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MCMH earns Performance Leadership award for Excellence in Quality

As part of National Rural Health Day Nov. 20, Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics (MCMH + Clinics) announced it has earned a 2025 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Quality. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards program recognize...

Second Chance Thrift Store celebrates two years of aiding community

The Second Chance Thrift Store, currently operating in the lower level of the Red Oak First United Methodist Church at 600 East Hammond St., recently celebrated a major milestone.On Nov. 14, store volunteers celebrated the store’s second anniversary in the community with special prizes. Volunteer...

Stanton School Board begins next steps in renovation project

The Stanton School Board is ready to begin the next steps of its renovation project.Stanton Community School District Public Measure Q/A, which authorized the board to contract indebtedness and issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $5,325,000 for remodeling and improvements, and...

Grain Craft fire

At 9:07 a.m. on Nov. 23, the Red Oak FD was dispatched to Grain Craft at 2049 Fernwood Ave. for a fire in the exterior processing stacks. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered both exterior stacks with flames showing. Therefore, mutual aid was called and received from the Elliott and Stanton fire...

Professor Wow at the WPAC

Fridolph, Lester win contested races, Stanton School bond issue passes

Final unofficial election results have been tallied in Montgomery County.Of 6,527 registered voters in the county, a total of 1,287 ballots were cast, resulting in the county having a close to 20% voter turnout, with 19.72%.In the Red Oak Mayors race, Tim Fridolph was the winner with 451 votes....

Red Oak Country Club receives IGA award

Red Oak Country Club has been named the Iowa Golf Association’s 2025 18-Hole Course of the YearThe honor recognizes the club’s remarkable turnaround story—one defined by perseverance, teamwork, and an unwavering commitment to preserving a century-old community golf tradition.In 2024, Red Oak...

‘The Sound of Music’ at the WPAC

The Wilson Performing Arts Center at 300 Commerce Dr. will come alive with sounds of music later this week.The Stanton Community School District will present the Rogers and Hammerstein classic “The Sound of Music” at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday and Friday, Nov. 13-14.The show is being directed by...

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Election results-Fridolph and Lester win contested races, Stanton School public measures pass

Final unofficial election results have been tallied in Montgomery County. In the Red Oak Mayors race, Tim Fridolph was the inner with 451 votes. John Haidsiak, who withdrew from the race a few weeks ago, remaineon the ballot and recieved 173 votes, there were 54 write-ins. In the race for Red...