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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...
The Glenwood Aquatic Center had a later-than-normal start and finish to its summer swimming season in 2024.
Water loss issues delayed the opening of the facility until June 12, but the season was extended into Labor Day weekend to make up for the lost days in late May and early June. The final day...
The Central Committee of the Republican Party Of Iowa has finalized the “Caucus-to-Convention” schedule for the 2024 election cycle.
The GOP election cycle across the state will formally begin on Monday, Jan. 15, with caucus night to establish the party’s platform and select the state’s choice to...