Raiderette basketball begins Tuesday
Raiderette basketball is entering its 16th season under Thad Streit who has coached the team to a 250-92 record in the previous 15 years. This year, coach Streit will be joined by first year assistant coach, but familiar face, Jensen Stewart. Stewart is a graduate of Mount Ayr and played in two state tournaments for…
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BY MIKE AVITT Mount Ayr High School’s first football field was located in Sheldon Heights. I have read that the football team also played at Saville’s (baseball) field but I don’t know where that was located. Chautauqua was held at Sheldon Heights prior to houses being built there beginning in 1913. In 1923, the Mount…
Read MoreDear Editor
Dear Editor, Mr. Sickels, by his own admission in his last letter to the Mt. Ayr Record News, watches the Fox News channel twenty to thirty hours a week which would seem to leave him little time to listen and view other news sources, let alone news sources from printed or digital media. My views…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, November 22 1922.) The football game at Bedford reminded us of politics-it consisted of a mud slinging. And with the usual result one party proved to be more proficient in the art and this party was Bedford. The final score was 6 to 18. Mount Ayr…
Read MoreFrench recalls career as business leader
by Mike Avitt What do you do after a seventy-four year career? Well, if you’re Bill French, you shoot for seventy-five. And although this amazing story does not yet have an ending, it does have a beginning. It all started on July 6, 1929 in the Woodland area of Monroe Township, Ringgold County. William…
Read MoreCounty Fair Board looks to add event center to Commercial Building
At the Ringgold County Supervisors regular meeting on Monday, November 14, Fairboard member Dr. Keith Miller and Marci Werner met with the Board of Supervisors to discuss improvements on the fairgrounds, namely the commercial building project, that they are raising funds for. The fair board is planning on a new 80’x40’ addition that would include…
Read MoreSchool board hears morale concerns
An unexpectedly large crowd was in attendance at the regular meeting of the Mount Ayr Community Schools Board of Directors Monday, November 14. On the heels of receiving the prestigious National Blue Ribbon for Academic Excellence, the MAC board learned of potential dissension among district staff. In his opening remarks, director Russell Schuitema reported a…
Read MoreMount Ayr Elementary earns national Blue Ribbon for academic excellence
Mount Ayr Elementary School is among five Iowa schools recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2022. November 3-4 U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel A. Cardona recognized 297 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2022 based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps…
Read MoreLaVONNE NELSON
LaVonne Nelson, age 71, passed away peacefully at home with her daughter and son-in-law by her side in West Des Moines, IA on November 4, 2022 after a hard fought battle against multiple myeloma. LaVonne was born in Maryville, MO on March 19, 1951, the youngest daughter to Everett and Lenore (Zollman) King. She grew…
Read MoreALLAN DOLECHECK
Allan Dolecheck was born on April 25, 1962, in Des Moines, IA, to Leland and Sandra (Wood) Dolecheck. He was a husband, father and friend to many. Allan passed away unexpectedly on October 30, 2022, at the age of 60. Allan graduated from Clarke Community High School in 1980. He received many honors during high…
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