Helen Jeter
Helen was born January 18, 1925, at her parent’s home in Kellerton, Iowa to Wilber (Doc) and Donna (Swigart) Greimann. Helen passed away September 2, 2024, at the age of 99 after spending the last 7 years at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Strong in her faith she will be…
Read MoreRaiders dispatch Wayne, 27-6
The Mount Ayr Raider football team moved to 2-0 with a 27-6 home win over Wayne last Friday. It was the second straight home win for the Raiders. Mount Ayr will hit the road this week for their first game away from Mount Ayr when they travel to Madrid. The Raiders have won the last…
Read MoreRaiderettes 6th at Wayne XC
The Mount Ayr Raiderettes began their 2024 season at the Wayne cross-country invitational last Thursday. There, Mount Ayr placed 6th out of seven scoring teams at the meet with 141 team points. The Raiderettes were led by junior Kacie Larsen who placed 25th overall in a time of 23:20. Ashlynn Byer and Aubree Clark placed…
Read MoreRaiders 8th at first XC meet
In their first meet of the season, the Mount Ayr boy’s cross-country team ran at the Wayne cross-country invitational last Thursday, at Corydon Lake Park. There, the Raiders placed 8th in the team race with 206 points. Chariton won the meet with 39 points followed by Knoxville in second with 49 points and Albia third…
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By Mike Avitt Pictured are Phil Foltz (left) and Art Steinman (center) during the burial of the Ringgold County Bicentennial time capsule on April 30, 1977. This week’s photo was taken from a scrapbook donated to the Mount Ayr Depot Museum by David Cunning. So, why was the 1976 Ringgold County Bicentennial Time Capsule buried…
Read MoreProject 2025 and Medicare
To the editor: Project 2025 will eliminate the Medicare Shared Savings Program. This program helps to lower the cost of Medicare, and getting rid of it will likely mean that Medicare will cost more. It will repeal the Inflation Reduction Act. This law lowers the cost of prescription drugs for people on Medicare, and getting…
Read MoreLooking Back
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, September 17, 1924.) Defense Day, September 12, was quietly observed in Ringgold County, programs given at various places in the county being of a patriotic nature and registration not being called for. No program was given in Mount Ayr, but flags were displayed in front of…
Read MoreCouncil tours new pool; views progress
The Mount Ayr city council toured the pool project, and discussed a variety of topics at their regular meeting Tuesday, September 3. Due to the Labor Day holiday on Monday, the council met the following day. Pool project update Council members began their meeting at Judge Lewis Park to tour the pool construction site and…
Read MoreCounty attorney departing after 28 years
After serving Ringgold County for 28 years, Clinton L. Spurrier announced his departure as County Attorney for both Ringgold and Taylor County. “I’m taking a position with the Attorney General’s Office that will be in the Civil Litigation Division,” says Spurrier, “I’ll be assigned primarily to Department of Corrections matters.” While Spurrier takes on some…
Read MoreMACS reviews start of new year
The Mount Ayr Board of Education held an hour-long special meeting on Thursday, September 5, immediately going into closed session to review or discuss records which are required to be kept confidential as authorized by Section 21.5(1)(a) of the Open Meetings law. Upon coming out of closed session, the board unanimously approved a late open…
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