Raiders take Pride of Iowa title
In a week with five games, the Raiders dropped one. The Mount Ayr baseball team opened with the 13-10 win over Wayne before hosting Southeast Warren which saw the Raiders fall to the Warhawks before coming back to win the next three. SEW 3, Mt. Ayr 2 The Raiders opened the game with a run…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
BY MIKE AVITT There was a building boom in Mount Ayr in the early 1890s and this building was one of the results of that boom. Built in 1891 for grocer Thomas Liggett, the building housed Liggett’s grocery store on the ground floor while the upstairs was occupied by Ellis C. Miller Post 96 of…
Read MoreVote to save abortion
To the editor: If the six Supreme Court justices who made the majority decision to overturn Roe v. Wade think that they have settled the issue once and for all, I suggest they consider the Dred Scott decision in 1857. This decision of the then Chief Justice Roger B. Taney caused outrage and anger, further…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, July 5, 1922.) Miss Ruth Michael of Diagonal has been selected by the judges as the most beautiful girl in Ringgold County. Register subscribers have watched with interest the progress of the Register-Iowa State Fair beauty contest. The selection of county winners has bee made from…
Read MoreLocal volunteers build beds for kids
No kid sleeps on the floor in our town. That is the mission statement of a national charitable organization known as Sleep in Heavenly Peace. This past weekend that slogan was brought to life as volunteers from Ringgold and Union counties came together to build 20 beds for local kids in need. Robin McDonnell, a…
Read MoreMount Ayr native new hospital president
CHI Health is pleased to announce that Alicia Reed has accepted the offer to serve as president of CHI Health Mercy Corning. Reed started serving in this role fulltime June 7. Alicia (Still) Reed is a 1997 Mount Ayr Community High School graduate. Reed is not a new face to CHI Health Mercy Corning as…
Read MoreJERRY WAYNE MARLER
Jerry Wayne Marler, youngest child of Roy and Maude (Rinehart) Marler, was born February 15, 1939, in Grant City, MO and passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, IA surrounded by family. He graduated with the class of 1957 from Grant City High School. Jerry was married to Mary Ruth…
Read MoreMARIAN L. FERRY
Marian L. (Johnson) Ferry, 95, of Blue Springs, MO, passed away from natural causes on Saturday, June 18, 2022 at The Parkway Senior Living facility where she had been a resident for seven years. She was born March 15, 1927 in Fostoria, OH to Fred and Edith Brandeberry. At the age of five she moved…
Read MoreJEFFREY DAVID JOBE
Jeffrey David Jobe arrived in this world on April 20, 1961, the first born to James and Glenda Jobe in Des Moines, IA. Jeff would be joined a little over a year later by his sister, Denise, and shortly after by his brother, Greg. Jeff grew up with these two playmates always in tow. The…
Read MoreRAYMOND VAUGHN BANNER
Raymond Vaughn Banner, son of Vilas C. and Mary A. (Clark) Banner, was born December 16, 1937, at rural Tingley, IA in the home of his grandparents, Dellno and Lola Banner. He grew up on several farms in Ringgold County and attended various country and town grade schools. In 1956 he graduated from Benton High…
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