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Overseeing the nutrition program for a public school district with 8,880 students is an enormous responsibility that’s been both challenging and gratifying for Lisa (Lothrop) Stewart, a graduate of Glenwood Community High School.
Stewart, a Registered Dietitian and School Nutrition Specialist, is...
The Glenwood Community School Foundation is seeking nominations for the fifth annual John A. Gregory Teacher Of the Year Award.
The award is co-sponsored by the foundation and Farm Bureau Financial Services agent John B. Gregory, son of the award’s namesake.
Nominations will be accepted until March...
To some, its 24,854.8 miles.
To others, 40,000 kilometers.
In geographic terms, it’s roughly the circumference around the earth.
For Joe Edwards, it’s the combined distance he’s bicycled across the United States in the last decade. Edwards is a randonneur, a practitioner of long-distance cycling....
Glenwood Community High School students and staff came together with members of the community last Tuesday for the annual Pink Out Night in the GCHS gymnasium.
The event, established to promote cancer awareness and honor individuals who have fought the disease, has become a winter tradition in...
A report on the findings of an audit for the City of Glenwood for the 2022-2023 fiscal year has been released.
The audit was conducted by Schroer and Associates, P.C.
According to the report made public in January, the city’s receipts totaled $11,291,860 for the year ended June 30, 2023, a 67.3%...
Glenwood has been selected to serve as the starting point for RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) for a record-tying eighth time. The much-anticipated announcement of the 2024 route was made Saturday night in Des Moines.
The nation’s largest and oldest cross-state bicycle...
Two pedestrian bridges that are major components of a proposed trail system in Glenwood are expected to be installed in the next few months.
A bridge over Keg Creek will link a proposed trailhead at the site of the former Glenwood Native American Earth Lodge with the Glenwood Community School...
The superintendent of Ralston Public Schools in Nebraska says his grandmother was among the influential people he had in his life while growing up in Glenwood that played a role in his decision to choose a career in education.
Jason Buckingham, a 1991 Glenwood Community High School graduate, has...
Mills County residents will soon have a new place to recycle and redeem their cans and bottles.
The City of Glenwood has agreed to allow DROPPETT, a Des Moines-based redemption business, to place a drop-off building on the parking lot near the city’s Vine Street baseball and softball field.
The...
The Iowa Board of Dentistry has suspended the license of a Glenwood dentist after determining he poses “an imminent threat to public safety.”
The license of Dr. Calvin Weber, 65, was suspended in December by the state dental board, but the action wasn’t made public until last week.
The suspension...