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Audit report released for ROCSD

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...

Council vote split on IT services contract

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...

Spunaugle urges defensive driving during fall harvest

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...

Red Oak teacher placed on administrative leave after classroom tirade

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...

Griswold Hocoming Week

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.

McBride receives Mabel Griffith teaching award

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...

Smith wins I-80 speedway track championship for 22

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...

Only uncontested races locally for upcoming Nov. 8 general election

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...

School board agrees to tighten security

The Red Oak School board will pursue state funding for enhancing school security.At the school board meeting Sept. 12, Superintendent Ron Lorenz said Gov. Kim Reynolds allocated $100 million to enhance school security across the state. She also created a school safety bureau to help districts...

Wilson PAC music garden hits all the right notes

A new and free outlet for musicians young and old has been unveiled at the Wilson Performing Arts Center.In late August, a special ribbon cutting event was held for the WPAC’s new music garden, featuring multiple drum and tube instruments to play. The project was brought to the finish line by new...