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Renovations and expansion at Northeast Elementary School would be funded with passage of a $39.9 million bond issue being brought before Glenwood Community School District voters in November.
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...

Sugar Makery owners Alexis and Malcom McCue.
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 Runza restaurant in Glenwood is projected to open in early 2024, according a spokesperson at the companie's corporate office in Lincoln, Neb.
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...

Bicyclists roll along Gaston Avenue east of Glenwood during RAGBRAI in 2016.
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...

Ami Petersen took over as the new Mills County Auditor on Aug. 1.
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....

Construction on the $22 million renovation and addition at East Mills K-12 School began last Fall and is slated to be completed in fall 2024.
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...

Cultivate Community will take place Wednesday evening on Glenwood's Town Square.
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 opened Juniper Metal Works in 2019.
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. “...

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