Road Trip Ringgold set for June 3
The second annual “Road Trip Ringgold” event is gearing up to bring the community together and visitors to the area on June 3, 2023. This one-day event is held annually the first Saturday in June to highlight Ringgold County and all the communities that encompass it. The event was born out of a partnership between…
Read MoreGolliday retires after 48 years at Hy-Vee
As of March 4th, 2023, one familiar “helpful smile in every aisle” is missing. That’s because Kirk Golliday retired after forty-eight years of employment at Mount Ayr’s Hy-Vee Food Store. In fact, forty-eight years to the day; March 4, 1975 to March 4, 2023. Hy-Vee first came to Mount Ayr in October 1947 when Hy-Vee…
Read MoreRaiderettes season ends at regional final
The Raiderette golf team traveled to Lynville-Sully to play at Diamond Trail golf Club on Wednesday, May 17 where they looked to compete in making a State Tournament appearance. The Raiderettes in the end came up short. Team Scores 1 Grundy Center 350 2 BCLUW 365 3 Woodward-Granger 409 4 Pleasantville 417 5 Colfax-Mingo 424…
Read MoreMount Ayr makes noise at State Track
The state track meet was one to remember, with great weather and three days of events which were all well executed by the Raider and Raiderette track teams. Starting on Thursday, the Raiderette shuttle hurdle relay team consisting of Tegan Streit, Aubree Shields, Kaylie Shields and MaKenna Jones opened the state meet with a 12th…
Read MoreCecil and Trudy Shafer
Graveside services for Cecil and Trudy Shafer will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 3 at the Tingley Cemetery. Frances Gertrude “Trudy” Shafer passed away on November 2, 2022, in Surprise, AZ. She was born in Union County, IA on September 27, 1935, to Elton and Frances Priest. She graduated from Tingley Independent High School…
Read MoreDavid Mark Perry
David Mark Perry, age, 65, passed away at Mosiac Life Care Albany, MO, on January 13, 2023. David was born on December 15, 1957 in Corning, IA to Merrill and Mary Lou (Hulett) Perry. He was born into a musical and artistic family. His first exposure to the piano, as a toddler, was taking a…
Read MoreHelen Louise Sickels Hunt
Helen Louise Sickels Hunt was born October 14, 1936, to Duane E. Sickels and Leta Mae Jones Sickels in a farmhouse just across the Iowa state line into Missouri. She attended various schools during her school years starting in Mount Ayr and finishing her high school education in Mount Ayr in May of 1955. Helen…
Read MoreRita Elaine Adkisson
Rita Elaine Adkisson, age 75, of Grand River, IA, the daughter of William Dean and Marjorie Marie (Boord) Fear, was born on April 11, 1948, at Leon, IA. She died at Westview Acres in Leon, IA on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Rita graduated in 1966, from Mount Ayr High School in Mount Ayr, IA. She…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
BY MIKE AVITT This building in Diagonal was erected in 1909 for A. W. Marts and Dr. A. E. Jessup. After the previous newspaper plant burned, Carson Williams bought some printing equipment and placed it in the Jessup building in December 1917. Williams started a new newspaper called the Diagonal Reporter in January 1918. Thomas…
Read MoreLooking Back in the Early Files
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, May 30, 1923.) Why vote “Yes” on courthouse proposition. Election will be held Monday, June 4, 1923. 1. Rinngold County needs a courthouse. 2. County records should be protected. 3. Value of property affected by the delay. 4. Responsibility is with the voters. 5. Equitable distribution…
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