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Dwight Earl Hickman

Dwight Earl Hickman was born to Charles William and Edith (Liese) Hickman at the Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 16th, 1937. His mother passed away when he was one month and two days old. He grew up in the Corder, Missouri area where he started first grade. He moved to Ringgold…

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Robert Michael Wilt

Robert Michael Wilt, born December 5, 1946, in Alta, Iowa, to Frank and Mary Wilt, passed away peacefully on June 19, 2024, at the age of 77. Robert, fondly known as “Bob” to his friends and family, was a man of adventure, kindness, and enduring love. Preceded in death by his beloved wife, Judy, Robert’s…

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Thomas Dennis

Thomas Dennis, the youngest of two boys, was born November 14, 1928, to Vernon R. Dennis and Carrie Emma (Oxford) and was reared by both parents in the farming community of New Market, IA. His older brother Ivan predeceased him as did both parents, his wife Ann Dennis and two grandchildren, Andrew Stephen Dennis and…

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Helen Louise Grout

Helen Louise Grout, daughter of Percy Bloomfield and Lena Helen (Swanson) Stone, was born December 18, 1923, in Thayer, Iowa. Helen graduated from Princeton High School in 1942. Helen was united in marriage to Donald Irving Grout on August 21, 1949, in Tingley, Iowa. They settled in the Tingley area where she was an active…

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Dorothy Lavaun Reynolds

Dorothy Lavaun Reynolds was born September 25, 1929, to Frank and Mamie Calhoun on the farm near Kellerton, Iowa. She was welcomed by older brother Bob and 7 years later, sister Emma Kay. Dorothy’s early years were spent on a farm near Mount Ayr. She and brother Bob rode the Shetland pony to the country…

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Snapshots of History: Mount Ayr UMC parsonage

Remember when your preacher lived in a parsonage? Well, some still do, but the numbers are slowly going down. Let’s look at some current and former parsonages. There is a trailer house in the parking lot of the New Life Family (Assembly of God) Church in Mount Ayr that was put in place when Rev.…

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Looking Back

One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, July 23, 1924.) Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in Ringgold County by F.W. Johnson~ In the winter of 1871 and 1872 there was an Indian camp about a mile south of where Benton is now located. As I had never seen an Indian camp, I was very…

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City looks to avoid softball field problems

The Mount Ayr city council discussed the future of adult slow pitch at their regular meeting Monday, July 15. Public forum Colton Bolles and Korey Beaman were in attendance to discuss the possibility of using the ball fields at Judge Lewis Park for another adult slow pitch season. City Administrator Brent Wise had asked for…

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Blackmore Corner Antique Farm Show is this weekend

The eighth annual Blackmore Corner Antique Farm Show will be held Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21. Touted as the “largest unknown antique farm show in Iowa,” this yearly festival showcases antique farm machinery at work. Since 2016, local farmers have tuned up their older tractors and equipment to demonstrate how field work was…

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FAIR DAYS: 2024 Ringgold County Fair Results

Winners from the Ringgold County Fair static exhibit and livestock shows Static exhibit results Selected For State Fair: Sadie Akers — Purchased Garment Ashlynn Allee — Rabbit Photo Cordell Clemens — Meal Challenge Poster Cordell Clemens — Sunglass Selfie Photo Emmaleigh Creveling — Wood American Flag Jayden Doubleday — Volunteering At Nursing Home Hayes Drake…

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