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Montgomery County conducted a post-audit on June 15.The audit was conducted under the law designed to monitor and protect election processes. The audit was a perfect match to the results canvassed for the 2022 Primary Election.The law requires the Secretary of State to call for a post-election...
Montgomery County is moving forward with a resolution setting inspection fees for off-highway vehicles, or OHVs, including all-terrain vehicles, off-road motorcycles, and off-road utility vehicles, as well as water vessels, travel trailers, and cargo trailers.The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office...
Auditor of State Rob Sand has released an audit report on the City of Red Oak..The City’s receipts totaled $8,670,917 for the year ending June 30, a 31.2% decrease from the prior year. Disbursements for the year ended June 30, 2021 totaled $8,367,458, a 19.6% decrease from the prior year. The...
POET Bioprocessing of Corning awarded $1,000 Never Satisfied grants to six organizations striving to make the local community a better place.The six organizations are:• Corning Public Library, to update the children’s nonfiction section of the library.• Corning Elementary School, to build a reading...
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors has narrowed the field on a replacement IT director.The supervisors discussed hiring for the new position at the regular meeting June 14. Supervisor Donna Robinson said she made contact with representatives with Iowa Counties Information Technology and had...
Consistent with Governor Reynolds’ initiative to evaluate the State of Iowa’s electric vehicle infrastructure, which began in 2018 and resulted in a statewide EV report, the Iowa DOT is requesting public input to help shape the Iowa Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan, currently in development.An...
k a step towards selecting a firm for a new facilities assessment, as well as long-range planning proposals.Superintendent Ron Lorez said the district reached out to 12 architectural firms in the area, with requests for a proposal, and received nine. From there, the board facilities committee...
bolt Insurance Solutions Inc. (“bolt”), the country’s largest P&C insurance exchange, announced the introduction of its device protection capabilities in the United States with the launch of a partnership with Chat Mobility, a leading regional wireless carrier in Iowa, to extend bolt’s device...
A few animals from the Blank Park Zoo visited the Red Oak Library Wednesday, June 8 as part of a free summer program. Pictured is Melanie Keller, an educator with the Blank Park Zoo, pictured, from left, with ‘Shelby’ the turtle, Neveah Smith, Corbin Blay, Adalynn Smith, Berkley Blay, and Kaydynce...
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has signed into law a bill that will revamp the state’s can and bottle deposit law.
The bill increases the handing fee for redemption centers from one cent to three cents. It also authorizes the creation of mobile redemption centers and allows stores to opt out of taking...