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Tess NelsonThe Red Oak Express
The Montgomery County Family YMCA will be replacing its rooftop HVAC unit after receiving $30,000 from the Montgomery County Community Foundation, in conjunction with the Red Oak Heritage Foundation.In all, 15 Montgomery County non-profit organizations received $133,...
Gov. Reynolds today announced a $100 million investment to bolster the quality of life in Iowa’s communities and attract visitors and new residents to the state. The new effort, called Destination Iowa, will provide grants to help communities move forward on transformational, shovel-ready...
The Montgomery County Secondary Roads Department is finalizing projects for its latest five year roads plan.The plan was unveiled at the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 4. County engineer Karen Albert, and assistant to the engineer Barry Byers, who was present at the meeting...
Iowa farmers intend to plant 12.6 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2022 according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Prospective Plantings report. This is down 300,000 acres from 2021.Producers intend to plant 10.4 million acres of soybeans in Iowa this year. This is...
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is praising telecommunicator Shari Foote for receiving a certificate of outstanding service to the profession of public safety communications from the Iowa Chapter of Associated Public Safety Communications Office at the spring conference in Des Moines,....
Precipitation for March averaged 2.67 inches, almost a half inch above normal. This above-normal rainfall helped to improve drought conditions across many areas of the state, especially in the southern and eastern parts of Iowa, according to the latest Water Summary Update.However, at the start of...
The Iowa Hospital Association has awarded the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics (MCMH) Board of Trustees the prestigious three-star award for having 100% of trustees certified in their Hospital Board Certification Program. This is the highest honor given to a board certified in the...
Montgomery County’s IT director Jim Scott is continuing to make upgrades to the county’s IT infrastructure.Scott was in attendance at the regular Montgomery County Board of Supervisors meeting April 5. Scott gave an update on some of the projects he’s been working on to streamline and improve the...
Montgomery County voters interested in voting absentee for the June 7 Primary Election may file requests for absentee ballots with the Montgomery County Auditor’s Office.Due to recent legislation, the time period to request absentee ballots has been reduced from 120 days to 70 days. The new...
The Red Oak Downtown Urban Renewal Board tackled a light agenda at the regular monthly meeting April 6.The DUR Board had no grant requests up for first round approval. DUR Chairman Roger Vial said based on the board’s current budget status, a hiatus in grant requests wasn’t necessarily a bad...