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The East Mills Wolverines hosted their first varsity track meet in 13 years last Thursday at the school’s new athletic complex. The new football field / all-weather track is just one piece of the facilities improvements and overhaul made on the East Mills School campus over the past four years.
MALVERN - On Thursday the East Mills Middle-High School hosted its first varsity track and field meet in over 4,000 days.
The East Mills Co-ed Track and Field meet brought teams from Fremont-Mills, Sidney and Southwest Valley to Malvern to compete for the first meet on the school’s track since 2013...
The Glenwood City Council has agreed to a contract with an Omaha-based consultant to serve as Interim City Administrator / Finance Director while the city finds a replacement for outgoing City Administrator/ Finance Director Mitch Kolf.
Under terms of the agreement, which went into effect May 4, Al...
Assistant Mills County Attorney John Pfeifer, District Court Judge Margaret Reyes and Mills County Board Of Supervisors Chair Richard Crouch.
Representatives of the Iowa State Bar Association and Iowa State Bar Foundation presented an America 250 flag to the residents of Mills County during a special ceremony outside the Mills County Courthouse Friday afternoon.
Mills County Assistant County Attorney John Pfeifer and District Court...
Silver City Fire Chief Greg Stofer, Silver City Mayor Joseph Jaworski, Oak Township Assistant Fire Chief John Stacey and Oak Township Fire Chief Keith Johnson outside the Silver City Fire Station.
Two Mills County fire departments are taking a pro-active approach to combat an understaffing epidemic that’s impacting public safety agencies across the country.
The Silver City and Oak Township Fire Departments recently collaborated on a joint grant application to the Iowa Firefighters...
The Glenwood Community School District’s tax rate is going down for the third straight year.
The Glenwood Board of Education unanimously approved the $33.3 million total expenditures budget for the fiscal 2026-2027 year earlier this month. That budget figure is down over $2 million from the current...
The Glenwood City Council has approved a new rate structure for picnic shelter reservations at Glenwood Lake Park.
At the recommendation of the Glenwood Park Board, the city will now be offering both partial and full-day reservations. An “AM” or “PM” shelter reservation will cost $25. The new fee...
After receiving a detailed presentation from City Administrator / Finance Director Mitch Kolf, the Glenwood City Council approved the city’s budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year at its regular meeting last Tuesday.
The budget includes a reduction in the property tax levy rate from15.4344 (per $1,...
The Mills County Board Of Supervisors approved its budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year last Tuesday following a brief public hearing at the Mills County Courthouse.The budget, which includes an urban property tax levy rate of $5.89833 (per $1,000 taxable valuation) and a rural property rate of $9,...
MAMMA MIA! runs April 28-May 3 at the Orpheum Theater in Omaha.
Omaha Performing Arts is pleased to announce that tickets for MAMMA MIA! are now on sale. The tour comes to the Orpheum Theater April 28-May 3.
Tickets start at $47 and are available through ticketomaha.com by phone at 402-345-0606 or in person at the Ticket Omaha Box Office inside the Holland...
From left: Mills County Board Of Supervisors candidates David Farmer, Sandi Winton and Peter Bencker participate in the April 11 forum.
MALVERN - Nearly 100 citizens came to the Charles E. and Florence M. Lakin Community Center Saturday to hear from Mills County’s three Republican candidates for county supervisor share their ideas for effective and efficient county government.
Peter Bencker, David Farmer and Sandi Winton will be on...
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