17 season-best performances at Creston
It was quite a start to the week on Monday, April 8 for the Mount Ayr boy’s track team. The Raiders collected 17 season-best performances on their way to a third-place finish at the Creston Panthers meet. The Raiders scored 108 team points for third, behind meet champion Creston with 139 and runner-up SW Valley…
Read MoreRaiderettes score 82 points at Creston meet
The Mount Ayr girl’s track team opened a two-meet week by placing third at the Creston Panther Track Invitational on Monday, April 8. There, the Raiderettes scored 82 points at the meet, a season-high so far. At the meet, Mount Ayr athletes had 19 season best performances among the events. Atlantic won the meet with…
Read MoreShields wins high jump At Knoxville meet
The Mount Ayr Raiderettes traveled to Knoxville late last week to take part in the 8-team Panther Relays April 11. There, Mount Ayr would score 39 points and place eighth in the team race. The Raiderettes won one event at the meet. Aubree Shields won the high jump with a top jump of 5-feet, zero…
Read MoreRaiderette golf wins pair of meets
The Mount Ayr Raiderette girl’s golf team played in three meets last week, winning two of them. The Raiderettes won their home quadrangular meet last Monday, April 8, and then finished the week winning a dual against Pride of Iowa Conference foe Wayne. In between, the Raiderettes played at a tournament in Shenandoah. This week,…
Read MoreRaider golf wins two of three meets
The Mount Ayr Raiders had a busy week of action and came away with two meet wins in three outings. The Raiders won meets on Monday, April 8, and Tuesday, April 9. In the other meet, the Raiders placed second. The Raiders were at Central Decatur Monday afternoon and were back home on Tuesday, April…
Read MoreSnapshots of History: Beaconsfield High School
By Mike Avitt Here’s what the Tingley Vindicator newspaper had to say about sports in its April 2, 1903 edition: “Basketball is becoming as much of a menace to life and limb as football.” The Vindicator was not in the minority on this issue. I have read several articles in local newspapers warning against dangerous…
Read MoreLooking Back
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, April 23, 1924.) A case of malicious mischief which for downright cussedness is in a class by itself caused considerable excitement in the Hatfield, MO community Sunday. When Rev. F.E. Plum, pastor of the United Brethren church at Hatfield, went to the barn Sunday morning…
Read MoreCouncil gears up rental inspections
The Mount Ayr City Council took the next step in beefing up the city’s rental housing inspection practices by approving an agreement with a property inspection consulting firm. The city agreed to a contract with Iowa Inspections, LLC out of Ackworth to assist the city in “establishing and facilitating a Rental Housing Inspection Program.” An…
Read MoreCrop planting underway, concerns about soil moisture
By Jared Strong Iowa Capital Dispatch Warm soil temperatures and favorable weather have allowed farmers across Iowa to start planting corn and soybeans last week, according to several field agronomists. Last Wednesday was the earliest planting date for corn to be eligible for federal crop insurance replanting payments, which cover farmers if their young crops…
Read MorePay, personnel dominate school board meeting
The Mount Ayr board of education approved increased salary schedules, and a myriad of personnel changes at their regular meeting on Monday, April 15. New Salary Schedules New 24-25 salary schedules and benefits for certified staff, non certified staff and administration were approved, reflecting new minimum teacher salaries to comply with HF 2612 being signed…
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