April 26, 1962 – Glenwood led schools in this part of the state and ranked seventh in the entire state in the percentage of faculty members with advanced degrees. Ahead of Glenwood were Winona, Rochester, Faribault, Austin, Hibbing and Ely, then Glenwood (tied with Ada and East Grand Forks). These schools were followed by Edina, Biawabik, St. Paul, St. Paul, Chisolm, Mankato and Minneapolis.

Despite balmy, summer-like temperatures, the ice on Lake Minnewaska refused to budge. Departure of the ice was already 12 days behind the average. T.R. Thompson’s weather records showed, however, what was probably a record high for Glenwood when the temperature climbed to 82 degrees on April 24.

Records showed that Pope County ranked sixth among Minnesota’s 87 counties in the percentage of adults voting in 1960 elections. The county’s voter turnout percentage was 85.4. Grant County voters headed the list with 88.4 percent.

April 27, 1972 – Twelve days later than the average date, the Lake Minnewaska ice left the lake on April 26. A large ice floe had been floating in the lake for nearly a week when it finally disappeared leaving the lake clear. The process was gradual due to a slow, cold spring and little ice appeared on the lakeshore.

A former Brooten man became the county’s first road fatality of the year when he was killed in a one-car rollover near Brooten.

Glenwood High School had won the Region No. 6 declam meet under coaches Dee Hoff, Bob Conley and Barb Lee. Due to participate in the state competition were Deb Churchill, Gail Gades, John Haima and Richard Hodsdon. Other participants in the region meet were Phil Serrin, Deb Boelke, Greg McIver and Jodie Bogie.

The Glenwood Theater, which for 42 years had been run by the Longaker family, was sold to Branstock Productions with Steve Nestor as president. H.J. Longaker had purchased the building from the McCauley family in 1936. His son, Harry, took over management of the theater in 1938.

April 29, 1982 – Two young men were killed and two injured in a one-car accident south of Glenwood on the lake road. The car burned following the rollover.

The final proof that spring had arrived in Pope County was the disappearance of the ice from Lake Minnewaska on April 24. This was 12 days later than the average date and just a few days ahead of the May 7 date which was the latest recorded date for the ice to leave. It was, however, also nearly a month later than the March 29 date of the previous year.

Dick Oeltjen and Bruce Boraas, veteran members of the Glenwood/Lowry school board, announced their intentions not to file for re-election. Dick Kaus, a third incumbent, and Joyce Finke and Robert McCrory had filed.

April 27, 1992 – The Glenwood/Lowry school board adopted a retention policy for E.N. Nordgaard Elementary School at its regular meeting on Monday, April 20. The policy required a team approach to determining whether or not a child should be held back. All instructors involved with the student would meet to come to consensus about retaining the student.

The joint powers school board, which ran Minnewaska Area High School, discussed landscaping at its regular meeting on April 20. Vicki Peterson, head of the landscaping task force and science teacher at MAHS, gave an overview of the committee’s work to date.

It was reported that close to 25 percent of the students in kindergarten through eighth grade at the elementary schools in Glenwood, Starbuck, Villard and Minnewaska Area High School were performing below their grade level in the areas of reading and math. These 325 students were then in the Chapter 1 program. April 27-May 2 was proclaimed Chapter 1 Awareness Week by Governor Arne Carlson in recognition that “the education of children is one of the most important responsibilities of today’s society.”

April 29, 2002 – The Glacial Ridge Hospital Foundation had reached its goal of raising $1 million from contributions toward its $6.2 million renovation. An anonymous donor had given a $4,000 donation to push the amount up to the goal amount.

Fifteen E.N. Nordgaard Elementary third graders would advance to the regional inventors’ fair after placing in the top 10 in the local competition. Hayley Sachs was the top finisher in the event with “Hayley’s EZ-Up-Lights.” There was a tie for second between Reed Resch and Trenton Berg. Resch invented “The Puck Stopper” and Berg invented “The Linde Rig Organizer.” James Gabrielson was third with his invention, “The Marshmallow Roaster for Your Toaster.” The inventors would go on to compete in Fergus Falls.

The Glenwood RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) program had reached a milestone by giving away more than 90,000 books since its first distribution in 1975.

April 30, 2012 –  A Glenwood resident’s request to continue living on the main floor of a commercial building in downtown Glenwood for 30 more days was denied for a third time by the Glenwood City Commission. It was against city ordinance to reside on the main floor of a commercial building in downtown.

A Glenwood couple was injured in a motorcycle crash in Alexandria. The accident happened at 3rd Avenue West, near Fairgrounds Road. Both sustained leg and foot injuries in the crash, according to a report. One of the parties also received facial injuries and was airlifted to St. Cloud hospital, the other was transferred to Hennepin County Medical Center the following day.

Work began on State Highway 104 just south of Glenwood. The resurfacing project was one of the first to begin the highway construction season in the Pope County area.