Raiderettes capture home meet title
The Mount Ayr Raiderettes captured the team title at their home co-ed relays on April 23. Mount Ayr topped the 11-team scoring meet with 129 points to win the team title. Clarke was second with 100 points. The Raiderettes also set season-best times in three relay events and won three events at the meet. Aubree…
Read MoreRaiders third at home relays
The Mount Ayr boy’s track and field team had a great night on the track in front of the home crowd on April 23. The Raiders hosted their co-ed relays with 13 scoring teams coming to town. The Raiders would collect 78 team points to place third behind meet champion Creston with 83 points and…
Read MoreRaiderettes compete at 11-team Van Meter meet
The Mount Ayr girl’s track and field team traveled to Van Meter on Thursday, April 25 for a large, 11-team meet. There, the Raiderettes placed 11th with a team score of 42 points. Fellow POI schools Central Decatur and Martensdale-St. Mary’s also was among the 11-team field. Van Meter won the meet with a team…
Read MoreReynolds runner-up at Drake Relays
Mount Ayr senior Ryce Reynolds captured a runner-up finish in the 400-meter hurdle event at last week’s Drake Relays. Reynolds competed in three events at the meet with the best finish coming from the 400-meter hurdles. Reynolds battled in the 400-meter hurdles finishing second in a time of 52.09. That time is a new season…
Read MoreRuggles runner-up
Mount Ayr was led by a runner-up finish by Jackson Ruggles at the Dave Tapps Invitational in Van Meter last Thursday. Ruggles was the runner-up in the 400-meter dash in a time of 51.70 to lead Mount Ayr finishers. The Raiders placed eighth as a team out of 11 scoring teams with 35 points. Madrid…
Read MoreRaiderettes win fourth straight meet
The Mount Ayr girl’s golf team is having a fine season. Last week, the Raiderettes captured their fourth straight meet win. Mount Ayr traveled to Bedford last Thursday to take part in a four-team meet. The result was a Mount Ayr win. The Raiderettes won the meet with a team score of 212 points. Jaylee…
Read MoreSnapshots of History: Knowlton
By Mike Avitt This is a great view of Knowlton as seen between the years 1905-1915. The view is looking southeast and shows all three of Knowlton’s brick buildings. The photo appears to have been taken from the upstairs window of the two-story, wood-frame high school which was built in 1894. What we know as…
Read MoreLooking Back
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, May 7, 1924.) Tingley News~R.J. Frazier of Des Moines, special agent for Standard Oil, came last week to take charge of the oil and gasoline business in this territory. Mr. Grant Hayes and Miss Myrtle of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sheesley and J.H.…
Read MoreSTORM PUMMELS COUNTY: Major tornado damage in Tingley; second funnel south of town
Beginning early last week, the National Weather Service began issuing bulletins saying conditions were ripe for a major spring storm to develop late in the week. Unfortunately for Ringgold County, the weatherman wasn’t wrong this time. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured during the storms. On Friday evening, tornadoes devastated the town of Tingley in…
Read MoreHarrowing tales of close encounters with Ringgold County tornadoes
There are many stories by Ringgold County residents about their experiences during the storm. For one family there was no rain, no hail, just strong winds and a tornado grazing the south east edge of Mount Ayr. Craig and Suz Winemiller received a call from a friend who is a storm spotter, letting them know…
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