May 2025

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

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 3:56pm admin

The Mills County Board Of Supervisors has passed 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 to fund EMS services across the county.

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

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 3:50pm admin

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 language arts teacher Melanie Howard has been honored as the recipient of a $10,000 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Charles E.

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School's Out Forever For Retiring Glenwood Science Teacher

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 3:43pm admin

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.

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Missouri Journalism Student Excited For Internship At Her Hometown Newspaper

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 3:37pm admin

Sydney Rohrberg

I’m excited to share that this summer I will be working as an intern for The Opinion-Tribune.

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

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 7:15pm admin

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.

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Rams combine to qualify in 20 events for state

Mon, 05/19/2025 - 12:40pm admin

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.

Glenwood placed fourth as a team with 101 points, just four points out of second place.

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Fremont-Mills girls wins district, send 10 to state track meet

Mon, 05/19/2025 - 12:39pm admin

The Fremont-Mills girls track team celebrates its state qualifying meet champinship Thursday in Woodbine.

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.

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Wolverines punch ticket to state in 4x200-meter relay

Mon, 05/19/2025 - 12:37pm admin

East Mills’ Jackson Embree passes 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.

The East Mills boys won the 4x200-meter at the Class 1A State Qualifying meet in Griswold Thursday.

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Glenwood Aquatic Center Won't Open In 2025

Tue, 05/13/2025 - 10:20pm admin

The Glenwood Aquatic Center will remain closed indefinitely as the city explores its options for the 9-year-old facility that has been plagued by water loss issues.

There will be no games of Marco Polo, water walks across the lily pads or cannonballs off the diving board this summer in Glenwood.

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Food Truck Night A Hit At Mills County Fairgrounds

Tue, 05/13/2025 - 5:04pm admin

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

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 .

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