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Nancy Ann Baker

Nancy Ann Baker was born January 22, 1954, in Leon, IA to Roscoe and Emma Lane.  She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on January 29, 2024, at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Mo. Nancy graduated from North Harrison High School in 1972 and later Northwest Missouri State University in 1976.  She then…

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Mark Baker

Mark Baker, 66, of Diagonal, died Friday, February 2, 2024, at Carlisle Care Center in Carlisle, Iowa. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday, February 9, 2024, at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Creston. Father Patrick Amedaka will officiate the service. The Mass will be live streamed found on a…

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Raiders postseason begins Friday at home

  The Mount Ayr boy’s basketball team found out who they will play in their first-round district game. The Raiders were placed in District 14 and will host Southwest Valley (9-8) on Monday night at 7 p.m. The Raiders beat SW Valley 60-54 at home in December and 55-46 at Corning on January 25. The…

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Raiders improve to 13-5 with 4 wins

The Mount Ayr boy’s basketball team is white hot at the right time as the regular season is concluding. The Raider Boys won all four games they played last week to improve to 13-5 on the year. The 4-game win streak is the second for the Raiders this season. The wins also all but guaranteed…

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Raiders compete in at Ron Scott Duals

Raiders compete in at Ron Scott Duals The Mount Ayr boy’s wrestling team competed in six duals at the Ron Scott Duals last Saturday. There, the Raiders lost to POI foes Central Decatur 54-12, Lenox 33-30, Martensdale-St. Mary’s 57-6, East Union 36-24, and SE Warren-Melcher-Dallas 47-30. The Raiders also fell to Chariton 65-12. The Raiders…

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Up and down week for Raiderettes

The Mount Ayr girl’s basketball team had an interesting week with four games. Due to weather-rescheduled games and a pair of regularly scheduled games, the result was a four-game week for the Raiderettes. Mount Ayr would drop a pair of games early in the week to Stanton and Nodaway Valley, but rebound with late-week wins…

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Mount Ayr splits two duals

The Mount Ayr Raiders split two duals against Pride of Iowa Conference teams. The Raiders beat Lenox 30-28 but fell to SE Warren-Melcher-Dallas 54-18. It was the last night of POI duals during the season. Against Lenox, Mount Ayr won five matches in the dual. There were four weights open at the dual, 106, 120,…

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Middle School Raiders finally back in action

The Mount Ayr middle school boys’ basketball teams took to the court for the first time since December 15 and didn’t skip a beat registering two victories against the Wayne Falcons. “We (coaches) were a little concerned about how the games would go since it had been over a month since they had last played.…

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Snapshots of History – Mount Ayr square, west side

By Mike Avitt This is the only photo I have of three business buildings that burned in 1927. The 1927 fire is historic in that it was the last fire on the Mount Ayr square to involve wood-frame buildings. And this fire changed the landscape of the Mount Ayr square. Fire was discovered in the…

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Take a closer look

To the editor: For those comparing the economy under Joe Biden to the economy under Donald Trump, maybe you should take a closer look at the facts and figures. The latest jobs report for January of 2024, revealed that the economy had added 353,000 new jobs. The jobless or unemployment rate for the past 24…

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