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Iowa State Fair Saying Goodbye to Popular Fair Stand
Iowa has one of the best state fairs in the country as thousands of people from around the state plan a state fair trip. Some people plan to enjoy the fair for an afternoon and others plan to enjoy the fair for multiple days in a row. This year there will be over 80 new foods for you to try at the fair so be sure to show up hungry and ready to try as many different foods as possible.
Teams dig in for ShenDig '24
(Shenandoah) -- Rain or shine--this year's ShenDig Barbecue Competition takes place this weekend. Teams from several surrounding states are setting up trailers with various barbecue equipment in the lot behind the Elks Lodge on Highway 59 for the 2024 competition. Mace Hensen co-chairs the Forum to Revitalize Shenandoah's ShenDig Committee. Hensen tells KMA News an army of volunteers pitched in for preparations early Thursday morning.
2 employees suffer burns after 'small explosion' at ethanol plant in Shenandoah
SHENANDOAH, Iowa — Two employees suffered burns Thursday after a "small explosion" at an ethanol plant in Iowa, authorities said. Around 5:36 p.m., Shenandoah Fire and Shenandoah Ambulance Service responded to Green Plains Ethanol Plant for a possible chemical exposure, officials said. When crews arrived, they determined that two...
Cycling Iowa’s RAGBRAI 51st Season
Cycler's UP! This weekend RAGBRAI celebrates it's 51st season. The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa is set to begin this weekend for a week-long hilly ride across the Hawkeye State. RAGBRAI celebrates 51 years as it makes its way across southern Iowa. WHAT CITIES WILL I SEE.
RAGBRAI 2024 ROLLS INTO GLENWOOD
BIKE RIDERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE CONVERGING IN WESTERN IOWA THIS WEEKEND FOR THE REGISTER’S ANNUAL GREAT BICYCLE RIDE ACROSS IOWA,. GLENWOOD IS THE STARTING POINT FOR RAGBRAI’S 434 MILE ROUTE THIS YEAR. CITY ADMINISTRATOR AMBER FARNAN EXPECTS THE TOWN OF ABOUT FIVE-THOUSAND TO MORE THAN TRIPLE...
Sunday RAGBRAI stop in Henderson to feature ‘Hillbilly Waterpark’
(Radio Iowa) – Thousands of bicyclists on RAGBRAI — the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — will leave Glenwood Sunday and peddle through the small southwest Iowa towns of Silver City, Henderson, and Emerson arriving in Red Oak. Shawnna Silvius, Red Oak’s mayor, says they’ve been told to expect 20-thousand people — along with 10-thousand support vehicles. “I don’t think some of us can quite imagine how many people are going to be there,” she says.
First riders arrive in Glenwood on Friday ahead of RAGBRAI 51
GLENWOOD, Iowa — It's time for RAGBRAI 51. The first cyclists trickled into Glenwood Friday afternoon as RAGBRAI staff members set up tents for the annual RAGBRAI bike expo. The 51st edition of the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa will run from July 21-27 from Glenwood to Burlington. Along the...
Local couple opens new thrift shop on the Red Oak downtown square
Red Oak’s town square has just gotten a little more lively now that Wolfe Thrift Shop, which is run by young business owners Ayden and Sapphire Wolfe, is officially open for business. Though there were many factors that motivated the two to open the store, Sapphire said her primary...
New downtown Red Oak mural reflects on history and foreshadows the future
In coming weeks, the west wall at the southeast corner of Coolbaugh and 2nd streets will become a must-see destination as a committee within the Southwest Iowa Arts Council creates a new mural representing Red Oak’s past and future. The Southwest Iowa Arts Council is a non-profit organization based...
Questers hold successful ‘Stories in the Stones’ event
On June 28, the Questers returned to Red Oak’s Evergreen Cemetery for the second year to host “Stories in the Stones,” which gave local residents a history lesson about significant historical figures who built the community from the ground up. Sharon Bradley and Diane Brower, the main...
Air bubble could cause temporary pool closure
At its July 11 meeting, the Red Oak Park and Tree Board received a general update about the Red Oak Municipal Pool as well as news of a potential issue that may need to be addressed. “On the pool report, for disappointing news to start with, we have a bubble...
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