Raiderettes split first two contests
Lamoni 44, Mt. Ayr 37 Mount Ayr’s first outing of the season wasn’t a pretty one as they travelled to Lamoni to face the Demons. The Raiderettes shot 16 percent from the field, but only lost by seven, in a game that saw a combined 52 fouls, 24 towards the Raiderettes and 28 towards the…
Read MoreRaiders stunned in first outing
Clarke 79, Mt. Ayr 43 The Raiders opened the season with a tough outing against the Clarke Indians Monday night, falling to the 3A team 79-43 at the buzzer. Mount Ayr was unable to get a bucket until the Indians had already put the Raiders in an 18-point deficit. The first points came from a…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
BY MIKE AVITT The west side of the Mt. Ayr square was being renovated when I took this photo on October 11, 2012. Deb Larson has been at 106 E. South Street with her insurance business since 2008. At first, she was with Farmers Insurance, but is independent now with The Insurance Station at the…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record -News, Thursday, December 7, 1921.) The case of the state of Iowa vs Frances Tope, charged with the crime of adultery, commenced Tuesday and has held the attention of the court ever since. It seems to be conducted along the sensational order and is drawing large…
Read MoreHoliday Lights in the Park back for fourth year
Join Ringgold County Conservation and the Ringgold Conservation Foundation for the fourth annual Holiday Lights in the Park event at Poe Hollow Park (2434 State Hwy 2 – Mount Ayr). “This year’s displays are the biggest, brightest and best yet,” said RCCB director Kate Zimmerman. “Ringgold County Conservation staff has been working tirelessly to turn…
Read MoreWaldeier to open accounting firm here
An empty storefront on the north side of the Mount Ayr square will soon be filled thanks to a young family returning home after years in the city. Morgan (Rumple) Waldeier, CPA with the firm of Timmins, Jacobsen & Strawhacker of Urbandale, will hold an open house Thursday, December 9 at her new branch office…
Read MoreCOVID numbers a mixed bag
The six-county area shows a wide range of new COVID cases over the past seven days according to statistics compiled by the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). According to IDPH on Monday, both Ringgold and Adams counties had recorded seven new cases over the past seven days among those who had been tested. That…
Read MoreMACHS Class of 2021 National Honor Society members inducted
by Dr. Abby Elliott, NHS sponsor The following students were inducted into the Parnassus Chapter of the National Honor Society at Mount Ayr Community High School on November 24: Halsie Barnes, Linsie Barnes, Brady Bickel, Becca Dolecheck, Joie Gallo, Alexis Greenland, Jillian Kniep, Jaydon Knight, Zoey Larsen, Raines Sackett, Natalie Schaefer, Kaylie Shields, Madison Shields,…
Read MoreCorwin Dwight Karr, Jr
Corwin Dwight Karr, Jr, son of Corwin Dwight Karr, Sr and LaVonne (Gregg) Karr, was born November 6, 1948 in Mount Ayr, IA. Corwin, better known as Junior, learned to work hard at an early age. Junior farmed and did a lot of welding. He enjoyed earning extra money by trapping. In later years, Junior…
Read MoreFrancis Edwin Willis
Francis Edwin Willis was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 25, 1942, the only child of his parents Greta and Shelby Willis. After Shelby finished his military career, the family moved to a farm near Pleasanton, Iowa, where Francis attended country school until starting high school at Leon High School. He accepted the Lord…
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