Looking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 11, 1923.) One of the outstanding industries in Iowa is that of the manufacture of cement. The demand for this material as a substitute for lumber, brick and steel in buildings and the large use for paving and road building has placed a heavy tax…
Read MoreArea Easter services planned
Easter is right around the corner and Ringgold county is preparing. Churches around the county are holding Good Friday and/or Easter Sunday services as Good Friday falls on April 7, while Easter Sunday is April 9. On Saturday, April 8, the annual Easter egg hunt on the Ringgold County Courthouse lawn will begin at 10…
Read MoreJudge Lewis pool to be closed
There will be no swimming in Mount Ayr this summer after split votes from the Mount Ayr City Council. A sizable crowd filled the chairs at the council meeting Monday evening to learn the fate of the swimming pool at Judge Lewis Park. Hopes of keeping the outdoor pool afloat abruptly sank after an update…
Read MoreLEROY WAYNE WOOD
LeRoy Wayne Wood, son of Donald and Pauline (Gray) Wood, was born on June 14, 1938, at his grandparent’s homestead outside of Ellston, IA. He passed from this life on March 23, 2023, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (his paradise). He attended and graduated from Ellston High School in 1957. In May of 1957, he married…
Read MoreWILLIS GENE CORNELISON
Willis Gene (Willie) Cornelison 74, Cainsville, MO passed away Sunday March 19, 2023, at the Liberty, MO hospital. He was born May 5, 1948, in Osceola, IA the son of Oliver Harold and Pauline Charlotte (Smiley) Cornelison. Willie graduated from Webster City High School in Webster City, IA in 1966. He was united in marriage…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
I took three pictures of this building in Caledonia before it was burned by the owner in 2007. It was once used by Dr. Allen W. Reynolds. Dr. Reynolds retired about 1940. Caledonia was established in 1855 by the Swigart, Stuck, and Walter families. The new village was located near the Dragoon Trace, a military…
Read MoreMystery donations
To the editor: How to successfully manage a presidential campaign from your basement. Start with biased media, 51 lying security “experts” and end with stuffed ballot boxes! Works every time it is tried! In four years an 80-year-old woman made 9,000 political donations ($2.00 to $3.00 each). The total was over $330,000. She can prove…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 4, 1923.) Fortieth Session General Assembly: There is considerable friction in state game and fish circles over what is claimed to be inequality in the present game law. It exacts a license from hunters but none from those who fish but money obtained from the…
Read MoreRCCB funding sparks debate
Monday, March 27, the Ringgold County Board of Supervisors met in regular session. At 11 a.m., the Board of Supervisors met with the Ringgold County Conservation Board in a budget workshop. The Board of Supervisors in attendance were Steve Knapp, Randy Taylor and Colby Holmes. Ringgold County Auditor, Amanda Waske, was also in attendance. Dale…
Read MoreCensus numbers reveal area demographic trends
As more detailed data is released from the 2020 census, an analysis of that data is available to the public on the Data USA website (https://datausa.io/). In 2014, two organizations – Deloitte and Datawheel – and Caesar Hildago, director of Collective Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with the collection of experts across…
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