Raiders two wins away from state basketball tournament berth
Mt. Ayr 78, SEW 48 The Raiders had two big games back-to-back last week, starting off int he first round of substate against Southeast Warren. The Warhawks and Raiders had played earlier in the year with the Raiders victorious after a 77-40 win. This game was much of the same, with Mount Ayr coming out…
Read MoreRaiderette season comes to a close with loss in Avoca
AHSTW 59. Mt. Ayr 29 Last Friday the Raiderettes traveled to Avoca to face the AHSTW Lady Vikes. Right out of the gate, AHSTW set the tone with a Claire Harris three. Mount Ayr fell behind early before a short run brought them within seven as the buzzer sounded, bringing an end to the first…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
BY MIKE AVITT I have cropped this week’s photo to make it more newspaper friendly. Shown are houses in Sheldon Heights in Mount Ayr looking north: 107, 103, and 102 Shellway Drive. You might be able to see the houses at 107 and 102 were built on the same floor plan. Sheldon Heights was named…
Read More‘Social Darwinism’ in Texas
To the editor: In the 2016 Republican primaries candidate Trump often gave his opponents disparaging nicknames, like “lying” Ted for Senator Ted Cruz who would win the Iowa caucus. The Senator’s ill timed trip to Cancun February, 17, has earned him another nickname “flying” Ted which may have a more lasting impact [the fact that…
Read MoreThe Grammar Gestapo
To the editor: Hello, my name is Carol Carter Jones. I grew up in Mount Ayr from 1957 to 1965, when I left to go to the University of Missouri for Journalism. My parents were Wayne and Violet Carter. I ended up as a teacher. My teenage grandson calls me the Grammar Gestapo. My husband,…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 3, 1921.) Burr Kuder, charged with bootlegging and held in Ringgold County jail to wait action of the grand jury at the March term of the district court, escaped from his cell and by digging through the brick wall under the east window on the…
Read MoreOpen enrollment impacts school budgets
One controversy currently swirled in the Iowa legislature is a proposal to provide public funding for Iowa public school students to attend a private school. Various arguments against the proposal are based upon the negative impact such a proposal would have on state aid to public school districts if a sizable number of students took…
Read MoreAxne seeks input from Shaffer, Geist
Third District Congresswoman Cindy Axne, Mount Ayr superintendent Jason Shaffer, and Ringgold County Economic Development director Jodie Geist met via a Zoom teleconference Friday, February 19 to discuss COVID, broadband Internet access, and other subjects important to Ringgold County. Axne was curious about how the Mount Ayr schools had handled the various COVID restrictions. Shaffer…
Read MoreErnst visits Excel Engineering
U.S. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst (R) was in Diagonal on Friday as part of her 99-county tour of Iowa. Ernst toured the Excel Engineering facility. The tour was led by Excel Engineering owner Doug Sobotka. Sobotka gave Ernst the history of the building and showed her the equipment they use to measure an engine’s performance.…
Read MoreRinggold COVID rate dips below 1%
According to latest statistics compiled by the Iowa Department of Public Health, the percentage of positive cases of COVID-19 in Ringgold County stands at 0.9 percent among those tested over the past seven days. well below the 4.1 percent state average. The county’s 14-day positivity rate came in at 3.4 percent, again below the 4.3…
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