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The Red Oak City Council has unanimously selected a new city clerk.At the regular meeting Feb. 6, the council heard a recommendation from the City of Red Oak hiring committee and Mayor Shawnna Silvius to hire Christie Vanderholm as Red Oak City Clerk.Longtime city clerk Mary Bolton retired from the...
Iowa’s 2022 deer harvest increased seven percent over the 2021 season, due, in part to the new Excess Tag January Antlerless Season approved by the Iowa Legislature last spring.
“A lot of hunters chose to participate in the new season, and the harvest was on par or a little above the other firearms...
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors is bracing for a potential increase to the county’s insurance premiums.Tom Schuetz, senior partner of the Alera Group, a client-centered national insurance and financial services firm spoke to members of the Board of Supervisors at the last meeting. At the...
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig encourages eligible Iowa farm owners to apply for the 2023 Century and Heritage Farm Program now through June 1.
The program was created by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation to recognize families who...
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed legislation into law Tuesday, Jan. 23, that will provide families nearly $7,600 per child to cover private school expenses.The controversial Students First Act was passed by lawmakers overnight on Monday, Jan. 23 without the support of nine Republicans in the House of...
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors is considering a funding request from the Villisca Public Library.At the regular meeting Jan. 24, Villisca Library Director Martha Herzberg met with the supervisors to make the funding request, as well as share an annual report for 2022.“Our mission is to...
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Liljedahl family during a ceremony today at the Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines.Owned and operated by Dennis and Diane Liljedahl, along with their son, Drew, and daughter-in-law, Candice, Liljedahl Farms...
The Noble Initiative Foundation, alongside many community volunteers, have been working diligently over the last year to see a childcare facility in Griswold come to life. These volunteers were recently notified they were awarded a grant of $500,000 from The Charles E. Lakin Foundation, securing...
Governor Reynolds and the Department of Management’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) announced the release of an Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) for communities in need of future broadband investment.
The ITQ process allows communities to propose areas across the state of Iowa that...
Area superintendents and elected officials are reacting to the passing of the Students First Act.The legislation was a priority for passage by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and was signed into law on Jan. 24.Under the new legislation, $7,598 will be deposited annually to an educational savings account for...