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Carol Vinton
Carol Vinton, outgoing member of the Mills County Board Of Supervisors, has tendered her resignation from the board of directors of Golden Hills Resource Conservation & Development after making misleading and controversial statements about the organization’s bylaws during a public meeting. At...
With a drop in enrollment of 94 students for the 2024-2025 school year, the Glenwood Community School District is looking at budget reductions. The district certified its 1,706 resident public school enrollment with the state in October. The drop in students represents a loss of $735,644 in state...

LuAnne Christiansen
The Mills County Board Of Supervisors has another appointment to make. Mills County Recorder LuAnne Christiansen submitted her letter of retirement to the board of supervisors on Dec. 17. Christiansen told the supervisors her intent is to stay in the position until the end of January. Her letter...

Three years after losing his grocery business to a fire, Tom Mulholland (right) opened his new store in Malvern Friday morning, Dec. 20.
Three years and one week to the day after losing his business and livelihood to a devastating fire, Tom Mulholland was finally back where he belongs on Friday – running his Main Street grocery store in Malvern. Opening Day at the new Mulholland Grocery was a red letter day for the store’s owner and...

Mills County Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Farnan has been the East Mills Community School District Resource Officer for six years. He now drives this East Mills Wolverines-themed Dodge Ram pickup truck.
An East Mills Wolverines-themed sheriff’s office vehicle is generating conversation in Malvern and across Mills County. The vehicle, a 2023 Dodge Ram truck, is driven by Mills County Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Farnan, the resource officer at East Mills School. “It’s a regular patrol vehicle, we just...
Nearly two years in the making, a big bold GLENWOOD sign now greets eastbound Highway 34 motorists as they approach the exit ramp to the city. The 6-foot tall by 30-foot wide limestone-based sign was installed last month. The word “GLENWOOD” is in black lettering and solar-powered “halo” lighting...

The speakers for Glenwood's new sound system on Town Square hang are installed on light poles.
Dozens of new lighted starbursts aren’t the only addition to Glenwood’s Town Square this holiday season. Sounds of the holiday season can be heard all around the square again thanks to a new public speaker and sound system installed in November. The additional holiday lights and sound system were...

Mills County Treasurer Jill Ford.
The next Mills County Treasurer will be appointed by the Mills County Board Of Supervisors. The supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday morning to appoint a replacement for Jill Ford, who is retiring at the end of the month. The supervisors also had the option of allowing Mills County citizens to...
The Mills County Board Of Supervisors will use some of its remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to meet its $20,000 commitment for 2024 to East Mills Child Care Solutions. The supervisors’ $250,000 pledge  to the child care center project included an initial payment of $150,000 (also...
The Mills County Public Health Office is receiving the remainder of its allocated tax dollars following action last week by the Mills County Board of Supervisors. By a unanimous vote, county supervisors agreed to allocate the remaining $230,000 that’s been pledged to MCPH for the 2024-2025 fiscal...

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