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A proposed change to the way employee payroll for the City of Glenwood is processed at City Hall is on hold and under review after a police officer voiced concerns about the financial hardship the change could create for some employees.
Police officer Richard Rix shared his concerns at the Sept. 26...
Iowa Secretary Of Agriculture Mike Naig stopped in Glenwood Sept. 21 for a round-table discussion with a small group of Mills County farmers, bankers and legislators.
A variety of topics were discussed at the meeting, including drought conditions across the state, status of the local harvest,...
By this time next year, the Southwest Iowa Technical Career Hub (SWITCH), a collaborative endeavor between the East Mills Community School District and Iowa Western Community College (IWCC), will be up and running and providing work-based training and learning experiences to students in five career...
The massive Sixth Street construction project in Glenwood hit a bump in the road late Monday afternoon when a construction crew ruptured a natural gas line near the intersection of Sixth and Elm Street, bringing work to a halt and forcing the evacuation of the surrounding neighborhood.
The leaking...
Emerald Ash Bore is methodically wiping out the ash tree population in Glenwood and Mills County.
Beginning this week, 27 dead or infected ash trees are being cut down at the Glenwood Cemetery and that’s just a fraction of the infected trees in the city.
The wood-boring beetle, whcih was first...
The Glenwood Community School District is currently in discussions with the state to assume ownership of the Glenwood Resource Center’s administration building when the campus closes its doors next summer.
In an update at last Monday’s regular Board of Education meeting provided by Glenwood...
The first public forum for the Glenwood Community School District’s upcoming $39.9 million bond issue attracted a sparse crowd to Northeast Elementary School Thursday evening.
Approximately 25 people were at the forum, with about one-third of those in attendance representing the school district (...
Lauren Hughes was crowned Queen and Keaton Mayhew is King at the 2023 Glenwood Homecoming Coronation Saturday at Glenwood Community High School. For complete coverage of homecoming, see this week's print edition of The Opinion-Tribune.
Glenwood is getting a new grocery store with a familiar name.
Russ’s Market recently announced plans to open a new Glenwood supermarket in the adjacent space next door to its current location at 900 S. Locust St. The new Russ’s Market will be located in the building that previously housed the...
The Mills County Planning and Zoning Commission heard more than a dozen comments last week from citizens opposed to a potential ordinance change that would allow commercial events involving motorcycles, all terrain and utility terrain vehicles to take place in the Loess Hills Conservation Zoning...