Trump was a success
To the editor: No response to my search for a bumper sticker, Four Americans Died and Hillary Lied. I will have our local company Podium Ink make one. They do excellent work at reasonable prices! If all my political news came from NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NPR I would have political views similar to…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, August 9, 1922.) Gail Dalton has taken possession of the Benton Garage. He has Mr. Edd Darr for a partner. J.A. Bliss, county agent of Ringgold County urges that the weed fight in Iowa be made a community affair, rather than one in which the individual…
Read MoreNovember pool vote off the table for city
At its meeting Monday, August 1, the Mount Ayr city council learned a wrench has been thrown into its plan to set a bond referendum in November to help finance construction of a new pool in Judge Lewis Park. The city’s bond attorney Michael Maloney has informed city administrator Brent Wise of an obscure Iowa…
Read MorePre-design campaign begins for Ringgold Center
A group of county residents have announced a fundraising campaign to finance pre-design services for a proposed multi-purpose facility. In the early planning stages, the working name of the facility is the “Ringgold Center.” According to a promotional flier from project organizers, this facility would provide space for a variety of uses: • Career and…
Read MoreHospital board receives June, year-end financial report
by Brenda Grose The final month financial report for fiscal year 2022 and the appointment of a new board member led topic discussion at a fairly brief regular monthly meeting of Ringgold County Hospital’s Board of Trustees, Monday, July 25. In the preliminary financial report presented by chief financial officer Missy Walter, several areas of…
Read MoreYouths injured in roll-over accident
The Ringgold County Sheriff’s office responded to an accident involving three minors July 28. According to the accident report, a minor was driving around Tingley in a reckless manner without adult supervision in a 2003 Ford F150. The minor driver also had two other minor passengers in the vehicle at the time off the accident.…
Read MoreMARCIA LOUISE ANDERSON RUSSELL
Marcia Louise Anderson Russell passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, with her family by her side at the EveryStep Hospice House in Creston, IA. She was born on May 24, 1950, in Corning, IA to Wilma Lucille Damewood Anderson and Leon “Swede” Anderson. She graduated high school from Bedford Community School in 1968. She…
Read MoreLINDA KAY KOHL
Linda Kay Kohl, daughter of Cecil and Inez (Marshall) Kneedler, was born December 27, 1943, in Afton, IA. While young, the family moved to various small towns in southern Iowa. She attended a small country school called Beerbower, just west of Winterset, where she walked to school every day. When she was little, she had…
Read MoreRUTH ANN MCDONNELL
Ruth Ann McDonnell (née Arends) was born in Huron, SD, on May 19, 1951, and went home to God on July 22, 2022. Ruth was the only child born to James and Rozella Delight (née Olmstead) Arends. She grew up in South Dakota and attended school in Iroquois, Lake Preston, DeSmet, Beresford and Highmore, from…
Read MoreRaiderettes end season in Fort Dodge
Van Meter 12, Mt. Ayr 3 The Raiderettes played a second game at Fort Dodge, entering the consolation bracket after their first round loss to Central Springs on Tuesday. Van Meter (31-10) also fell in the first round, matching up the two squads in the fifth place consolation bracket. Unfortunately, for the Raiderettes, they fell…
Read More