Raiders setting sights on POI after wins
Mount Ayr 87, Lenox 59 The Mount Ayr Raiders traveled to Lenox last week where they faced the Lenox Tigers. Things stayed close in the first quarter, but Mount Ayr led 21-17 after the first quarter. Lenox struggled to score against the Mount Ayr defense in the second, scoring only eight, while the Raiders led…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
Kellerton’s first high school burned in February of 1895 and a new brick school was built that year. The new school building was 52 feet square, two stories high, and opened in December 1895. It was obsolete in twenty years. In July 1915, F. X. White received the contract for the construction of Kellerton’s new…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 31, 1923.) H.W. Terrell, who upon his retirement from the office of sheriff January 1, accepted a position as federal prohibition agent, came home Friday for a few day’s visit with his family. Mr. Terrell has been working at Dubuque, where one raid netted 900…
Read MoreGepner still face of library 22 years later
Walk into the Mount Ayr Public Library and you are destined to meet longtime librarian Mary Kathryn Gepner. Mary Kathryn grew up in Benton and graduated from Mount Ayr Community High School. After graduation, Mary Kathryn went on to teach history and government at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs where she retired after…
Read MoreU.S. Postal Service sets new rates for 2023
Price changes to mailing services took effect on January 22. The new rates include a three-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp to 63 cents. The metered mail 1-ounce price will increase to 60 cents and the price of a domestic postcard stamp will increase to 48 cents. A one-ounce letter…
Read MoreCAR GUYSGlendenning family spotlighted for 70 years of service to the local community
By Mike Avitt It’s likely that more new and used cars have passed through the hands of a man named Glendenning than any other name in Ringgold County history. And that number is still rising. Lloyd Glendenning graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1949 and married LaVerne Smith in 1951. Sons Paul and Todd…
Read MoreConservation board highlights supervisor meeting
The Monday, January 23 meeting of the Ringgold County Board of Supervisors, was an all day event. The meeting ran from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and encompassed mostly fiscal year 2024 budget workshops. The purpose of these budget workshops is for various County entities and organizations to submit proposals for funding to the County…
Read MoreDAVID M. PERRY
David M. Perry, age 65, Grant City, MO died Friday, January 13, 2023, at Mosaic Medical Center, Albany, MO. David was born December 15, 1957, in Corning, IA. He was the son of Merrill Vernon and Mary Lou (Huelett) Perry. David was united in marriage to Lisa Groom, May 23, 1987, at the Allendale Baptist…
Read MoreShaha receives Wrestler of Character award
Creston JV Tournament Mount Ayr traveled to Creston for a junior varsity tournament, getting some quality mat time for the young Raider wrestlers. Tegan Hill wrestled at 142-144, falling to Creston’s Evan Abel in round by in 3:25. Hill then fell in 4:40 to Bedford’s Kase Coleman before falling to Conner Williams of Clarke by…
Read MoreWise takes top step on podium at Valley High
West Central Valley The Southern Tier wrestling team traveled to Stuart for the West Central Valley Wrestling Invitational. At the meet, 13 teams participated, with Southern Tier taking third overall with 58 points, behind West Marshall who took first with 227 and Creston who had 85. Team Scores 1 West Marshall 227 2 Creston 85…
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