By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Airport Commission finally had a chance to get together after several attempts to hold a meeting that had been delayed due to various scheduling conflicts. Commission members gathered on Monday in the Mount Ayr City Hall conference room to discuss the immediate future of the airport facilities.…
By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — Several residents of Mount Ayr are up in arms about the installation process of a new fiber optic cable system being installed throughout the area by Kinetic by Windstream. It’s not actually the new system they are concerned with, rather it is the method by which the provider…
By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — Estimates to repair the little league baseball fields gave the Mount Ayr City Parks Board pause at its most recent meeting. The board discussed bids it received for leveling the ball fields and the numbers were somewhat shocking. One bid came in at north of $450,000 while another…
By Olivia West KELLERTON, Iowa — The Kellerton community hosted its second annual “Kellerton Dayz” last Friday, with events and festivities that started late in the morning and lasted until midnight. The day contained a full schedule of vendors and activities for visitors of all ages. In years past, Kellerton hosted an annual Fourth of…
By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Ringgold County Hospital has added a new member to its executive team. Trevor Toft, an Iowa native will fill the seat of Chief Financial Officer. The position was left vacant after the June 1 announcement on that Ringgold County Hospital and its affiliate partner MercyOne were going…
By Olivia West MOUNT AYR, Iowa — Throughout the state there are many sharing agreements between smaller school districts are part of a more broad operational understanding. The main objective being to improve efficiency and reduce costs for each school. More and more small schools across rural Iowa are sharing resources, staff and programs with…
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The postseason awards keepin rolling in for the Raiders. Four Mount Ayr baseball players were named to the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association’s Class 1A Southwest All-District team. The Raiders honored were Drew Graham, Adler Reed, Rowan Sackett and Hayes Stogdill. Mount Ayr was 8-5 this season in the Pide…
MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr softball team placed three players on the 2026 Pride of Iowa Conference all-conference teams recently when the conference announced its yearly honors list. The Mount Ayr picks were Alba Friedrich, Dannie Stewart and Keeley Wasteney. The Raiderettes were 8-5 in the POI this summer, a half-game behind third place…
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The recently wrapped up season by the Mount Ayr baseball team was one where they reached the district final round for the second straight season. The solid season saw the Raiders have six players named to the 2026 Pride of Iowa Conference all-conference list. They were Rowan Sackett, Adler Reed,…
Memorial Service for William Hullinger, 88, of Bedford, Iowa will be held Saturday, September 12, 2026, at Cummings Family Funeral Home in Bedford, at 11a.m. Visitation will be held Saturday, September 12, 2026, at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until service time. Inurnment will be held at Fairview Cemetery in Bedford. Memorials may be…
Funeral Service for Richard “Rick” Johnson, 75, of Athelstan, Iowa formerly Blockton, Iowa was held Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at Cummings Family Funeral Home in Bedford, at 1:00 PM. Visitation was held Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at the funeral home, from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Burial was held at Athelstan Cemetery. Memorials may be…
Rollin Burchell Noble, 96, of Mount Ayr, peacefully passed away on Friday, July 24, 2026, at Mill Pond Retirement Community in Ankeny, Iowa. Rollin was born on August 26, 1929, on a farm in Riley Township, Ringgold County, on a very hot, sweltering day. The farmhouse straddled the Iowa-Missouri border. Due to the heat, a…
To the editor: I am the owner of Mount Ayr Apartments and Brick plex and this letter serves as a response to an article that was published approximately a month ago regarding existing leases on the premises and other issues. The leases that were mentioned on the article were never approved by me and I…
To the editor: Is our government trying to make it harder for you to vote? The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would hinder millions of Americans in registering to vote by requiring citizens to present a birth certificate along with either a passport or a government-issued ID. More than 21.3 million Americans lack immediate…
To the editor: At the town hall meeting with Senator Grassley’s representative, one concern that affected almost every person in the room was changes to the Social Security Administration (SSA). DOGE is planning to shut down hundreds of local and regional offices that assist people with Social Security enrollment and resolving errors. Our closest Social…
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One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, July 28, 1926.) Word was received in Mount Ayr last week that Earl Kinder, formerly a resident of this city and who for past seven years has made his home in Goodland, Kan., had been held up by bandits who at the point of a gun…
I have further information on the ghost town of Eugene which was located halfway between Shannon City and Tingley. I stumbled upon an old ledger which contains the secretary minutes of the Eugene United Presbyterian Church beginning in 1872, before the Eugene U. P. Church was built in 1874. But, let’s go back to 1858. A…