[From Lancaster (Neb.) County Citizen Feb. 16, 1922] The favorite story told by Mount Ayr, Iowa, people is of the day when Warren G. Harding, now president of the United States, was mistaken for a tramp printer and kindly given a few hours’ work by the proprietor of the Record-News . Mr. Harding was a…

The Board of Trustees for Ringgold County Hospital and the Mount Ayr Medical Clinic met for the annual fiscal year 2022-23 budget meeting on March 14. Presenting the budget was Missy Walter, CFO. Walter began the budget presentation with a mix of both decreases and increases in specified departments estimating a $1.4 M loss for…

An out-of-control vehicle caused damage to a Mount Ayr business establishment Thursday, March 10. According to the report from the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 3:30 p.m., 33-year-old Ben Graham of Mount Ayr was driving a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer eastbound on Highway 2. While attempting to manually adjust the passenger side mirror, Graham lost…

Governor Kim Reynolds recently announced the appointment of Alaina Whittington to the State Board of Education. Alaina was selected from student applicants across Iowa. With 69% or 258 districts in Iowa with enrollments less than 1000 students, Alaina will be a strong advocate for small schools across Iowa. She is involved in multiple extracurricular activities…

Who doesn’t like a good road trip? And who doesn’t like a good shopping trip? So what could be better than combining the two into “Road Trip Ringgold,” a new day-long event planned as a partnership between the Mount Ayr Chamber of Commerce and Ringgold County Economic Development. Scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to…