Betty Lou (Johnston) Cole
Betty Lou (Johnston) Cole, daughter of Darrell and Lena (Main) Johnston, was born February 4th, 1925, in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Betty graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1942. She was united in marriage to Keith Cole on November 28, 1948, in Grant City, Missouri. They were blessed with three children, Betty Jane, Dick and…
Read MoreShaha 113 lb. champ at POI meet
Shaha 113 lb. champ at POI meet The Mount Ayr boy’s wrestling team traveled to Corning and SW Valley High school last Friday for the annual Pride of Iowa COnference meet. There, the Raiders collected one individual champion in Brock Shaha at the 113-pound weight class. The Raiders as a team placed ninth at the…
Read MoreMount Ayr wins dual against East Union
The Mount Ayr wrestling team picked up a big dual win over POI foe East Union last week in a quadrangular meet with the Eagles, Nodaway Valley, and Wayne. There, the Raiders were 1-2 in three duals. The Raiders beat the East Union Eagles by a score of 30-24 and won five matches in the…
Read MoreRaiders win back-to-back home games
The Mount Ayr Raider boy’s basketball team earned two victories late last week to improve to 5-2 in their first seven games. The Raiders beat SE Warren 67-51 on Thursday, December 14, and added a 54-44 win over Worth County Missouri the next night on December 15. The Raiders have one more game this month,…
Read MoreRaiderettes improve to 6-2 with wins on back-to-back nights
The Mount Ayr Raiderettes improved to 6-2 in eight games with wins in back-to-back nights last week against POI foe SE Warren and non-conference foe Worth County Missouri. The Raiderettes will travel to Greenfield on Tuesday, December 19 to face the No. 5 team in Class 2A, Nodaway Valley Wolverines in their last game before…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
This week’s picture comes from a postcard with a caption that reads, “4069A Christian Church, Ellston, Iowa.” My experience with these types of postcards tells me this card is from the years 1910-1912. We can clearly see a house to the left of the church. The Evangelical Church in Wirt (Wirt became Ellston on January…
Read MoreLooking Back – December 21 2023
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, December 26, 1923.) The rural mail carriers will not carry mail on Christmas this year according to word received from the postmaster general. This is the first time they have had this holiday since the beginning of the service. (1896 first 82 routes; universally implemented in…
Read MoreThe events that shaped our county earlier this year
January Celebrations Randy Taylor was sworn in to the Board of Supervisors. Local couple Mack and Jeanine Greene retired from their jobs at the Mount Ayr Hy-Vee after more than two decades. Mack started at Hy-Vee on June 6, 1999 and retired January 1, 2023 after over 23 years of service. Jeanine started her time…
Read MoreCouncil debates healthcare and garbage service
The council moved forward with offering new insurance options for employees, and reversed their decision to fix the broken down garbage truck at the regular meeting of the Mount Ayr City Council Monday, December 18. Health Insurance After a thorough presentation of employee health insurance options available, Mount Ayr city council members had a lengthy…
Read MoreRCH trustees get ipads for board work
New ipads for board members, a good revenue for the short month and various miscellaneous items highlighted the regular monthly meeting of the Ringgold County Hospital board of trustees, held Monday, December 11. Starting off the meeting, board members were given new ipads. The ipads will be used to share information between board members and…
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