Snapshots of History
BY MIKE AVITT I took this week’s picture with a black and white disposable camera in 2004. The scene has changed a great deal since I took this photo and it is changing again soon. Ground was broken on Wishard Chapel’s new church building the second week of July 2023. The current church building was…
Read MoreLOOKING BACK in the Early Files
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, July 25, 1923.) The housewives who have electric washers were disappointed this morning. Got all ready to wash and found there was no power. The American Legion had charge of the 4th of July celebration in Grinnell and Storm Lake. Each took out rain insurance. At…
Read MoreMACS revenue purpose plan will be on November ballot
The Mount Ayr Community School District’s revenue purpose statement was reviewed and approved at the July 10 regular meeting of the Mount Ayr Community Schools board of directors. Approving the statement now allows the district to put it on the November 7, 2023 ballot for public vote. The Mount Ayr CSD revenue purpose statement will…
Read MoreCouncil makes move on city nuisance properties
The council discussed alternative ways of remedying four properties that are no longer occupied in addition to other city projects at the regular meeting of the Mount Ayr City Council Monday, July 17. Nuisance Properties City superintendent Brent Wise presented four vacant properties to the council, noting there were more houses that will need to…
Read MoreTwo vie for open council position
Two local residents seek to gain public favor in the upcoming special election on August 1. Chandra Poore and Warren Angus will both appear on the special election ballot to fill a single vacant seat on the Mount Ayr City Council. The position became open when councilman Jordan Stewert moved outside the city limits. In…
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Most people remember this building as either Main Motor Co., Western Auto, or Farm & Home. This week we’ll look at several short-lived businesses that also called this building home and there were many. The building was constructed in 1946 for Gail Dalton and Wilbur Lynch as D & L Motor Co. at 116 N.…
Read MoreObituary- Wilma Bernice Messina
Wilma Bernice Messina was born on November 21, 1927, to William and Emily Maude (Pearce) Deemer “south of Decatur City, IA on the Walter Osborn place”. Her birth certificate records her to be the ninth child born to the family, but twin brother, Wayne, placed the count to ten, on that day. Wilma was one…
Read MoreRaiderette softball goes 12-13 on the season
Mt. Ayr 10, GVC 5 The Raiderettes played their first round regional game on Wednesday evening against Grand View Christian where they punched their ticket to another regional semi-final in Truro for what would be their third year in a row. Linsie Barnes had a phenomenal preformance at the plate for the Raiderettes where she…
Read MoreRaiders finish season in district final
Mt. Ayr 3, CRB 2 The Raider baseball team had a strong showing in Coon Rapids on Wednesday evening in their district semifinal against the Coon Rapids-Bayard Crusaders. Both teams were strong on the mound on Wednesday, but Mount Ayr came out on top of the ninth ranked Coon Rapids-Bayard with a final score of…
Read MoreLOOKING BACK in the Early Files
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, July 18, 1923.) As a result of the explosion of the mangle in the steam laundry at Lamoni last Tuesday evening two men, H.A. Sturdyvin and Ray Chasey, were so badly scalded that all efforts to save their lives were in vain. President Harding has often…
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