By Jennifer Kellner At the age of 9, Willie Baker fought to recover from a car accident that took the lives of his mother and sister, broke his leg, punctured a lung, cracked his pelvis, broke his ribs, and injured his head. He lost the use of one eye, and now walks with a limp…
A well-known Ringgold County businessman and an Afton woman were both killed in a head-on collision on Wednesday, March 15. According to the Iowa State Patrol, David Patrick Love, 54, of Mount Ayr was killed when his 2010 Chevrolet Silverado collided with Donna Kay Allen, 44 of Afton, who was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado.…
This weekend, Friday March 24 and Saturday, March 25, the Mount Ayr Drama Club will put on a show entitled ‘Hillbilly Reunion’. The play follows the Hawleys on a surprise visit to their distant cousin and his wife. Unfortunately, the timing couldn’t be worse as the cousins are hosting a Princess. After unsuccessfully removing the…
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Breakfast with the Master series will return in person during Holy Week this year. The event will run from 6:30-7:30 a.m. each day from Monday, April 3 through Friday, April 7 at the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr. This year’s series, entitled “Journey…
The disposal of two tracts of city-owned property was the main focus of a short meeting of the Mount Ayr City Council Monday evening. The first tract was at 206 East Jefferson. There was only one bidder on the property. Mark & Leza Johnson purchased the lot for $3,500 for the construction of a garden/storage…
Barber shops used to be as plentiful as service stations but those days are long gone. The service stations, like shoe repair shops and produce houses, have been gone for years. There is, however, one holdout in the barber shop department – Dick Simpson. Dick’s Barber Shop has been located at 105 W. Monroe since…
The Mount Ayr Raider and Raiderette track team traveled to Northwest Missouri State University to compete in their last indoor meet before the season gets underway next Tuesday, March 28. It was a successful day for Mount Ayr, especially the Raiderette 4000 medley relay, setting a new school record. Kacie Larsen, Karlie Elwood, Anne Newton…
Iowa’s track and field season was able to hold their first competition on March 6, but the first high school competition, for Mount Ayr, doesn’t come until March 28 when they attend the Earlham Early Bird. That doesn’t keep coach Brad Elliott from getting his teams to compet, though. Taking the Mount Ayr teams to…
Pride of Iowa All-Conference girls basketball teams were announced last week. Mount Ayr did not receive any first-team nods but saw Tegan Streit and Breya Nickle both receive second-team honors, while Tabby Henle was selected as Honorable Mention. Streit and Henle are both seniors for Mount Ayr, while Nickle is a sophomore. First-Team First-Team All-Conference…
Georgia Mae (Terwilliger) Shaha, daughter of Gay Miller (Smokey) and Edna Pearl (Axtell) Terwilliger, was born on May 12, 1925, near Lesanville in Ringgold County, IA and passed away from this life on March 20, 2023, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr at the age of 97 years. She was united in marriage to Joseph…
Janice Jean Sickels entered into this life, along with her twin brother, Jack, on June 5, 1945, in Denver, CO. She was welcomed by her parents, Roy Elvis and Edna Elsie (Mosier) Sickels, and older brothers, Carroll, Robert and Bill. The family returned to Iowa and Janice graduated from Mount Ayr High School. Following graduation,…
Carol Ann Ethington Reed passed away on August 17, 2022, just shortly before she and her husband, Lloyd’s, 65th wedding anniversary. Especially since Carol Ann was an avid weekly reader of the Mount Ayr Record News, her family regrets not submitting an obituary to the paper at that time but wants to make the belated…
To the editor: As an avid, early morning meditative walker, I’ve noticed two glaring problems that need some attention. The first being the staggering amount of dogs that are either roaming free, or chained up inadequately. By that I mean, if the chain attached to the dog allows them access to the public sidewalk, it…
To the editor: Last fall the PA Dems elected Tony DeLuca with over 85% of the vote. Tony had been dead for weeks before the election! Sen Letterman is now writing RR safety legislation from his psych world! His wife says, “I don’t pay attention when he is speaking.” I suggest the Dems bumps Kamala…
To the editor: Following yet another mass shooting which took away the bright promise of three young lives at Michigan State University, we need to ask ourselves this question, which is more important, the lives of children or unfettered access to guns? The facts of the Michigan State shooting are clear. The gunman, Anthony Dwayne…
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 28, 1923.) J.L. Sheelsey suffered a severe injury to his hand Saturday when cranking his car. His hand struck the number plate which cut through 2 of his fingers and it was necessary to take several stitches to close the wound. The restaurant of Baker…
BY MIKE AVITT This week’s photo comes from the Clair Heyer collection. The restaurant was called Tingley Cafe in the early 1960s but would have a different name in 1977 when an unexpected guest dined here. The September 22, 1977 Record-News reports Iowa Governor Robert Ray and his financial assistant, a Mr. Sharp, showed up…