By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — Although most people have been in summer mode for some time, the official first day of summer arrived last Sunday. Astronomically this day on the calendar represents the start of the summer solstice and subsequently the longest day of the calendar year in the northern hemisphere. Summer is…
By Olivia West MOUNT AYR, Iowa — Disability Rights Iowa has announced they received their second $25,000 Capacity Building Grant from the Principal Foundation in just two years. DRI is part of a national group of agencies created to address repeated abuse and neglect of people with disabilities. As a non-profit agency, they are funded…
By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — A vision screening can identify issues when a child cannot recognize or describe a problem. Iowa KidSight, a vision-screening program of the Lions Clubs of Iowa and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Stead Family Children’s Hospital, offers free vision screenings for children 6 months old through…
By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — Youth participating in the Mount Ayr Library’s Summer Reading program were treated to a pair of presentations in science and nature that wowed the participants last Wednesday. The first presentation was from the Science Center of Iowa at the Ringgold Outdoor Alliance building in Mount Ayr. The title…
By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — Two issues were the primary focus during the Mount Ayr City Council meeting Monday night at City Hall. First was the waste water systems improvements for which bids have been received and notated. The second area of focus was the issuance of a Capital Fund Grant from HUD…
By Jeff Snyder LENOX, Iowa — Another water tragedy took place in southwest Iowa this past weekend as the Midwest Regional Dive Team was called into action to respond to a report of a fisherman who went into and under the water in Wilson Lake located just south of Lenox, Iowa. Wilson Lake is a…
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr baseball team picked up two wins in three games last week to capture win number eight and nine on the season. The Raiders won conference games over East Union and Nodaway Valley decisively, by scores of 11-0 and 11-1. The other game was a tough…
By RYAN STONEBRAKER LIBERTY CENTER, Iowa — The Mount Ayr softball team won two of the three games they played in last week. The Raiderettes improved to 8-5 overall and 5-3 in the Pride of Iowa Conference. The Raiderettes are a half-game back of Martensdale-St. Mary’s in the conference standings going into this week. The week ended…
By RYAN STONEBRAKER MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The first meeting with the top ranked Martensdale-St. Mary’s Blue Devils this season went to the visiting team in an 8-3 loss last week for the Raiders. The Blue Devils outscored Mount Ayr 7-0 from the second to the fifth innings to build a lead that was too…
Edna Louise (Walter) Jones was born at home on April 13, 1930, in rural Ringgold County, Iowa. She died peacefully at Clearview Homes in Mount Ayr, Iowa on June 17, 2026, at the age of 96 years, 2 months and 4 days closing a remarkable life shaped by grit, devotion and quiet strength. Born during…
Gary Clifford Grose was born September 17, 1942, to Bert Clifford Grose and Mary Tennessee Glick Grose on their farm north of Tingley, IA. Gary passed away at home June 5, 2026. Gary fondly talked about being born north of Tingley, IA, moving to what is now known as the Hoover Angus Farm around the age of 6, and later driving the tractor with the…
Alan Kurt Force was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa on March 3, 1957, to Clifford and Cleta Force. He passed on at age 69 on June 8, 2026, in Mount Ayr. Alan was preceded in death by his parents, Clifford and Cleta; his sister Sharon Hembry Kennedy and her husband’s Larry Hembry and Roy Kennedy;…
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, June 16, 1926.) Ray Shifflett and his famous flying circus have been booked to appear at Mount Ayr’s Fourth of July celebration to be held Monday, July 5, and will be here with something altogether different than has been seen anywhere in this part of the…
I am recalling my memories of Mount Ayr from 1970 to 1973 and I am enjoying reliving my hometown in the “good ol’ days.” Corporal punishment was alive and well in Mount Ayr’s junior high school, 1970-71. My eighth grade homeroom teacher was Ezra Rice and he had a wooden solution to my discipline problems. Rice…