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The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors received its first bid for inspection services for the proposed Summit Carbon Pipeline project.At the March 29 meeting, the supervisors heard a presentation from Luis Leon, the owner and principal engineer of L.T. Leon Associates Inc., out of Des Moines....
Deidre DeJear, the presumptive Democratic nominee for Iowa Governor, paid a visit to Red Oak on March 29 and met with potential voters at the Firehouse Restaurant. DeJear spoke about some of the issues she’s campaigning on, and took questions from voters in attendance. Learn more about DeJear at...
Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful announced the grant awards for the 2022 Paint Iowa Beautiful program. The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa.Locally, the City of Essex will receive a grant for painting the Historical Opera House in the...
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announced the absentee ballot request period for the June 7 primary election is now open. Voters wishing to cast their ballot through the mail can submit their request for an absentee ballot. Iowa law allows a 70-day request period for absentee ballots.County...
Staff with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are currently conducting their annual nighttime spring spotlight surveys across the state, collecting information on Iowa’s deer and furbearer populations.The annual survey is conducted until mid-April in each county, beginning an hour after...
The Iowa Legislature recently passed a law allowing .410s as a legal method to hunt wild turkeys. This new law will be effective beginning July 1, 2022, and DNR will develop rules to implement the new law.“This is just a reminder to our hunters that our seasons and regulations are set up to a year...
The Montgomery County Zoning Commission has taken the first steps towards modifying a hotly-contested ordinance for solar farms, which was approved by the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors at its Feb. 22 meeting.The commission met in regular session March 30 to discuss the potential changes....
Only a week after hearing public comment from area landowners speaking out against the use of eminent domain to use county land for the construction of the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline, the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors took action opposing eminent domain use as well.On the...
The Red Oak School Board has finalized and approved its 2022-23 FY budget.A public hearing to discuss the budget proposal took place at the board meeting on March 28. No oral or written comments were received.Board secretary Deb Drey outlined key details from the budget. Expenditures in 2023 were...
Essex native Dennis Liljedahl is reflecting on his successful tenure as president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association.Liljedahl has a rich history in pork production, operating a three-generation family farm based in Essex. The farm was once a farrow-to finish-operation, but has transitioned to...