National Cattledog Finals here October 10-13
Professionally-trained stock dogs and their handlers from all over the United States and Canada will convene at Hoover Angus just north of Tingley next month for their main event of the year. Dogs that have earned enough points to qualify through U.S. Border Collie Handler’s Association’s trials earlier this year will compete. There are two…
Read MoreDonald Wayne Hensley
Donald Wayne Hensley “Don” was born on March 23, 1937, and passed away peacefully on September 19, 2024. He was a loving husband, father, papa, brother, and friend. Don graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1956 and proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1959 to 1961. On July 10, 1960, he…
Read MoreJames Thomas Powell
James Thomas Powell of Pueblo, CO, formerly of Mount Ayr, IA was born April 19, 1960 and passed away on September 20, 2024. No services are planned.
Read MoreMount Ayr runs at Interstate-35
Mount Ayr runs at Interstate-35 The Mount Ayr cross-country teams traveled to Truro last Thursday to run in the Interstate-35 invitational. Neither team had enough runners to score in the team race. In the boy’s race, Interstate-35 won the meet with a team score of 37 points. Clarke was second with 53 and Creston was…
Read MoreRaiders rock Central Decatur, 54-14
Coming off of a tough loss at Madrid, the Mount Ayr Raider football team did not want to drop their second district loss last Friday at Central Decatur. There, the Raiders used a big first half and dominated the line of scrimmage to rack up a lot of yards on the ground in a 54-14…
Read MoreSuccessful week for Raiderettes
The Mount Ayr volleyball team is on a roll, having won five of seven matches last week and evening their overall record to 9-9. The Raiderettes won two POI matches, a non-conference match at Bedford, and two of four matches they played at their home volleyball tournament this past weekend. Mount Ayr began the week…
Read MoreRaiderettes split four matches at home tournament
The Mount Ayr volleyball team is on a roll, having won five of seven matches last week and evening their overall record to 9-9. The Raiderettes won two POI matches, a non-conference match at Bedford, and two of four matches they played at their home volleyball tournament this past weekend. Mount Ayr began the week…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
By Mike Avitt I was at the Diagonal Printing Museum over the Labor Day weekend and Jan Johnston showed me a rural race track in a 1894 Ringgold County atlas book. The race track was in the southeast corner of section 27, Lincoln Township. I had not noticed this before now. Horse racing was very…
Read MorePrincess says thank you
To the editor: The Princess Theater board would like to thank everyone who joined us for our Marquee Jubilee on September 7 and 8. We were blessed with the many talented musicians, historians, and dancers of our community. We are very thankful to everyone who attended and made the weekend such a success. We would…
Read MoreLetter made lot of sense
To the editor: To Ms. Leota M. Lipovac of Urbandale, Iowa in response to your Letter to the Editor in last week’s Mt. Ayr Record News…… Finally, a voice of wisdom and reason has echoed across the seemingly endless sea of political rantings that have become commonplace in the Letter to the Editor column of…
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