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Just in time for spooky season, audiences are getting a chance to see a uniquely funny take on “Dracula,” the horror novel that has spawned countless adaptations.“Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen will humorously terrorize the Wilson Performing Arts Center stage at...
A pair of Southwest Iowa natives are celebrating recent business successes.Chad Gillespie, an Essex native and his wife Tonya Mutschler, a Red Oak native, who now live in Berthoud, Colo., recently inked a deal to have his duck calls sold through two Scheels locations. Chad, who moved to Colorado...
The Red Oak Police Department held its “Coffee with a Cop” event at Val’s Sugar Shack in downtown Red Oak Oct. 2. The purpose of Coffee with a Cop is to bring police officers and the community members they serve together – over coffee – to discuss issues and learn more about each other. Red Oak...
Jennifer (Zadow) Bullington, a 2002 graduate of Washington High School in Cherokee and Iowa State University alumna, has recently graduated with high distinction with her second Master of Science degree, majoring in Criminal Justice - Forensic Psychology from Liberty University in Virginia. There...
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Brent Johnson honored 439 Iowa farm families with Century or Heritage Farm designations at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. The program celebrates farms that have been owned by the same families for 100 and 150 years,...
The Iowa Public Information Board has accepted a complaint against the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors at its Sept. 19 board meeting.During the hearing on Sept. 19, Norris addressed the members of the IPIB Board.“We don’t have rules just for the sake of having them. If our leaders cannot...
The Red Oak School District had its homecoming event on Sept. 27. Events kicked off with a parade at 2:30 around the downtown square.
Kathy Green and Linda Davis, members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 88 Shenandoah and Scrappy Quilters of SWI, honored two Red Oak Iowa veterans Steve Baucom, pictured left, U.S. Army, as well as Linda Davis’ brother; and George Lombard, pictured right, Army National Guard, with Quilts of...
Red Oak’s Dwaine Hurt was recently given a rare opportunity.Hurst was one of the members of the United States International Muzzle Loading Team which competed at the Muzzle Loaders Associations International Confederation World Championship from Aug. 25 to 31 at Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy.Hurt was...