Raiderettes nab two third place finishes at Panorama
Led by a pair of third place finishes, the Mount Ayr girl’s wrestling team placed 8th at the Panorama girl’s wrestling tournament last Tuesday, January 7. The Raiderettes scored 41 team points. SWAT won the event with 142 points while Perry was the runner-up team with 109.5 points. Mount Ayr took six wrestlers to the…
Read MoreMount Ayr girl’s place 6th at tournament
The Mount Ayr girl’s wrestling team made the trip to New Sharon for the North Mahaska wrestling tournament as the Raider boys also were there. The Raiderettes were one of ten scoring teams at the girl’s tournament. Mount Ayr placed sixth with a team score of 60 points. Cardinal of Eldon, Iowa, won the tournament…
Read MoreRaiders place 9th at North Mahaska tournament
The Mount Ayr boy’s wrestling team made the trip to New Sharon last Saturday to wrestle at the North Mahaska invitational. At the event, there were 12 scoring teams. Mount Ayr placed 9th with 50 team points. The Raiders took ten wrestlers to the event. Solon won the tournament with 245.5 points followed by Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont…
Read MoreSnapshots of History: Mount Ayr Post Office
By Mike Avitt A new post office was built in Mount Ayr in 1939-40. I find this very interesting because the old post office was only eight years old. In 1931, a building was erected at 111 S. Fillmore, the current location of First MainStreet Insurance, and the Mount Ayr Post Office opened there on…
Read MorePondering puzzles, life and learning
A local puzzle competition is bringing people together at 209 Broadway in Diagonal on Saturday, January 18. Beginning at 6 p.m., teams of four will be assembling a puzzle together while enjoying pizza and beverages, which all come with the $100 entry fee. First, second and third place winners of the puzzle competition will be…
Read MoreTrump fills top spots with super wealthy
To the editor: As Trump fills the top positions in his administration with super wealthy individuals, it seems appropriate to define exactly what that means. The term used to describe this type of government is Plutocracy, or rule by people of great wealth [i.e. Elon Musk]. In a Plutocracy, government policies often benefit the wealthy…
Read MoreWants Biden to tell truth
To the editor: Joe was on Fox News last week lecturing his subjects about telling the truth. Just tell the truth! He went on and on. Now that he is leaving the spotlight he wants the truth! I remember when he said repeatedly he would not pardon his son! I still don’t understand that. Adoption?…
Read MoreLooking Back
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 21, 1925.) The train service on the Great Western railroad has been considerably improved, effective January 18 by the addition of train #5 which arrives in Diagonal at 1:49 p.m. leaving Des Moines at 11:25 a.m. This train is a mail train and brings the…
Read More105 in 2025: Centenarian still working, driving…thriving
On a farm just three miles east of Redding, one of Ringgold County’s oldest residents lives on the farm she and her late husband bought after they got married eighty years ago. Born and raised in Allendale, MO, Denzil D. Monday married his high school sweetheart, Doris Miller, in 1945 after he returned from World…
Read MoreMACS looking into CTE center
The Mount Ayr board of education learned of a potential CTE center partnership, and two early retirement requests at their regular meeting on Monday, January 13 at 4:30 p.m. CTE Partnership Superintendent Jason Shaffer reported that he has been in contact with Southwestern Community College (SWCC) about utilizing the Iowa Department of Education grant that…
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