Glenwood Middle School Teacher Melanie Howard, surrounded by friends and family, was presented the Charles E. Lakin Outstanding Teacher Award at a school assembly May 21.

Glenwood Middle School Educator Named Recipient Of Charles E. Laking Outstanding Teacher Award 1g4t5o

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Glenwood Middle School language arts teacher Melanie Howard has been honored as the recipient of a $10,000 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Charles E. Lakin Foundation, recognizing her “exceptional dedication to student connection and engagement.” Howard, who is completing her 34th year as an...

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Missouri Journalism Student Excited For Internship At Her Hometown Newspaper 541y4f

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I’m excited to share that this summer I will be working as an intern for The Opinion-Tribune. You will be seeing some pieces of my writing in this paper and may find me around asking for interviews or taking photos. I’m a proud 2024 graduate of Glenwood Community High School and a current student...

Harold and Jo Murren of Malvern place an order at the Pim’s Thai Catering truck.

Food Truck Night A Hit At Mills County Fairgrounds 546n6l

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The aroma of smoked BBQ and fried funnel cakes was in the air again Thursday night in Malvern, signaling the start of another season of Food Truck Night at the Mills County Fairgrounds . Eight vendors – six food and two specialty -  offering everything from tacos and Thai to fresh lemonade and...

Supervisors Moving Forward In Making EMS An Essential Service In Mills County 4t592q


The Mills County Board Of Supervisors has ed two of three required readings of a resolution to make Emergency Medical Services an essential service in Mills County.
The Mills County Board Of Supervisors are continuing to take the necessary steps that could lead to county residents voting on a tax levy in November...
May 27, 2025, 3:56 PM

School's Out Forever For Retiring Glenwood Science Teacher 3u2yh


Tom Berke is retiring from a 34-year career in education, including 32 with the Glenwood Community School District.
As the school year comes to an end, teachers and faculty are retiring from the Glenwood Community School District. One such teacher is Tom Berke....
May 27, 2025, 3:43 PM

Mills County Storehouse Awarded $25,000 Grant From First Interstate Bank 22412b


First Interstate Bank employees presented the $25,000 check to Mills County Storehouse volunteers May 13.
The Mills County Storehouse received a major financial boost last week and the timing couldn’t be better. The Storehouse has been named the recipient...
May 20, 2025, 7:15 PM

The Mills County Board Of Supervisors has ed two of three required readings of a resolution to make Emergency Medical Services an essential service in Mills County.

Supervisors Moving Forward In Making EMS An Essential Service In Mills County 4t592q

The Mills County Board Of Supervisors are continuing to take the necessary steps that could lead to county residents voting on a tax levy in November to fund EMS services across the county. Following a public hearing last week, the supervisors unanimously ed the first reading of a resolution...
May 27, 2025

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  • The Mills County Board Of Supervisors has ed two of three required readings of a resolution to make Emergency Medical Services an essential service in Mills County.
    May 27, 2025
    The Mills County Board Of Supervisors are continuing to take the necessary steps that could lead to county residents voting on a tax levy in November to fund EMS services across the county.Following...

  • Glenwood Middle School Teacher Melanie Howard, surrounded by friends and family, was presented the Charles E. Lakin Outstanding Teacher Award at a school assembly May 21.
    May 27, 2025
    Glenwood Middle School language arts teacher Melanie Howard has been honored as the recipient of a $10,000 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Charles E. Lakin Foundation, recognizing her “...

  • Tom Berke is retiring from a 34-year career in education, including 32 with the Glenwood Community School District.
    May 27, 2025
    As the school year comes to an end, teachers and faculty are retiring from the Glenwood Community School District.One such teacher is Tom Berke.Berke has taught for 34 years, 32 of which were spent...

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  • Three of the four runners on the Glenwood girls 4x800-meter relay team celebrate its first place finish and season-best time at the Class 3A State Qualifier Meet in Glenwood Thursday. Pictured from left: Breckyn Petersen, Madelyn Berglund and Haylee Hughes.
    May 19, 2025
    Glenwood placed fourth as a team with 101 points, just four points out of second place.  “This was a loaded state qualifying meet that we knew was going to be a challenge,” said...

  • The Fremont-Mills girls track team celebrates its state qualifying meet champinship Thursday in Woodbine.
    May 19, 2025
    The Fremont-Mills girls qualified in 10 events and ran away with the team title at the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet in Woodbine Thursday.The Knights won eight events to notch automatic bids to this...

  • East Mills’ Jackson Embree es the baton to Jiri Brodigan. Embree and Brodigan, along with Cooper Stearns and Walter Seipold punched their ticket to the 4x200-meter relay at the Griswold state qualifier meet.
    May 19, 2025
    The East Mills boys won the 4x200-meter at the Class 1A State Qualifying meet in Griswold Thursday.The quartet of Jackson Embree, Cooper Stearns, Jiri Brodigan and Walter Seipold ran a 1:33.36 to top...

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  • of the Hope Squad at Glenwood Community High School pose for a photo in the hallway at GCHS. Front row (left left): Sophia Stroud, Brooklyn Oetter, Payton Stewart, Abby Chase, Charli Sorenson. Middle row: Kaylee Wray, Maddie Severn, Maya Schau and Abigail Lincoln. Back row: Sponsors Hannah Doorenbos and Heather Roberson. Not pictured: Zoey Brown, Ahna Grassau, Lynnea Longchaya and Faulyn Struble.
    February 18, 2025
    Good deeds, acts of kindness and positive messages.For the Hope Squad, these are just a few of the ways the peer-to-peer counseling program is fostering a culture of care at Glenwood Community High...

  • Pat Staebell retired as the school counselor at Northeast Elementary at the end of the school year. He was a counselor at the school for 32 years.
    June 6, 2023
    Pat Staebell, the only school counselor Northeast Elementary has ever known, retired at the end of the 2022-23 school year.The LeMars native has been a fixture at the school since 1991.“I still...

  • GCHS Interim Principal Lorraine Duitsman
    May 30, 2023
     A new principal isn’t the only change coming to Glenwood Community High School.Following Principal Cole Albright’s sudden resignation earlier this month, the Glenwood Board of...

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