Snapshot of History
BY MIKE AVITT State Highway 3 (now Highway 2) once came into Mt. Ayr from the east and turned north on what is now US 169. No. 3 then turned west on Monroe St. and continued halfway around the square, exiting town on Madison Street. That all changed in 1939 when the highway was routed…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 7, 1923.) Locomotive engineers are very much in earnest in an effort to get a bill through the legislature that will compel automobile drivers to slow down when approaching a railway crossing. They claim that watching for speeders at railway crossings is most nerve racking…
Read MoreLocal officials express disapproval of new bill
Friday, February 24 legislators, supervisors, and auditors from across district 9 came together to voice their strong opposition to Senate File 356. In overview, Senate File 356, formerly SSB1124, is a proposal which creates a link between taxable valuations and levy rates. When taxable valuations go up levy rates adjust down via an inflationary adjustment…
Read MoreEnrollment at Mount Ayr up slightly from last year
The certified enrollment for the Mount Ayr Community Schools increased slightly from 595.8 students in the 2021-2022 school year to 598.3 in the 2022-2023 school year. A comparison of last years and this years certified enrollment data , showed minor changes. Of particular concern was the current change to open enrollment procedures. The new open…
Read MoreMount Ayr Speech team performs well
The Mount Ayr Community High School Speech team had fourteen performers at the District Speech Contest. Of those, fourteen, ten have moved on to the state competition in Ames on March 11. Those receiving one (excellent) ratings included: Ryce Reynolds in Radio Broadcast, Jillian Kniep in Prose (short story), Tessa Kniep in Poetry, Becca Dolecheck…
Read MoreSAMUEL LEE WALLACE
Samuel Lee Wallace, 72, was received into Heaven on February 13, 2023, at his home in Gallatin, TN surrounded by his family. Sam was born to his parents, Chester and Doris Wallace on December 10, 1950. He grew up on the family farm near Benton, IA. He attended elementary school in Benton and then went…
Read MoreShaha takes fifth at State Tournament
Brock Shaha was the lone Raider at the Iowa State Wrestling Tournament that took place at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines February 15-18. As a state qualifier just a year ago, Shaha had brought back experience from the big stage and had his sights set on the top of the podium. Things were looking…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
BY MIKE AVITT The newspapers don’t often carry news about taverns but there were bits and pieces. When I combine that info with beer permit applications, which were published in the City Council proceedings, I get a partial story. This week’s photo is not in good focus but I can see Red Lamb’s Tavern at…
Read MoreMore important than guns
To the editor: Following yet another mass shooting which took away the bright promise of three young lives at Michigan State University, we need to ask ourselves this question, which is more important, the lives of children or unfettered access to guns? The facts of the Michigan State shooting are clear. The gunman, Anthony Dwayne…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, February 28, 1923.) Fortieth Session General Assembly- The house committee on the suppression of intemperance, of which introduced, a bill that has the endorsement of the senate committee on the suppression of intemperance of which McIntosh, of Decatur, is chairman. It takes into account a great…
Read More