Glenwood City
It’s the Tribune’s birthday
With this issue the Tribune Press Reporter is celebrating its 133rd birthday and our masthead will now display volume 134. We are the oldest business in Glenwood City having been started by a firm of Hunting and Cone in 1889 in a building on First Street. The Tribune Press Reporter has not always been called…
Read MoreKatie Swenby helping Thrivent grow in Glenwood City
By Missy Klatt Katie Swenby joined the Thrivent office of Joan Bartz in December of 2021 as an insurance associate but it wasn’t until this past August 1st that she became a fully licensed financial advisor with the ability to sell all of Thrivent’s products. The path that got her to this spot had many…
Read MoreThe Memories set for 50th anniversary concert in Boyceville October 2
By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — It’s been a while since all three of The Memories have played together. Twelve years since their last reunion. This time around, John Lynch, Warren Petryk and Tim Stevens will be celebrating their 50th anniversary as The Memories with a concert in downtown Boyceville Sunday, October 2. The Memories…
Read MoreCity seeking interested party to fill vacant council seat
GLENWOOD CITY—The City Council is seeking to fill a vacant council seat created by the resignation of Randy Ketola. Ketola and his family moved from within the City to a home in the Town of Glenwood. At their regular monthly meeting on September 19th the council moved to invite any citizen in Glenwood City to…
Read More2022 Rustic Lore Results
Radintz finds RL “Golden Wheel” Evelyn Radintz, along with her family, unraveled the clues and found the hiding spot of the 2022 Rustic Lore Golden Wheel. The Radintzs located the “Wheel” Saturday afternoon at the St. Croix County Fairgrounds. Raditz will receive a $100 prize for locating this year’s “Golden Wheel”. Rustic Lore Band Results The 2022 Rustic Lore Days band results…
Read MoreGlenwood City High School student, Sydney Grant, wins first place in statewide writing competition
By LeAnn R. Ralph GLENWOOD CITY — Sydney Grant, who will be a junior at Glenwood City High School this fall, has won first place in the Mary Jo Nettesheim Memorial Literary Competition. The writing contest was sponsored by the Delta Kappa Gamma Wisconsin State Organization, an international society of women educators. Sydney’s story, “Fireworks,”…
Read MoreGlenwood City School’s mill rate set to drop again in 2022-2023
GLENWOOD CITY — For the fifth time in six years, the mill rate for the School District of Glenwood City will decrease. The 2022-23 projected mill rate is set to decrease by nearly 40 cents from the previous year’s rate. During the district’s budget hearing and annual meeting held Monday evening, August 15 in the…
Read MoreGlenwood City educator attends Total Band Workshop
MAPLE GROVE, MN — Mr. Matt Lamb, band director at Glenwood City, recently attended the Total Band Director Workshop in Maple Grove, MN. This intense two day workshop is sponsored by Eckroth Music, Hal Leonard, JW Pepper, Yamaha, and Conn-Selmer. During the two-day workshop, directors were introduced to new tools, materials, and music – not…
Read MoreGC school board takes first step in $2.5 million CTE upgrade and improvement project
GLENWOOD CITY — After spending the past couple of years discussing, investigating and planning improvements and upgrades to the district’s Career Technical Education (CTE) programs and facilities, the Glenwood City Board of Education took the first step in making that goal a reality when it approved the expenditure of up to $155,135 in architectural and…
Read MoreKonder family hanging up milkers after 5 generations on the farm
By Crystal L. (Konder) Booth A history of family farming Kondquest Holsteins owner Kraig Konder and his wife, Maureen, will soon be hanging up the milkers, after being part of a five generation dairy legacy in the Glenwood City area. The farming began with Kraig’s great-grandparents, Francis (Frank) and Teophilia (Tillie Palewicz) Kondratowicz, both from…
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