distant second with 110 points followed by East Mills and Sidney, who tied for third in the girls team standings with 80 points.

    The Knight boys team was third with 95 points. Sidney was the boys champion with 110 points. Glenwood was fourth with 83 points and East Mills was fifth with 71.

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  • Glenwood posts links victory

    Kathryn Gunderson won top individual honors to lead Glenwood to a dual victory over Council Bluffs St. Albert in Hawkeye 10 Conference girls golf at Fox Run Golf Course in Council Bluffs Thursday.

    Gunderson and teammate Sophie Benson tied with rounds of 51 but Gunderson won the handicap hole to take home top medalist honors.

    The Rams shot a team round of 213. The Saintes did not post a team score.

    Savannah Mellon added a 54 and Ellie Brown a 57 to complete Glenwood’s scoring.

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  • Short-handed Rams win Bedford Co-ed meet

    With part of its team running in Des Moines at the Drake Relays, the Glenwood girls didn’t take the night off.

    The short-handed Rams easily out-paced the field in Bedford, racking up 11 gold medals and 238 points en route to the team title. Sidney was the runner up with 126 points.

    Glenwood coach Cory Faust was in Des Moines for Drake and didn’t see the Bedford meet but the coach said his team performed well above expectations.

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  • East Mills’ Schraft wins four medals at Drake Relays qualifiers

    If the Drake Relays are any indication, Janette Schraft’s trophy shelf is likely to get a little more full.

    The Wolverine junior who won a trio of gold medals at last year’s state track meet in the 800, 1,500 and 3,000-meters, medaled in all four events she qualified in at this year’s Drake Relays wrapping up Saturday in Des Moines.

    Competing against the top runners in the state, Schraft placed fourth in the 800-meters on Thursday with a time of 2:15.50. On Friday, she ran a 10:24.48 to place seventh in the 3,000-meters

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  • Plans Being Finalized For Athletic Complex Upgrade

    As the Glenwood Community School District locks up its financing, the district’s architects are finalizing design plans for the new $3.7 million athletic complex.

    The district’s Board of Directors approved the issuance of general obligation school capital loan agreement at the April school board meeting. With the purchase of the bond by American National Bank, the district’s financing for the overhaul to the 70-year old athletic complex is in place.

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  • City Council OKs Construction Of Water Line At Cemetery

    At the request of Glenwood Municipal Utilities (GMU), the Glenwood City Council has authorized the construction of a new utility line that will run through the city’s cemetery.

    The line, more than 800 feet in length, will carry water from a main on North Locust Street (221st Street) to homes in the “Mintle’s 2nd Addition” neighborhood. The majority of the line will run adjacent to the cemetery’s southern and eastern borders and will not impact existing grave sites.

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  • Born In The Fast Lane

    Finley Wood has been living life in the fast lane from the moment he was born.

    The 5-week-old baby, who was a special guest at the Glenwood Fire Station last week, was delivered March 22 in the back of an ambulance by two members of the Glenwood Rescue unit.

    Glenwood Rescue got the call at 5:40 a.m. – “a woman in labor” at the northbound rest area on I-29. Finley was born at 6 a.m., a few minutes after Glenwood Rescue picked up MacKenzie Wood and her husband Trevor at the rest area.

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  • Glenwood girls 2-0 at A-D-M Tournament

    The Glenwood girls soccer team finished 2-0 at the A-D-M Tournament in Adel this past weekend.

    The Rams defeated Clear Creek Amana 2-0 and Des Moines Hoover 7-0 to stay a perfect 5-0 on the season.    

    “I am very pleased with how the weekend turned out and it was definitely a great team effort to get both wins,” said Glenwood coach Amy Benson.

    In Friday’s opener against Clear Creek Amana, the score was tied at 0-0 at the half before the Rams’ Avery Blasdel scored off an assist from Mia McCorkle.

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