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Annual surveillance effort finds 36 Iowa deer with CWD

Samples from nearly 5,000 deer have been tested as part of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) effort to monitor for chronic wasting disease, resulting in 36 confirmed positives from the 2021-2022 hunting season.The samples were collected over the past 10 months from willing hunters and...

Democratic caucus set for Feb. 7

The Montgomery County Democrats will hold their organizing caucus on Monday, Feb 7, at 7 p.m. Agenda items include: precinct committee persons, delegates to county convention and county platform resolutions.Every two years the political parties of Iowa hold a party caucus to determine precinct...

All smiles

Bella Etchternach and Easton Morrison enjoy sledding down Chautauqua Park hill.

House fire in Villisca

Around 3:29 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 19, the Red Oak Fire Department was dispatched to 104 E. Elm Street in Villisca on a report of smoke coming from the structure. Residents were evacuating.At 3:32 p.m. firefighters reported light smoke coming from the basement area. The residence was checked. No...

Budget approved for EMA

The Montgomery County Emergency Management Commission has finalized the county’s emergency management budget.At a meeting of the Montgomery County Emergency Management Commission on Jan. 17, a public hearing was held to discuss an amendment to the current 2021-22 FY budget. Montgomery County...

A true friend of Red Oak

Charles E. Richards was a lifetime Red Oak resident and practicing attorney in Red Oak since the early 1970s. He served as a Montgomery County Magistrate for many years. In addition to many other boards he served on, he was a Red Oak Library Trustee for most of the 1980s. The bequest is an...

Community Heart & Soul program explained

The Red Oak City Council is considering a proposal for grant funding. At the regular city council meeting on Jan. 17, the council met with Michelle Franks, executive director with Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development. Franks was on hand to share details of the Community-Heart and Soul...

Republican Caucus is Feb. 7

The 2022 Republican Caucus in Montgomery County is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 7, at the White Fair Building, within the County Fairgrounds on Legion Park in Red Oak. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for check-in, and will close at 7 p.m. when the caucus begins. The caucus is open to all registered...

Rural housing assessment grant received

The Montgomery County Development Corporation (MCDC) met Jan. 14 for its regular monthly meeting.MCDC executive director Steve Adams informed the board they had received a $10,000 Rural Housing Assessment grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority.“This will allow us to do an assessment,...

Can redemption possible despite NPI’s can closure

When Nishna Productions announced the closing of its redemption center at the end of 2021, it wasn’t welcome news in the area.In fact, two Red Oak organizations that rely heavily on the redemption center, the Optimists and Rotary Club, began scrambling to find alternative plans.The Optimists and...