LOOKING BACK with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, February 21, 1923.) The Des Moines Bible Association will present a bill to the legislature in the very near future which will have for its object the prohibition of the teaching of any theory that questions the authenticity of the Bible. The burning out of a…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
BY MIKE AVITT I’ve written about this photo before but I have further information. The picture comes from the Orr Fisher collection and was taken in 1939. The December 2, 1875 Ringgold Record newspaper describes the construction of this building, the buildings to the west, and the occupants. There were three buildings built at the…
Read MoreSchool Board addresses lunch program concerns
The recent concerns with the school lunch program, several resignations and hirings, and necessary budget expenses were the main topics of the February 13 meeting of the Mount Ayr Community School Board. Discussion of the school lunch program, stemmed from a report that appeared on KCCI news on January 26. At the time, a mass…
Read MoreShipley, Wood face local constituents
Senator Tom Shipley and Representative Devon Wood were present for the legislative coffee presented by the chamber of commerce on Saturday February 11. A crowd of approximately 25 people attended, and there was significant audience participation. Both the senator and the representative began by giving a synopsis of their personal history and their accomplishments in…
Read MoreMount Ayr quality of life ranks high among residents
How are some towns able to thrive even as their population shrinks in size? This is the question driving a grant-funded research project led by Kimberly Zarecor, Ph.D. Professor of Architecture, and Jennifer Drinkwater, Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture at Iowa State University. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the two professors are…
Read MoreEDNA MARIE PARKER
Edna Marie Parker was born at home June 8, 1930 to Zenas Robert and Eunice Elva (White) Kilgore on the family farm five miles North of Diagonal on County Road P33/Pole Road and died peacefully at Ringgold County Hospital on Sunday morning, January 29, 2023. Edna was the fourth of five kids and walked to…
Read MorePARKER GIL COPPER
Parker Gil Copper, age three months, the son of Chance Gil and Shasta Jo (Masters) Copper, was born October 16, 2022, in Des Moines, IA. He went to be with Jesus in Heaven on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at Unity Point Hospital in Des Moines, IA. Parker was the joy of his parents’ and his…
Read MoreRaiderettes finish 15-6 on season
Nodaway Valley 50, Mount Ayr 44 The Mount Ayr Raiderette basketball team took to the road January 31 to face the Nodaway Valley Wolverines in their second meeting of the season. The first meeting between to two saw Nodaway Valley with the 63-47 victory, but this game in Greenfield came down to another final seconds…
Read MoreRaiders take share of POI title
Mount Ayr 64, Nodaway Valley 59 The Mount Ayr Raiders had a mission on Tuesday, January 31 when they traveled to Greenfield to face the Nodaway Valley Wolverines. A victory over the Wolverines would keep the Pride of Iowa title alive for the Raiders. In their first meeting this season, Nodaway Valley defeated Mount Ayr…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
BY MIKE AVITT Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and say, “why did that happen?”. It happens to me every night. By 1917, every incorporated town in Ringgold County had built a brick high school except Knowlton, Ellston, and Beaconsfield. In 1917 only Mount Ayr had electricity, but Diagonal soon…
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