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Longtime Montgomery County Sheriff Joe Sampson was honored with the Red Oak Optimist Club Don Maher Hall of Fame award at Red Oak’s National Night Out event Aug. 6. Vice President Dan Crouse said Sampson started his career as an MP in the Army, served as a peace officer and later chief in Griswold...
The face of Villisca’s downtown has seen a permanent change.Contractors last week began the process of demolishing the former Rialto Theater, The Lounge, and the former Honeyman buildings. The main demolition occurred Aug. 7, and all of the buildings were leveled by that afternoon.Villisca City...
A boil advisory has been issued for the City of Sidney in Fremont County due to a water main break.
The incident occurred when a contractor hit a water main, resulting in pressure loss.
Repairs are being made and the advisory will remain in place until bacteria lab samples have come back negative...
The Red Oak Activities Department, the Red Oak Athletic Boosters, the Red Oak Music Boosters, and the Red Oak FFA Alumni and Supporters would like to invite all Red Oak area businesses to take part in the TIGERPALOOZA 2024 event that will be held on Monday, August 19th. The Red Oak School District...
At approximately 6:05 a.m. on Aug. 8, the Montgomery County Communications Center received a call from Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad, reporting a train derailment with a vehicle involved in the area of Bluegrass Road and East Nuckols Street in Red Oak.
Emergency crews arrived on...
As the McAlpin Place event center approaches its one year anniversary of being open for public use, owners Trevor McAlpin and Kaitlin Walston are reflecting on the progress they have made with their business over the past year.Before the building on 109 E. Washington Ave. was transformed into an...
Jill Isaacson, a math teacher at Stanton Community School in Stanton, is one of 79 teachers across the state participating in the 2024 Iowa STEM Teacher Externships Program. This program provides teachers the opportunity to work at a vast array of local workplaces to gain STEM-related work...
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors is under investigation for a reported violation of the open meetings laws.The complaint was filed by rural Red Oak resident Jan Norris. Norris cited several factors in pursuing the complaint with the Iowa Public Information Board.• Under the proposed...
The Burlington Northern Depot and WWII Memorial Museum here in Red Oak freshened itself up for the summer by employing a new environmental weed management practice: goats.Volunteer Maggie McQuown said that at the beginning of the summer, she noticed the bank surrounding the depot had become...