2 hours 31 min ago
Recently, Stanton Child Resource Center Board of Directors Kevin Cabbage, Sheila Mainquist, Maurine Allen, Eric Kutzli and Stacy Kutzli as well as individuals, Justin Miller and Stacy Kutzli of Stanton received a Governor’s Volunteer Award from Governor Kim Reynolds and Lt. Governor Chris...
2 hours 34 min ago
A big change is coming to those who use their cell phones while driving.Iowa is now the 31st state to enact a hands-free driving law, which makes certain types of cell phone usage illegal once the law takes effect on July 1. Red Oak Police Chief Justin Rhamy outlined how things will change.“The...
2 hours 36 min ago
Coy Wilson, an eighth grade student at Ignite School has earned a position on the Iowa National Junior High rodeo team and is traveling with fellow teammates to Des Moines on June 22-28 to compete at the 20th annual National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR) in the saddle bronc, bareback, and bulls...
2 hours 38 min ago
Information is being sought in regards to a recent vandalism incident.Montgomery County engineer Karen Albert said the vandalism took place in an area well-familiar to the supervisors: the newly renamed McGreer Hawkins Park bridge.“Approximately one week after the dedication of the McGreer-Hawkins...
2 hours 43 min ago
Work is progressing smoothly on the new mural on the side of the FiveOne8 building at Fourth and Reed streets.A little more than a week ago, the mural was laid out, and Valley, Neb., artist Jenna Jaffrey has been busy at work bringing the mural to life. Jaffrey said it was ironically injury that...
2 hours 44 min ago
The Red Oak School Board has finalized plans and a timeline for renovations to Inman Elementary.Recently, the board met with Chandler Green, an interior designer with Alley Poynter Macchietto Architecture, as well as Boyd Jones project manager Richard Johnson. Green said after discussion, plans for...
2 weeks 2 hours ago
A send-off ceremony was held on May 28 for Hotel Company - Heartbreakers - 334th BSB, Forward Support Company for the 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment. The guard soldiers departed for the Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Johnson, La., for training, which will be followed by deployment...
2 weeks 2 hours ago
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors has taken action on a wind turbine ordinance.The Montgomery County Planning and Zoning Commission recently approved a new wind turbine ordinance and submitted it to the supervisors for approval. Among the setback stipulations were:• Adjacent property lines...
2 weeks 2 hours ago
The efforts of three Montgomery County brothers to grow Montgomery County have officially been immortalized.On May 23, the bridge on 250th St. over the East Nishnabotna River was renamed the McGreer Hawkins Park Bridge, in honor of John “Bud” McGreer, Joseph “Joe” McGreer, and W.F. “Frank” McGreer...
2 weeks 2 hours ago
The Red Oak City Council is finalizing plans for a citywide clean-up day next month.At the regular Red Oak City Council meeting May 19, city administrator Lisa Kotter updated the council on the progress made since the council adopted new code charging $4 per month on water bills to fund the...