(Radio Iowa) – Six people were killed in Texas after two historic military planes from the Commemorative Air Force collided midair and crashed Saturday during a Dallas air show. One of the planes was a B-17 bomber known as “Texas Raiders” that flew into Sioux City in July for the 80th anniversary of Sioux Gateway Airport. Larry Finley, director of Sioux City’s Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation, says the two pilots and the bomber’s crew members were all well trained. Finley says, “They’re all very experienced pilots and they are pilots for the Commemorative Air Force but they’re also pilots generally in commercial and military aviation, so they are a very experienced group.”

The restored World War Two-era bomber collided with a P-63 Kingcobra, a vintage fighter plane. Videos shot by spectators at the event show the Kingcobra fly into the bomber, causing them to immediately crash to the ground and explode. The National Transportation Safety Board had taken control of the crash scene and Finley says the investigation will be slow and methodical. “That can take a month or two for preliminary results from the NTSB, and then their final report may not be out for one to two years as far as the actual cause of the accident,” Finley says. “They have to go back and look at whatever parts are left that they can evaluate to see if it was a mechanical failure, or was it a human error.”

Commemorative Air Force “Texas Rangers” B-17.

Finley says Texas Raiders was one of just ten B-17s still in existence and just a couple of them were air-worthy.) “There were only three of the ten B-17s that were still flying. It was one of three that had returned to the air post-COVID,” he says. “They had pulled everything off from these air shows for almost two years.”

In July, the Texas Raiders flew for a week in Sioux City, with over a hundred people booking flights on the vintage aircraft.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Red Oak Police Department and the Red Oak Volunteer Firefighters Association, with the support and assistance of multiple public safety agencies, local businesses and organizations in Montgomery County, will once again be distribution point for the Marine Corps “Toys for Tots” program for Montgomery County. The goal, is to see to it that every child, which is registered in Montgomery County, is able to have at least one new toy for Christmas this year.

Registration dates: November 18th, 2022 3-5PM will be the main sign up day, this will be held at the Red Oak Fire Department meeting room 1904 N Broadway in Red Oak (Please use the east door to the meeting room). A toy drop off/2nd registration day is set for December 2nd, 2022 at Fareway parking lot from 5PM-7PM with Santa and the Gammell lighted fire truck! At Fareway for toy drop off you may drive thru; to see Santa on the fire truck please practice social distancing rules and sign ups need to be contactless so please have child’s birth certificate or medical card ready to display to the officers in charge. The main sign-up at the Red Oak Fire Station will be 1 individual per time, NO Groups or multiples registering together, this will be contactless also – please have documents ready to show.

If you are unable to make it on the listed dates, contact ROPD Chief Justin Rhamy or Amber Jennings and they will assist you in figuring out other means of getting you signed up. No matter how you register, whether online, or in person, the necessary information, will need to be provided for each child you want to register, and then go through the screening process. After Dec 2nd it will have to be done online, through the website. However, delivery of the toys, cannot be guaranteed after that time. This is because of time needed to confirm the details of the necessary registration process, and time available to the person at the local distribution site to follow up. Our projected toy delivery date will be set for December 22nd, 2022.

A parent, guardian, or grandparents are the only ones allowed to sign up a child. There is some information that needs to be brought in with the person registering the child when they come to register. If they can bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate or medical card, that works the best. Child’s full name as it appears on the birth certificate/medical card, Date of Birth, parent’s names and a telephone number of the person registering the child.

Toys are divided into three age groups with a maximum age of 14.

0-3 Non gender specific

4-8 Male/Female

9-14 Male/Female

DONATIONS can be dropped off at: Fareway, Montgomery County YMCA, Cubby’s, The Bucksnort, Orscheln’s, Red Oak Express, Red Oak Library, Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, Family Dollar/Dollar Tree and the Red Oak Police Department. Toys must be a new unwrapped toy.

Agencies assisting with the Montgomery County Toys for Tots program include: Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency, Stanton Fire & Rescue, Villisca EMS Association, Villisca Fire Department, Grant Fire Department & First Responders, and Elliott Fire First Responders, Fareway, Montgomery County YMCA, Red Oak Eagles #2715 , Bucksnort Restaurant, SWIA Squadron of Heroes, Red Oak Community Schools, Cubby’s, Orscheln’s, Red Oak Express, Montgomery County Memorial Hospital and Red Oak Library.

Any person having questions in regards to the Toys for Tots program or would like to make a monetary donation please contact Chief Justin Rhamy or Amber Jennings of the Red Oak Police Department at 712-623-6500.

(Anita, Iowa) – The CAM School Board will meet tonight, in the High Superintendent’s Office. Their session gets underway at 6:30-p.m., with a Public Hearing on the conveyance of real property.

In August, the CAM School Board accepted a bid of $26,500 from Wahlert Construction to purchase a school-owned property located four-blocks south of the main campus, in Anita. The property is rarely used by the District. The Board set Nov. 14^th as the date for a hearing on the matter, during their meeting last month.

Afterward, the Board will adjourn the hearing and convene their regular session, which includes action on any resignations or contracts, and a Resolution for a Conveyance of Real Property. The Board will hold discussion with regard to enrollment for 2022 and financial projections, as well as objectives regarding District facilities/future alignment.