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Raiderettes host annual Memorial Day tournament

Wayne 6, Mt.Ayr 0 Monday morning started the Raiderette softball team off on their second week of games, where they played Wayne at 9:00 sharp. The Raiderettes faced off against the long-time rival with both teams coming off state tournament apparances. The Falcons put up three runs in the top of the fifth inning, no…

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Raiders 1-2 in early going

Clarke 15, Mt. Ayr 3 The Raider baseball team had a rough start to their season with a final score of 15-3 against the Clarke Indians. The Raiders held off the Indians in the first inning, with the score being 1-0, Raiders leading at the end of the first inning. The Indians had big sticks…

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Raiderettes 3-2 so far

Mt.Ayr 13, Clarke 2 The Raiderettes opened their season with a win against Clarke on Tuesday night, with a final score of 13-2. After making a state appearance last year, the team was very eager to get on the field and see what they could do, considering their loss of Addy Reynolds, Halsie Barnes and…

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Snapshot of History

BY MIKE AVITT 140 years ago the Mount Ayr business district was dotted with livery barns. These facilities provided feed and care for horses while the rider was in town for business or visiting others. Livery barns also provided horses and buggies for rent; a service often used by local doctors. Stagecoach and hack lines…

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LOOKING BACK in the Early Files

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, June 6, 1923.) At the special election held Monday in Ringgold county the proposition of issuing bonds in the sum of $160,000 for the purpose of building a new court house to take the place of the old court house which was condemned by state authority…

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Road Trip Ringgold set for June 3

The second annual “Road Trip Ringgold” event is gearing up to bring the community together and visitors to the area on June 3, 2023. This one-day event is held annually the first Saturday in June to highlight Ringgold County and all the communities that encompass it. The event was born out of a partnership between…

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Golliday retires after 48 years at Hy-Vee

As of March 4th, 2023, one familiar “helpful smile in every aisle” is missing. That’s because Kirk Golliday retired after forty-eight years of employment at Mount Ayr’s Hy-Vee Food Store. In fact, forty-eight years to the day; March 4, 1975 to March 4, 2023. Hy-Vee first came to Mount Ayr in October 1947 when Hy-Vee…

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Raiderettes season ends at regional final

The Raiderette golf team traveled to Lynville-Sully to play at Diamond Trail golf Club on Wednesday, May 17 where they looked to compete in making a State Tournament appearance. The Raiderettes in the end came up short. Team Scores 1 Grundy Center 350 2 BCLUW 365 3 Woodward-Granger 409 4 Pleasantville 417 5 Colfax-Mingo 424…

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Mount Ayr makes noise at State Track

The state track meet was one to remember, with great weather and three days of events which were all well executed by the Raider and Raiderette track teams. Starting on Thursday, the Raiderette shuttle hurdle relay team consisting of Tegan Streit, Aubree Shields, Kaylie Shields and MaKenna Jones opened the state meet with a 12th…

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Cecil and Trudy Shafer

Graveside services for Cecil and Trudy Shafer will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 3 at the Tingley Cemetery. Frances Gertrude “Trudy” Shafer passed away on November 2, 2022, in Surprise, AZ. She was born in Union County, IA on September 27, 1935, to Elton and Frances Priest. She graduated from Tingley Independent High School…

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