Glidden News

Debris from the storm that swept across Iowa early this morning blocked roads and brought down power lines.

More than 200,000 customers of Iowa's two largest utilities were without power on Monday after a line of severe thunderstorms roared across the state with winds as high as 100 mph.

Looking for a Mrs.M. Mohr, of Dubuque, Iowa, that went to her sisters funeral, in 1904, in Glidden Iowa. via Cousinconnect.com

Five streams in Guthrie County won't be subject to new anti-pollution rules if exemptions and lowered protections for them are approved by the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission. via The Times

By Maxine Christensen Darrell and Bertha Schroeter of Brayton celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary in an unusual way. via Atlantic News-Telegraph

“The opportunity came up and it's my wife's hometown area”

The city's economic development leadership is changing again. Tim Tracy, the executive director of the Ottumwa Area Chamber of Commerce, is leaving at the end of the year to take a position with the Glidden ... via Ottumwa Courier

“I didn't have any crystal ball”

I'm guessing Paul Tibbets could have walked into a lot of American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars meetings without turning a head. via Des Moines Register

“He boarded the train in a blizzard and arrived in Miami two days later in bright sunshine. When he saw the palm trees and felt the warmth of the Florida sun, he decided on the spot that this was for him.”

Few people have altered the course of history as significantly as bomber pilot Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. via Des Moines Register