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The Glenwood Community School District will put a $39.9 million bond issue for facilities improvements to the voters on Nov. 7.
In a unanimous vote at its regular monthly meeting last Monday, the Glenwood Board of Education approved the 411 signatures required to place the measure on the ballot as...
An idea being pursued by the Glenwood Park Board would bring a disc golf course to Glenwood Lake Park.
The 18-hole course would be built partially along an existing trail system in the hilly area of the park behind the Mills County Historical Museum buildings and Davies Amphitheater.
Glenwood Park...
The past six years have been a sweet experience for Malcom and Alexis McCue.
The founders and owners of the Sugar Makery say the success of their business is a direct result from the patronage and support they’ve received from the Glenwood community since the first day their popular popcorn, candy...
The planned opening in the Spring of 2023 didn’t happen, but construction of a building that will house a Runza restaurant and Pizza Hut in Glenwood is still on the drawing board.
“The Glenwood team has begun work on the site and anticipate opening in early 2024,” Runza Restaurants Director Of...
EDITOR’S NOTE - For many years, the late Tom Sperling chronicled his journey across the state of Iowa as a participant in RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa). Tom’s RAGBRAI Journal became a tradition and was published annually in The Opinion-Tribune after the ride had been...
The Glenwood City Council has given the Mills County Chamber Of Commerce the green light to pursue RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) for 2024.
Addressing the city council at its regular meeting last Tuesday, Aug. 8, Mills County Chamber Of Commerce Executive Director Jennie...
The Mills County Auditor’s Office has its new leader.
But she’s no new face to the department or the county.
Ami Petersen, who has worked in the office for a year, has called Glenwood home for three decades. She officially took over for out-going, longtime auditor Carol Robertson on Aug. 1....
This time next August, students and teachers will walk into what will essentially be a brand new East Mills K-12 building.
In an interview last week with The Opinion-Tribune, East Mills Community Schools Superintendent Tim Hood said the $22 million renovation and addition to the school is on budget...
Glenwood’s Cultivate Community event - a family-oriented evening of community engagement on Town Square - has become a summertime tradition.
The sixth Cultivate Community is scheduled to place Wednesday evening (Aug. 9).
“I think it’s an amazing event,” Glenwood Police Chief Eric Johansen said. “It...
Amber Landolt is living her dream.
While a student at Iowa State University, Landolt realized she had found her passion when she dropped an interior design class and replaced it with a metalsmithing class.
“I walked in and it was like instant, ‘This is where I need to be,’” she recalled. “...