Randy Gene Vanderflught
Randy Gene Vanderflught was born on June 29th, 1952, in Leon, Iowa to Donald and Alta Hazel (Ward) Vanderflught. He was the oldest of 6 children. He left this world on May 9th, 2024, after a 3-year battle with rectal cancer. Randy attended and graduated from Grand Valley. Growing up he helped on the farm…
Read MoreVirginia L. Smith
Virginia L. Smith (Hunt) was born on May 21, 1942, and passed on April 27, 2024. She is survived by her husband Ernest V. Smith, daughters Sherri Roe, Dianna Raymond, and son James Smith. Also survived by sister Julie Raymond Peppmeier and brother Bob Hunt. She had ten grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild.…
Read MoreFrankie Duane Carson
Frankie Duane Carson was born on February 16, 1948, at the Hale Ranch in Jefferson Township, Ringgold County, Diagonal Iowa to Leo Frank Carson and Dorothy Marie Ruby. Frank gained his wings on May 10, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines after a short, but hard-fought battle with lymphoma. Frank grew up and lived…
Read MoreReynolds to take four events to state
The Mount Ayr boy’s track team gave the home fans one more chance to cheer them on last Thursday when the program hosted a Class 1A state qualifying meet with trips to the state meet this week on the line. There were 14 teams at the meet with six from the Pride of Iowa Conference.…
Read MoreShaffer medalist, Raiderettes advance to district meet
Led by medalist Jaylee Shaffer, the Mount Ayr Raiderette girl’s golf team has advanced to this week’s district meet. Mount Ayr won the Lenox sectional meet last Friday with a team score of 380 points. AC/GC was second with 493 and SW Valley was third with 508 points. Shaffer shot a low score of 74…
Read MoreRaiders win sectional meet, advance to districts
The Mount Ayr Raider boy’s golf team won their Class 1A sectional meet last week on May 8 at home. The win sends the Raiders to this week’s district meet on Monday. The Raiders won the sectional meet by six strokes over runner-up CAM. The Raiders shot a team score of 341 with CAM scoring…
Read MoreFour events punch tickets to state for Raiderettes
The Mount Ayr girl’s track and field team will send four events to the 2024 state track and field meet this week in Des Moines. The Raiderettes ran a competitive meet with many POI schools in the 14-team field. The Raiderettes will send three relay events and one individual event. Going for relays are the…
Read MoreLooking Back
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, May 21, 1924.) The Junior-Senior banquet held last Friday evening at Hotel Mount Ayr was a most delightful affair, the decorations, the bright colored dresses of the girls, and the spirit of youth, all contributed to the joyous occasion. Franklin Spurrier, president of the junior class, presided…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
By Mike Avitt I took this week’s picture in April 2011 and in 1949, the storefront nearest the camera was the home of Mount Ayr’s first television set. Ted Marrs had a radio shop in that location and he put a new TV on display there in July 1949. But, who had the first radio?…
Read MoreBoard reviews hail damage, test scores
Storm damage, insurance claims, ISASP test results, and personnel topped the agenda of the regular meeting of the Mount Ayr Community School board of education on Monday, May 13. Storm Damage The board learned they will have separate insurance deductibles for each building to repair hail damage to roofs. One building has a $25,000 deductible,…
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