Marjorie Ellayne Taggart Hoffman
Marjorie Ellayne Taggart Hoffman was born to Howard and Margaret Kauble Taggart of Kellerton on November 11, 1929, and entered eternal rest on September 25, 2023, in Lamoni, Iowa. She graduated from Kellerton High School in 1947. She and Gene Hoffman were married on August 17, 1948. To this union, one son, Jimmie Gene Hoffman,…
Read MoreDorothy Mae Jeanes Saville
Dorothy Mae Jeanes Saville was born March 11, 1930, to James Lloyd and Alta Mae (Kobbe) Jeanes in Ringgold County Iowa. She was welcomed by older brother Bobby and later joined by sister Patricia and brother Charlie. Dorothy attended rural school at Lotts Creek # 4 during her early grades and went to Redding High…
Read MoreShaffer Junior Tour Player of the Year
Jaylee Shaffer of Ellston, accumulated 4,415 Player of the Year points to win the 2023 Iowa PGA Junior Girls 14-15 Player of the Year award. Shaffer played in 12 Iowa PGA Junior Tour events this season. She won 7 events in 2023. She was victorious at the Iowa PGA Spring Series hosted by Ames Golf…
Read MoreANOTHER HEARTBREAKER-Raiders drop overtime game against Lynnville-Sully
The Mount Ayr Raiders played their hearts out in a defensive battle at state-ranked Lynnville-Sully last Friday, but fell by one score in overtime, 23-16. The loss takes the Raiders out of the district title conversation, but the Raiders are very much in the postseason conversation. Mount Ayr will play the last two weeks at…
Read MoreMount Ayr logs two meets
The Mount Ayr cross-country teams traveled to Stuart last Thursday for the second of two meets they ran at last week. Two days after running at the Clarke Invitational, Mount Ayr ran at the West Central Valley Invitational in Stuart. Both teams will be back in action this week, running at the Centerville Big Red…
Read MoreClose loss in rematch with Lenox
The Mount Ayr Raiderettes had only one match last week, but it was a big one. Earlier this season, the Raiderettes beat POI favorite Lenox at the Tigers home tournament four days into this season. That score was 2-1 in favor of Mount Ayr. Last Tuesday, the match would flip and go the way of…
Read MoreSnapshots of History by Mike Avitt
I recently posted this picture on Facebook and got quite a few replies. I’ll give you a brief history of the Maloy High School. Maloy’s Centennial Book says a school was built in Maloy in 1895. I didn’t find any information concerning that, but in 1917, the same year Delphos built a new schoolhouse, the…
Read MoreLOOKING BACK October 5, 2023
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, October 10, 1923.) Frank Lundin, the young Swede from New London, Henry county who last year won the championship in pitching horseshoes and is state champion this year, visited Frank Jackson of Kellerton who previously held both state and national records. The two men gave an…
Read MorePool engineer is selected by city council
City to move into design phase for new Judge Lewis pool The process to build a new pool at Judge Lewis Park took a major step forward Monday evening as the Mount Ayr City Council selected Waters Edge Aquatic Design of Kansas City to oversee the project. Both Waters Edge and JEO Consulting Group of…
Read MoreZimmerman trial moved to Adair County on change of venue
Former Ringgold County Conservation Director Kate Zimmerman will have an opportunity to plead her case against the State of Iowa later this month. Zimmerman’s attorney, Tammy Westhoff Gentry of Parrish Kruidenier Gentry, Brown, Bermann & Messamer, L.L.P. requested a change of venue due to conflicts of interest with the Ringgold County Attorney’s Office. The criminal…
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