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Adam Reinert has some of his photography displayed in a gallery set up at the jewelry store building owned by his grandparents on Glenwood’s Town Square.
What began as a childhood 4-H project has evolved into a hobby and eventually a business for nature and landscape photographer Adam Reinert.
“I always had photography kind of in the back of my mind,” Reinert said recently while discussing his passion for photography. “It started out as a 4-H...
The Mills County Board Of Supervisors’ first meeting of 2025 took place Thursday morning at the Mills County Courthouse. From left: Mills County Supervisors Jack Sayers, Lonnie Mayberry, Richard Crouch and Mills County Auditor Amber Farnan.
Property taxes, rural water, roads and home healthcare will be among the priority issues in 2025 for the Mills County Board of Supervisors.
While discussing their agenda for the upcoming year with The Opinion-Tribune Thursday morning, Lonnie Mayberry, Richard Crouch and Jack Sayers agreed keeping...
Mills County residents who are unable to attend weekly Tuesday morning meetings of the Mills County Board of Supervisors will soon have an evening option.
Beginning in February, the supervisors’ first meeting of the month will begin at 6 p.m. in the Mills County Annex building, 403 Railroad Ave. in...
State Rep. David Sieck
As of Jan. 1, working Iowans began paying a flat income tax of 3.8%. The flat tax was approved in the Iowa Legislature last spring.
Under the state’s previous tax structure, the income tax rate for married couples filing jointly making up to $12,420 was 4.4%. The rate was 4.82% for couples that...
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...