Raiders win two of three games On the verge of 10-win season
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…
Read MoreRaiderettes pick up a pair of conference wins
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…
Read MoreObituary: Edna Louise (Walter) Jones
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…
Read MoreLOOKING BACK in the Early Files by Lora Stull
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…
Read MoreSnapshots of History by Mike Avitt
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…
Read MoreSummer’s here
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…
Read MoreDisability rights group receives grant
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…
Read MoreLocal Lions to get new Iowa Kidsight camera
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…
Read MoreSummer readers wowed by nature and science
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…
Read MoreCity to review storm water solutions
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…
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