CHARLES PHILLIP FLETCHER
Charles Phillip Fletcher was born August 11, 1950 in Creston, IA to Alice Alcista (Wimer) and Everett Troy Fletcher. Charlie graduated from Eagleville High School in 1968. Charles married Roxie Kaye Smith on July 21, 1976. They made Diagonal their home where they raised their three children: Robert, Charlotte and Danny. Charlie was a farmer…
Read MoreColfax-Mingo here for Homecoming
The Raiders face Colfax-Mingo this Friday night for what will be Mount Ayr’s homecoming. Colfax-Mingo comes into the Friday night contest sitting at 0-3 on the season, having lost to Interstate-35, North Mahaska and Lynnville-Sully. Mount Ayr has won against Albia, Nodaway Valley and recently fell to Pleasantville. History The Raiders and Tigerhawks have only…
Read MoreRaiders suffer first loss to Pleasantville
Pville 13, Mt. Ayr 7 The Raiders traveled to Pleasantville to face the Trojans for the first time in three years. Wet conditions made for a slippery playing field and ball, causing both teams to focus on their run game up the middle. “Tonight was a rough one”, said coach Derek Lambert. “We did not…
Read MoreHarriers finish fourth at Leon
The Raiderette cross country runners saw another strong performance on a cold and dreary day in Leon last week. Last Tuesday, September 8, the Mount Ayr harriers traveled to Central Decatur where they finished fourth overall with a time of 2:01:36.87, averaging 24:19.38 per runner. The fourth place finish comes behind meet winner Chariton, who…
Read MoreSixty inch row field day planned
To the editor: In 2018 Sport Wade, Inc. sponsored a Practical Farmers of Iowa test plot on Brian and Heather Kessel’s farm near Lamoni. We had some remarkably interesting results which you can view in detail at practicalfarmers.org Farmer-Led Research titled “Planting corn in 60-in. row-widths for interseeding cover crops” published Jan 24, 2019. Our…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
BY MIKE AVITT A professional photographer, Dave Austin, recently spent some time in Ringgold County taking pictures of the mural at the Mount Ayr Post Office, Eighme School, and barns. He posted many of his pictures on Facebook and it generated much interest. I get asked about Eighme School often so I’ll share all I…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, October 20, 1920.) The Union Savings Bank at Redding was robbed last night. The loss has not been fully determined as yet but includes about $200 in bonds and $845 in currency. In addition to this there was taken $600 worth of government stamps, which…
Read MoreChapman body has been found
The body of a missing Grant City woman has been found in Worth County. According to a report on the northwestmoinfo.com website, a tip to the Worth County Sheriff’s Office was received at approximately 5 p.m. Monday, September 14 about the location of the body of Melissa Chapman. Chapman has been missing since August 23.…
Read MorePodium Ink gets award
(L-R) Podium Ink co-owners Burton Murphy, Brad Elliott and Iowa Farm Bureau representative Ryan Bailey pose with the Renew Rural Iowa award presented to Podium Ink Monday morning. RRI is an Iowa Farm Bureau initiative that supports new and existing businesses through education, mentoring and financial resources. Since it’s inception, RRI has helped create more…
Read MoreSchool board hears COVID update
A review of the district’s COVID mitigation efforts was a main topic of discussion at the Monday, September 14 meeting of the Mount Ayr Community Schools board of directors. COVID Elementary principal Chris Elwood reported procedures are running according to plan as outlined in the district’s Return to Learn guidelines. He commended his staff and…
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