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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. “...

Pre-school special education teacher Laura Kelly (left) took a trip to Uganda in June. She is holding a fundraiser in Glenwood Aug. 10 to help support the development of wells to bring clean water to Uganda.
A local educator got a first-hand look at the living conditions in some of the remote villages of Uganda during a recent visit to the African country. Laura Kelly was among 13 Americans that made the journey in June with Heal & Thrive Global, a United States-based nonprofit organization working...

East Mills Child Care Solutions recently received a significant contribution from Malvern Bank for a proposed childcare center in Malvern.
East Mills Childcare Solutions (EMCCS) has announced a $400,000 contribution from Malvern Bank toward the renovation of the Lakin Foundation Child Development Center of East Mills. EMCCS, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, has been working for a year to raise funding to renovate a former nursing home building...
The Southwest Iowa Pickleball Club will get a storage shed for its equipment afterall. Acting on a request from Glenwood Park Board President Randy Romens,  the Glenwood City Council agreed to the purchase of a storage shed (not to exceed $3,000) for the city-owned pickleball court complex on South...

Greg Schultz
A veteran law enforcement officer with a long history of public service in the Glenwood community has announced his intentions to run for Mills County Sheriff in 2024. Rural Glenwood resident and Council Bluffs Police Department Captain Greg Schultz said he believes his 30-plus years of law...
Glenwood Community High School will continue to offer its students a jumpstart to a career after graduation. The school’s Iowa Jobs After Graduation (iJAG) program teaching students the soft skills of career hireability while matching their career aspirations after high school with community...

Comedian Patrick Hastie's album cover.
A New York City comedian that graduated from Glenwood Community High School in 2003 has recorded his first album. Patrick Hastie’s I Will Fight All Of You is set to be released July 20. “It’s 24 tracks – basically, it’s stories from my life, starting with growing up in Glenwood. I grew up on a farm...

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