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The Iowa Arborist Association is bringing its state tree climbing competition to Glenwood Saturday, May 27. The event will be at Glenwood Lake Park. - COURTESY PHOTO / Iowa Arborist Association

Glenwood To Host State Tree Climbing Competition

Glenwood Lake Park will be the site of the 2023 Iowa Arborist Association’s Iowa Tree Climbing Competition on Saturday. Dozens of arborists from across the state are expected to take park in the 16th annual competition, being held in southwest Iowa for the first time. The participants will compete...

Bob Huff

Glenwood Man Wins $100,000 In Lottery Scratch Game

A Mills County man who won a $100,000 lottery prize said his big win brought on a case of jitters. “I got the shakes,” Franklin “Bob” Huff told officials on Wednesday as he claimed his prize at Iowa Lottery Headquarters in Clive. “I couldn’t sign my name or anything else.”Huff, 75, of Glenwood, won...

Cole Albright

School District Hopes To Bring ‘Stability’ to GCHS With Principal Hiring

The Glenwood Community School District will start the 2023-24 school year in August with a new high school principal. The Glenwood Board of Education approved Cole Albright’s “separation from the district” as Glenwood Community High School principal at its regular board meeting last Monday, May 8...

Public Works employees began filling the Glenwood Aquatic Center with water on Monday. (Courtesy Photo / City Of Glenwood)

Aquatic Center Repairs Completed; City Targets Memorial Day Opening

City of Glenwood officials have their fingers crossed this week as the Glenwood Aquatic Center gets filled with water in preparation for the 2023 summer swimming season. If the recently-completed repairs hold up and the water level doesn’t recede, the swimming season in Glenwood will begin on...

County Approves Solar, Renewable Energy Measures

After more than a year of research and discussion, Mills County finally has an updated ordinance for solar energy and approval from the board of supervisors to include a renewable energy chapter in the county’s comprehensive plan. Second and third readings of the measures were passed at the May 9...

Glenwood Middle School Social Studies Teacher Kelsey Miller (thrid left left) received her award and check at a surprise ceremony last week.

Glenwood Middle School Social Studies Teacher Receives Lakin Award

A social studies teacher at the Glenwood Middle School has been named the recipient of the Charles E. Lakin Outstanding Teacher Award. Kelsey Miller was presented the award during a surprise ceremony last Monday in the school gymnasium. The Charles E. Lakin Outstanding Teacher Award is given...

FIELDS OF DREAMS - Capital Campaign Planned To Help Fund Upgrades To Ballfields

As the Glenwood Baseball/Softball Club gears up for another season, more than just games are on the club’s schedule this spring and summer. The club that has served Glenwood’s youth baseball and softball players for over a decade is gearing up for a capital campaign to upgrade its home at the...

A group of Glenwood area residents look on during a presentation about future development at the Glenwood Resource Center campus when it closes next year.

Workshop, Citizen Input Chart Potential Course For Glenwood Resource Center’s future

After four days of design workshops that brought state representatives, consultants, state and local economic development officials and Mills County residents together, the picture of the future of the Glenwood Resource Center is a bit clearer. Even if the ambitious plan to develop the site into a...

Deb Cook began her career with the U.S. Postal Service in March 1986.

Deb Cook Puts Final Stamp On Post Office Career

A familiar, friendly face at the front counter of the Glenwood Post Office is retiring later this week. Deb Cook will spend her last day on the job Friday, April 28, ending a 37-year career with the United States Postal Service. Cook said she’s been thinking about retirement since her husband Dave...

The State Of Iowa plans to close the Glenwood Resource Center in 2024.

Citizen Input Sought For GRC Redevelopment Plan

Do you have a suggestion on what should be done with the land and buildings on the Glenwood Resource Center campus after the facility closes next year? Citizens will have an opportunity to provide input on the redevelopment plan for the GRC during a four-night workshop next week in the Meyer...