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ual Oregon Trail event celebrated a major milestone on May 5.This year marked the 25th anniversary from when the event was first started by former Montgomery County Conservation naturalist Deb Karwal. Annually, the Oregon Trail draws around 200 students from area schools, as well as home schoolers...
Montgomery County’s 911 supervisor Jackie Laire and telecommunicator Shari Foote were recently honored for their decades of service dispatching first responders.Earlier in May, Laire and Foote attended the Iowa APCO/NENA Conference in Des Moines, receiving Milestone awards. Laire was honored for 45...
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors has started the process of making revisions to its employee handbook.At the regular Montgomery County Board of Supervisors meeting May 2, the supervisors reviewed some noted corrections to the handbook, including those submitted from county engineer Karen...
Rural Red Oak resident Jan Norris shared an update with the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors at its regular meeting May 2.Speaking during the public comment period, Norris said the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) would be holding public meetings in Des Moines...
The community school districts in Carroll, Fremont-Mills, Logan-Magnolia, East Mills, and Stanton have been chosen to begin and/or reinvigorate agriculture education in their communities as part of a new farm to school program offered by the Center for Rural Affairs.The schools were selected from...
The Red Oak City Council heard options for potential funding towards the StudioOne Townhomes project, proposed just west of First Street on Woodland Hills.The project would include 33 units in the first phase. The units would be one or two bedroom with a one car garage, and would create a...
Red Oak nuisance and animal control officer Bill Dietering is looking beyond nuisance buildings with the hopes of dealing with another eyesore around Red Oak.Deitering is proposing the city consider putting together a sidewalk repair program, citing the need.“Red Oak has a sidewalk problem, and...
After months of renovations, Red Oak’s Hip Clips & Nails at 617 N. 3rd St. is back at its location near Red Oak’s downtown square - and thriving.It was a different story last year. Owner Carmen Archer said that on July 24, she got the call that no business or homeowner ever wants to hear: that...
Red Oak High School music/theater department will participate in the 2023 Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards Showcase, presented by EMC Insurance Companies, in honor of the school's achievements for its February production of Fiddler on the Roof. The musical was directed by Tim and Terra...
Nick JohansenThe Red Oak Express
The Red Oak City Council has finalized a budget for its July 4 fireworks display.Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce said he’d recently met with Red Oak City Clerk Christie Vanderholm to discuss the city’s fireworks budget, which was less than the amount of last year’s...