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U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa District 4) met with an invited group of bankers, farmers, business leaders and governmental officials during a gathering at Glenwood State Bank last Tuesday.
The meeting was Feenstra’s first public appearance locally since Mills County became part of Iowa’s fourth...
The Mills Crossing Mega Site being developed by MidAmerican Energy near Glenwood has earned the location a Certified Site designation from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. Glenwood, Fort Madison and De Soto, Kan., were awarded the railroad’s Certified Site designation last week.
“We are...
The Glenwood Aquatic Center will have a new splash bucket to dump water on swimmers when the facility opens next spring.
The Glenwood City Council approved the purchase of a new bucket at its regular meeting last Tuesday. The existing bucket, which is seven years old, was not working properly and...
“If I win Iowa, I will be your next president.”
That was the message Republican Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy shared with an audience of 100-plus people Sunday night in Glenwood.
The Ohio native and pharmaceutical company founder addressed a handful of topics, including immigration,...
Student enrollments are up double-digits in the Glenwood, Fremont-Mills and East Mills Community School Districts.
Certified enrollment numbers on Oct. 1 for school districts across the state were recently released.
Fremont-Mills is up 15 students in its certified enrollment numbers this year. The...
Tony Winton and Kellie Stewart have won seats on the Glenwood Community School District Board of Education.
Winton and Stewart received the most votes among five candidates for two at-large positions on the board. Winton picked up 822 votes while Stewart received 760 votes. William Bruce Wray...
A $39.9 million bond issue that would have gone toward an extensive remodel of Northeast Elementary School, including an addition that would house the Kid’s Place Daycare, failed to gain the necessary votes in county-wide elections last Tuesday,
Of the nearly 2,000 ballots cast, 59 percent (1,134...
The first season of business at Mills County’s first private glamping venue has been a success.
Located 12 miles southeast of Glenwood, in the quietude of the scenic Loess Hills, Best Nest Farm provides guests with a unique luxury camping experience featuring overnight accommodations in one of two...
The military room at the Mills County Historical Museum has a “new and improved” look to it.
Museum director Stephen Hunt said patrons will find that the new military displays are easy to follow, well-organized, engaging and informative.
“We’ve not added display units, but there are many new...
A $35 million, state-of-the-art renewable natural gas (RNG) processing facility is up and running at the Loess Hills Regional Sanitary Landfill northwest of Malvern.
Two years in the making, the facility houses a complex, multi-step processing plant that converts gas from the landfill into methane...