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Jett Williams, Clarinda, who just finished his sophomore year of high school has earned a position on the Iowa National High School Rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Gillete, Wyoming July 17-23 to compete at the 74th Annual National High School Rodeo Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) in...
Golden Hills RC&D and Iowa Western Community College are hosting a Do-It-Yourself Rain Barrel class at the Shenandoah campus with local instructor Jamie Smidt Fowler. Rain barrels are used to collect and store rainfall that can be used later to water lawns and gardens. They reduce runoff and...
Montgomery County has secured its new IT director.The supervisors announced at the June 28 meeting they had hired Sonia Morrison to take over the position vacated by Jim Scott in May.Morrison said she has an extensive history in handling IT services both with the Clarinda School District and Page...
Red Oak Firefighters responded to a fire call at the Family Dollar/Dollar Tree at 1205 N. Broadway at 419 p.m. July 7. According to Red Oak fire Chief John Bruce, firefighters were dispatched to the scene in regards to a reported sound of an explosion with the smell of smoke being inside the...
The State’s fiscal year drew to a close on June 30, and State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald is reflecting on the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt’s accomplishments. “In the past year, my office was able to return over $24 million dollars to more than 25,000 claimants,” announced Fitzgerald. “Reuniting...
A meeting to bring community members, pipeline fighters, and impacted landowners together to stop proposed CO2 pipelines. On Thursday, July 14th 2022, local community members, Iowa CCI, and the Iowa Carbon Pipeline Resistance Coalition invite the public to attend an informational and planning...
Cattlemen’s Heritage Beef Company has announced its intention to sell guaranteed shackle space for 10 years at its planned 1,500-head-per day beef-processing facility in northwest Mills County in an effort to provide pricing stability for independent cattle producers in western Iowa, eastern...
Iowa’s June precipitation was 3.75 inches, 1.51 inches below normal for the month, according to the latest Water Summary Update. An area of extreme drought returned to Iowa for the first time since August 2021, and drought conditions were deteriorating as the month ended. Streamflow, groundwater...
A California family has recently made a move to Red Oak with plans to open a downtown bakery.Matt St. Lezin, along with his wife, Adriana, and their two daughters, Amelia and Sienna, have been busy making improvements to 308 E. Coolbaugh, the soon-to-be home of Matt’s artisan bakery, the...
Charm CarpenterThe Red Oak Express Colby Royal, Stanton High School graduate and current Grand View University sophomore, is pitching for the Clarinda A’s this summer. The A’s is a summer amateur baseball team in the MINK League. Other teams in the league are the Chillicothe Mudcats, St. Joseph...

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