Raiders defeat previously undefeated Cardinals
Mount Ayr 58, SWV 35 The Raiders have been running the Pride of Iowa gauntlet and with two losses in the conference, Mount Ayr’s hopes at a title look slim, however, not completely out of reach. Tuesday, January 10 saw the Raiders on the road to Corning to face the Southwest Valley Timberwolves for the…
Read MoreRaiderettes add three more wins in busy week
Mount Ayr 47, SWV 41 The Mount Ayr Raiderettes secured their second win of the season over their Pride of Iowa rival in the Southwest Valley Timberwolves last week, by a score of 47-41. The Raiderettes started off fast, leading by 14 in the first quarter, before the Timberwolves made up ground in the second…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
BY MIKE AVITT We received a donation to the Mount Ayr Depot Museum recently. The donation consisted of documents, diplomas, land transfers, deeds, and financial statements. I saw one dated 1866. Let’s view some early history. There is an account in the January 20, 1881 Ringgold Record newspaper about Charles Schooler, the first white…
Read MoreVouchers don’t encourage excellence
To the editor: Iowa’s excellent public education system drew my wife and me back home in 1991. We’ve seen the communities our schools help create. As educators, we know what excellent education looks like. The Republican plan for private school vouchers will not encourage that excellence. In Iowa, private schools do not report on academic…
Read MoreMAGA is a danger
To the editor: Last year, the American people rejected extreme election deniers up and down the ballot. But we were unable to win every fight, and a tremendous threat to our democracy remains: the MAGA Republican majority in the House of Representatives. According to the Washington Post, over 70% of all House Republicans are themselves…
Read MoreAsks support for Ranger Kate
To the editor: The Ringgold County Conservation Board wishes to express its appreciation to County Conservation Executive Director, Kate Zimmerman. Kate has been the main catalyst for improvements to our parks for the last 12 years. Her enthusiastic and professional dedication to our county has been tremendous! Dragoon Trace Center, Liberty Lake, Picnics in the…
Read MoreSchool vouchers wrong
To the editor: In a glitzy ad campaign, a folksy Governor Kim Reynolds is trying to sell her so-called School Choice plan of tax payer funded “vouchers” so parents can send their kids to private schools. It is hard to see how the citizens of Ringgold County in the Diagonal and Mount Ayr Community Schools…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, January 24, 1923.) Jarnagin’s Weekly: E.R. Harlan, curator of the State Historical Department, has been giving special study and investigation to the historical setting of the Indian tribes who at various stages in the somewhat remote past occupied what is now Iowa. He says that the…
Read MoreCouple recounts Ukrainian experience
Laura and Volodomyr Kisarets, of Rivne Ukraine, are currently visiting family in Ringgold County, and sat down with the Record News to talk about their experiences. Laura is a 1998 graduate of Mount Ayr community high School. She is also the daughter of Carol Anne (Gilliland) and Bob Galloway. After earning her degree in elementary…
Read MoreLocal house is a total loss to fire
Last week, the house Wesley Dorsett was renting caught fire and burned to the ground. According to his daughter Jerney, the fire department came earlier in the day and thought they had extinguished the fire completely. At approximately 2 a.m. neighbor, Bill Schaefer, saw the house on fire again and called the fire department. Though…
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