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The Montgomery County Planning and Zoning Commission will be re-evaluating plans for a carbon pipeline ordinance.At the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors meeting Sept. 13, Jan Norris said she supported the use of outside counsel to add a layer of protections.“I hope you can hold your public...
The Red Oak Fire Department’s 2022 open house will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 9 on the east side of 1904 N. Broadway, Red Oak.
Pancakes and sausage “to go” will be served in this drive thru style breakfast. Please come around the east side of the fire department in order to be served...
Nolte, Cornman & Johnson P.C. released an audit report on the Red Oak Community School District in Red Oak.
Financial Highlights
The District’s revenues totaled $18,007,391 for the year ended June 30, 2021, a 7.30% increase from the prior year. Expenses for the District operations for the year...
By a split vote, the Red Oak City Council has finalized a new agreement for IT services for the City of Red Oak.City administrator Brad Wright said the new agreement was needed as the arrangement the city had made in the interim with Montgomery County Memorial Hospital was nearing its end.“We’ve...
Fall harvest season is beginning in Southwest Iowa and will continue for the next couple of months. Similar to planting season, it’s the time of the year when motorists and farmers share roads.According to Iowa State University Extension Safe Farm, October has nearly twice as many collisions as any...
A Red Oak foods and nutrition teacher was placed on administrative leave Thursday, Sept. 22, following a classroom tirade captured on a cell phone.
A letter was released to district families from Red Oak Superintendent Ron Lorenz that explained Mrs. Stanbrough had, “lost her composure and made...
It's homecoming week for the Griswold Tigers. Pictured is the homecoming court, from left, front row: McKenna Wiechman, Erynn Peterson, Trista Swain. Back row (left to right): Aiden Kennedy, Kamron Brownlee, Landon Pelzer.
Tess Nelson
The Red Oak Express
Kerry McBride, an elementary teacher at Essex elementary, received the Mabel Griffith Excellence in Teaching Award Friday, Sept. 16. The annual award is named in honor of Mabel Griffith, a teacher in the former Coburg Consolidated School District who taught from 1921...
Tess NelsonThe Red Oak Express
Racing for the First Responders Foundation, Red Oak native Adam Smith recently won the 2022 NASCAR/Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Track Championship at I-80 Speedway. Smith said his passion for racing started at an early age, fueled by his neighbors Rick and Carrie...
There are no local contested races in Montgomery County for the Nov. 8 general election, according to Jill Ozuna, Montgomery County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections.Charla A. Scmid is running unopposed for Supervisor District 1; Michael Olson is running unopposed for Supervisor District 2 and...