Supervisors pass Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution
On a 2-1 vote, the Riggold County board of supervisors has passed a resolution designating Ringgold County as a Second Amendment Sanctuary County. While largely symbolic, the resolution was aimed “to publicly state the support of second amendment rights.” In the discussion leading up to the passage of the resolution, supervisor Ron Landphair said he…
Read MoreRaider Fall Festival this weekend
A new community celebration will take place this weekend. The Raider Fall Festival and All School Reunion will begin with the Mount Ayr Raider Homecoming football game Friday night and continue Saturday afternoon and evening with a long list of activities. Car show A Show and Shine featuring cars, trucks, tractors, and motorcycles will be…
Read MoreEnrollments up in Mount Ayr schools
Encouraging enrollment numbers and improving ACT scores highlighted the discussion at the Monday, September 13 meeting of the Mount Ayr Community Schools board of directors. Enrollment Elementary principal Chris Elwood reported a preliminary enrollment of 354 students in PreK through sixth grade, an increase of 34 students over the…
Read MoreFour to MACS Hall of Fame
After a year’s delay due to the COVID pandemic, induction ceremonies for the 2020/2021 class of the Mount Ayr Community Schools Hall of Fame will be held Saturday, September 18. New inductees include Kim (McGinnis) Foster, Eugene Ricker, Thomas Teale, Jr. and Harley Wilhelm. Social hour will begin at 5 p.m. in the high school…
Read MoreALLEN ANDREW JOHNSTON
Allen Andrew Johnston was born June 3, 1939 in Kansas City, KS to George Wesley and Marjory Guthrie Johnston and he passed away at Johnston Hospice House, Johnston, IA on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at the age of 82. He was named after both of his grandfathers, Allen Simpson Guthrie and Andrew Jackson Johnston. Shortly…
Read MoreEDNA MARIE SMALL
Edna Marie (Samuels) Small, age 87, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2021, at Mount Ayr Health Care Center with family by her side. She was born May 25, 1934, in Muscatine, IA, the first child of Carl and Minnie (Cary) Samuels. Edna grew up on the family farm with her parents and brother, Burton,…
Read MoreCHARLOTTE M. TODD
Charlotte M. Todd peacefully passed away September 1, 2021. During her last days, Charlotte had her seven children and her beloved dog by her side, along with many of her grandchildren. Charlotte was born June 15, 1938 in Paisley, OR to Charles D. and Ida L. Keith. Charlotte married Max Glendenning on December 14, 1957…
Read MoreMILDRED HARRIETT ELLISON CANNON
Mildred Harriett Ellison Cannon was born September 4, 1919, on a farm near Guss, in Taylor County and passed away September 6, 2021, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr at the age of 102. She was born to Wilbur Clay Ellison and Martha Jane Corbin Ellison. Mildred joined brothers, Ralph Wilson and Caroll Ellison, and…
Read MoreLORA HALEY BAXTER
Lora “Lou” Haley Baxter, of Foart Madison, IA, passed away at 8:55 p.m. on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. Lou was born in Mount Ayr, IA to Elbert and Anna Bowen Haley. On March 24, 1984 she married Leon Baxter in Fort Madison, IA. Lou went to high…
Read MoreLONNIE LOWELL HUNTSMAN
Lonnie Lowell Huntsman, son of Lowell Enos and Lila Irene (Day) Huntsman, was born May 31, 1946. Lonnie lived in Iowa and in recent years, made Mount Ayr his home. He was an over the road truck driver and did auto body repair work in younger years. Lonnie was an avid fisherman and enjoyed the…
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