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Jill Isaacson, a math teacher at Stanton Community School in Stanton, is one of 79 teachers across the state participating in the 2024 Iowa STEM Teacher Externships Program. This program provides teachers the opportunity to work at a vast array of local workplaces to gain STEM-related work...
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors is under investigation for a reported violation of the open meetings laws.The complaint was filed by rural Red Oak resident Jan Norris. Norris cited several factors in pursuing the complaint with the Iowa Public Information Board.• Under the proposed...
The Burlington Northern Depot and WWII Memorial Museum here in Red Oak freshened itself up for the summer by employing a new environmental weed management practice: goats.Volunteer Maggie McQuown said that at the beginning of the summer, she noticed the bank surrounding the depot had become...
The Red Oak Express has reached out to NEW Cooperative and multiple times to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for an update on the condition of the East Nishnabotna River after the fertilizer spill earlier this year. New Cooperative has declined to comment, and calls to the Iowa DNR have...
As a result of the global CrowdStrike outage that struck on July 19, multiple major offices, departments and establishments within Red Oak were faced with a handful of minor inconveniences.Montgomery County Sheriff Jon Spunaugle attested to this, stating the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center...
On July 21, a cycling team associated with Adaptive Sports Iowa (ASI) made its way to Red Oak as one stop in the week-long, 424 mile RAGBRAI ride.Hannah Bowman, the director of ASI, said that as the only full-time member of the organization’s staff, her role is to be a “jack-of-all-trades” in...
Fareway’s new market manager is a familiar face to Red Oak residents.Casey Tunnell has been named as the market manager. He replaces Al Thole who retired in early June after 33 years of working with Fareway.Tunnell, who has been with Fareway for 15 years, said he kicked off his career with the...
The Red Oak Activities Department is extending the deadline forapplications for the Red Oak Sports Hall of Fame. The nominationinformation must be sent to Activities Director Mark Erickson at the Red Oak Jr-Sr High School on or before Friday, August 23rd.
Please contact Activities Director Mark...
Red Oak Scouts Troop 86 pack member Brayden Sego is celebrating his distinction of being named an Eagle Scout.Sego participated in an Eagle Rank ceremony at the Red Oak Elks Lodge on June 11. Sego is a long-time Scout, joining as soon as he was able to in the first grade.“I started with the Cub...
oundbreaking ceremony was held in recognition of the recent advancements being made in the Woodland Hills II Subdivision on the north side of town.Red Oak Mayor Shawnna Silvius opened the ceremony by reminding all attendees that it has been approximately 20 years since a groundbreaking was held for...