Snapshot of History
BY MIKE AVITT Thanks to David Cunning for this great photo of Bob Geigel and Mount Ayr High School wrestling coach, Doyle Thomas, in an exhibition match at the Mount Ayr High School gym on March 24, 1965. You may remember Bob Geigel from his days wrestling for promoter Gust Karras on Big 2 Wrestling…
Read MoreThe Legion needs you!
To the editor: I am a proud American Legion Auxiliary member. Why? Because my husband and three brothers served in WWII and Korea. My husband served in the Philippines, my oldest brother served in the India-China Burma theater, my middle brother served in New Guinea and my youngest brother served in Korea. Plus I had…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 30, 1921.) The first public highway across the state was promoted by Hon. Lafayette Young of Des Moines and it was given the name of the River-To-River Highway and was duly marked. There are numerous roads now that were evolved from the success of…
Read MoreMurder mystery takes MACHS stage
The Mount Ayr Community High School Drama Department will present its spring production of Murder on the 518 this weekend. The light-hearted murder mystery will take the MACHS stage Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 at 7 p.m. both evenings. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. Synopsis: Red-eye travelers on the…
Read MoreLt. Gov. Gregg making two county stops
Iowa Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg will make two stops in Ringgold County today (Thursday) as part of his 99-county tour. First, Gregg will stop by Werner Feed Efficiency Testing Center located at 1954 180th Street in Diagonal at approximately 4:30 p.m. Werner Feed Efficiency Testing Center is a facility that measures the individual feed intake…
Read MorePandemic isolation results in published novel
The coronavirus pandemic inspired a Grant City woman to take a leap of faith – to write her first novel. Today, that novel – The Flame Manipulator by Kandi Hughes – is available at Jamie’s Coffee Mill and Deli and at Country Blossoms in Mount Ayr. Hughes, the bookkeeper/board secretary for the Grant City, MO…
Read MorePride of Iowa All-Conference boys teams announced
The Pride of Iowa Conference released their All-Conference boys basketball team recently. The Raiders saw Jaixen Frost and Erik Trujillo selected to the first team, with Frost receiving a unanimous vote. Payton Weehler was selected to the second team, while Cody Larson was given an Honorable Mention. Throughout the season, all four Raiders selected were…
Read MoreJIMMY LAMONT THOMAS and MARGARET JONES THOMAS
Jimmy “Jim” Lamont Thomas was born in Richland township, Grand River IA on August 20, 1936 to Alva and Grace Thomas. He passed from this life on October 10, 2020 at the Clarke County Hospital at the age of 84 years. Margaret (Marge) Jones Thomas was born in Union township, Ellston IA on August 20,…
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BY MIKE AVITT I took this week’s photo on May 15, 2010. This was originally Monroe No. 8 and it was moved to the Daughton property north of Kellerton after being retired as a schoolhouse. Bob Sickels and a crew moved the building to the Ringgold County Fairgrounds in October 1992 where the restoration work…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 23, 1921.) Young Bear, the son of the last Chief of the Mesquakie Indians on the reservation in Tama County, and who would probably be reigning as his successor but for the action of the Indian department in refusing to recognize any more Indian…
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