Thursday, November 13, 2025
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The burned remains of the house at the 405 N. Grove St.
Residents of the 400 block of North Grove Street voiced concerns and frustration to the Glenwood City Council last week and encouraged city officials to expedite the demolition of the scorched remains of a house at 405 N. Grove St. which continues to serve as a painful reminder for neighbors of the...
Mayor Angie Winquist
Glenwood Mayor Angie Winquist has formally announced her candidacy for re-election.
“I am excited by the opportunity to continue serving our community and look forward to serving all of you,” Winquist said in a prepared statement.
Winquist was appointed mayor by the Glenwood City Council in...
Jack Davis, 16, won the youth soloist portion of the 2025 Iowa Rocks Talent Contest over Labor Day weekend. (Courtesy Photo - Toni Webb)
A Glenwood Community High School junior is gaining notoriety as one of southwest Iowa’s up-and-coming musicians.
Jack Davis, 16, took a significant step forward in his musical journey when he won the youth soloist competition at the 2025 Iowa Rocks Talent Contest, held over Labor Day weekend in...
Firefighters from Glenwood, Malvern, Silver City and Oak Township responded to this structure fire at 209 S. Vine St. Monday afternoon in Glenwood.
The actions of three passers-by are being credited with saving the lives of four occupants of a house that was destroyed in a fire Monday afternoon in Glenwood.
The structure fire at 209 S. Vine St. was reported shortly after 12:30 p.m. by employees from Leick Construction, who were driving by the...
The route of the annual Glenwood Homecoming Parade is going to be altered this year because of concerns about the integrity of a building on the west side of Town Square.
Homecoming parade organizers have been in discussions with city and county officials to determine an alternate route that would...
Three of Glenwood’s longest and closest athletic rivals over the years have made the decision to leave the Hawkeye 10 Conference.
Boards of education at Shenandoah, Lewis Central and Red Oak have all voted in the past two months to leave the conference.
Enrollment disparity among the current 11...
Barbara Taenzler has enjoyed reading books since her childhood and has been writing book reviews for nearly 50 years.
Barbara Taenzler has been writing book reviews for The Opinion-Tribune newspaper for 48 years. Her deep love for reading has been lifelong.
Growing up in the country outside Glenwood, Taenzler first visited the library in junior high, when she began attending school in town. After this visit, her...
As a result of an error made on a report filed with the State Of Iowa 20 months ago, seven taxing entities - most notably the Glenwood Community School District and Mills County Board Of Supervisors - are all dealing with an unexpected loss of tax revenue less than two months into the 2025-2026...
There have yet to be any arrests made in connection to a deadly shooting that took place more than a year ago at the I-29 Speedway in western Mills County.
“It’s still an open, on-going investigation,” said Special Agent Darrell Simmons of the Iowa Division Of Criminal Investigation. “We’re still...
The East Mills Community School District is partnering with LifeWise Academy to offer religious-based education classes to first and second graders this fall.
The partnership is among dozens ramping up in the state this year following Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signing of House File 870 into law in June....
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