Nuisances again lead council discussion
Nuisance properties were once again front and center during discussion at the Monday, April 4 Mount Ayr city council meeting. City administrator Brent Wise presented to the council a series of photographs of 11 properties within city limits that currently comprise the worse offenders of the city’s nuisance ordinances. Most of the properties targeted were…
Read MorePHYLLIS LAVENE FAUBION
Phyllis Lavene Faubion was born August 15, 1926, in Taylor County, IA to George and Guelda (Stephens) Moon. She went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 26, 2022, at the age of 95. Phyllis attended country school and then Blockton High School for three years, then graduated from Mount Ayr Public School.…
Read MoreROBERT EUGENE GRAHAM
Robert Eugene “Bob” Graham was born on October 12, 1941, in rural Diagonal to Roy Edward and Gladys Fern (Brown) Graham. He was the youngest of six children. He attended school at Mount Ayr, Benton, and Diagonal, class of 1960. He worked on the farm helping his brother’s Don and Dick and other farms in…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
BY MIKE AVITT High Point Methodist Church is well documented, being covered by S. L. Thompson in 1914. Raymond Banner further researched High Point and wrote about it fifteen or twenty years ago. High Point Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1874 and sat five miles east of Wishard Chapel or one mile west of…
Read MoreHunter Biden’s laptop
To the Editor: Hunter Biden abandoned his laptop at the repair shop prior to the 2020 presidential election. It contained incriminating information about Hunter and his father, Joe, known as the “Big Man.” Tony Isobolinski was a witness to much of his information. He and it were totally ignored by big media and law enforcement!…
Read MoreTrying to justify war
To the Editor: Friday, the Kremlin suggested a change in strategy in their war in Ukraine by announcing Russia was focusing on the “liberation” of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, where Russian backed rebels have partially controlled since 2014. Using words like liberation, is an attempt to justify a war of aggression against a…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 5, 1922.) A terrible accident happened Tuesday afternoon when the 2 o’clock train hit the Floyd Collier car on the crossing just southeast of town. Mr. Collier accompanied by Alf Cooper was driving along and did not see the train until it struck them. The…
Read MoreHy-Vee to stop inserts
HyVee customers who use their weekly ad insert to plan their shopping are being forced to go online or use a smartphone to get weekly specials starting next week. According to a release from Universal Media, Hy-Vee’s advertising agency, the decision follows extensive discussion and examination of the changes in both the news and retail…
Read MorePrimary candidates announced
The slate of candidates has been announced for the June 7 primary election. On the Republican side, three individuals are running to earn their party’s nomination to fill one position on the county board of supervisors: Marla Crawford, Rodney Shields, and Randy Taylor. (Current supervisor Ron Landphair is not seeking re-election.) Incumbent Republican county attorney…
Read MorePheasants Forever banquet tomorrow
The Ringgold County’s Chapter of Pheasants Forever annual banquet is fast approaching. Friday April 1 the Pheasants Forever Banquet will be held at the American Legion in Mount Ayr. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner starting at 7:00 p.m. with auction following. Prime rib cooked by Kevin Trullinger and sides by the Legion…
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