Ayr Days ready to entertain!
The annual Ayr Days celebration is set for this Saturday, August 26. With the theme “Till the Cows Come Home” this year’s Ayr Days will feature a full day’s worth of fun and activities for all ages. The event is sponsored by the Mount Ayr Chamber of Commerce. The Mount Ayr Public Library will be…
Read MoreDeputy sheriff requests Rental Housing Program
Ringgold County Deputy Sheriff Chad Hunt urged the Mount Ayr City Council Monday evening to get a Rental Housing Program done and in place. Hunt relayed to the council that a large number of calls to the sheriff’s department are made to such housing where problems with drugs, safety of children, domestic abuse and other…
Read MorePassion for airplanes takes flight
While some teenagers take on a summer job, stay active in sports, or rest and relax, one Mount Ayr student learned to fly an airplane this summer thanks to the United States Air Force. Aidan Murphy traveled to South Dakota State University, SD this past July to attend a three-week introductory course offered by Aim…
Read MoreMACS Hall of Fame Banquet September 16
Tickets for the 2023 Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony are now available. The Mount Ayr Community Schools Hall of Fame was established created to honor graduates, employees, teams, individuals, and friends of the Mount Ayr Community School for their accomplishments and/or service to the Mount Ayr Community School, and to inspire our students…
Read MoreRick Walters
A celebration of life for Rick Walters, 54, of Chariton, IA will be held Wednesday, August 16, 2023, from 4-7 p.m. at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Chariton. Everyone is welcome to come and visit and tell stories as we celebrate Rick’s life. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Lucas County…
Read MoreRobert (Bob) Leland McMath
Robert (Bob) Leland McMath, 93, of Lenox, passed away August 6, 2023, at home. Bob was born on November 12, 1929, on a farm outside of Clearfield, IA, to Leland and Edna (Hartman) McMath at the start of the Great Depression. He was raised on farms around the Clearfield area, attending area rural school and…
Read MoreBring gnomes home
To the editor: On July 27, a family of three gnomes were stolen out of my yard on East Jefferson Street. One ended up in the middle of an intersection and was picked up by the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Department. After spending a night in “jail”, he was released to go back to his home.…
Read MoreLOOKING BACK August 17, 2023
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, August 22, 1923.) Five indicted for robbery-Trial of Fred Stacy will begin in district court Friday morning. Stacy is one of the two men taken in charge by the officer a week ago Monday evening after an exciting chase after the five yeggs who burglarized the…
Read MoreMACS student enrollment increasing
Online registration, bus routes, IASB annual policy updates, enrollment numbers, and new teachers and staff were reviewed at the regular meeting of the Mount Ayr Community Schools board of directors on August 14. Online registration The school board was eager to learn how the transition from paper forms to online school registration went after implementing…
Read MoreTHE GREAT MOUNT AYR GNOME CAPER
Garden gnomes have become a popular accessory in many gardens. In certain locale, however, the garden gnomes have become the target of pranks: People have been known to return garden gnomes “to the wild,” notably France’s Front de Liberation des Nains de Jardins and Italy’s MALAG (Garden Gnome Liberation Front). Some kidnapped garden gnomes have…
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