Snapshots of History: Mount Ayr Bank
By Mike Avitt This week’s photo was taken in 1895 or 1896 by professional photographer J. A. McClanahan. This picture and many others by McClanahan appeared in the June 12, 1896 edition of the Twice-A-Week News, which was an extended, souvenir edition featuring many of Ringgold County’s business leaders and commercial enterprises. Pictured here is…
Read MoreMore on Project 2025
To the editor: Donald Trump is trying to run away from Project 2025, a legislative blueprint for the next administration drafted by the Heritage Foundation that collects in one place conservative thinking since the 1950s. Trump last week disavowed Project 2025 because, among other things, it would dismantle Social Security and Medicare. We should all…
Read MoreLooking Back
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, August 20, 1924.) Grand River, in southern Iowa, is said to be the greatest catfish stream in all Iowa. It flows into the Missouri River and fish of immense proportions pass out of the big river into the smaller one and keep going until they get…
Read MoreFree meals welcome back MAC students
The Mount Ayr board of education celebrated free meals for all students, reversed course on previously approved Title IX policies, and approved new staff contracts at their regular meeting on Monday, August 12. CEP free meal program The board learned that the district received final approval for their Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) application. Participation in…
Read MoreTingley preparing for 5th annual celebration
One Sunday each year, Tingley swells from a town of 136 people to more than 700, as visitors flock to the community to share pie, ice cream and memories at Tingley Memorial Park. The 5th Annual Ice Cream Social planning committee is prepared to welcome visitors to Tingley Memorial Park again this year on Sunday,…
Read MoreFive ‘Blacks’ and a dog funeral
(Editors Note: This article appeared almost 100 years ago in the December 10, 1924 Mount Ayr Record-News. It is a fascinating look at life in our county 100 years ago and the norms present during that age. References to Blacks in the original article were in the vernacular of the day and have been changed…
Read MoreDanny Lynn Gregg
Danny Lynn Gregg, age 68, passed away peacefully Saturday, August 3rd at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Danny was born on August 14th, 1955, to his parents, Calvin Lee and Fern Louise Gregg in Mount Ayr, Iowa. He was known to always have an interesting story to tell and especially loved telling them to…
Read MoreTimothy L. Robinson
Timothy L. Robinson, also known as Tim or TR, age 71 of Des Moines, IA passed away at home on Sunday, July 28th. Tim was born in Reinbeck, Iowa on May 22, 1953, where he spent his entire childhood. He studied at the University of Northern Iowa and started his career of teaching, which was…
Read MoreMichael Allyn Monaghan
Michael Allyn Monaghan, 75 of Creston, Iowa passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, Friday, August 2, 2024, at The New Homestead of Guthrie Center, Iowa. A Celebration of Life will be 3 p.m., Thursday, August 8, 2024, at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center. Allyn will be laid to rest in the Rose…
Read MoreCharles William Fifer
Charles William Fifer was born December 8, 1933, in Allendale, Missouri to Leo and Reeta (Ackley) Fifer. He graduated high school in Harveyville, Kansas. He met Rosa Robison in Grant City while working on construction. They were married May 27, 1956, and were married for 68 years. They had 3 children, Billie, Roy and Kathy. …
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