Raiderettes are State Bound
Mt. Ayr 4, Earlham 3 Back in 1981 a band by the name of Journey released a little song by the name of “Don’t Stop Believin’.” On a Monday night 39 years later, the lyrics of that song echoed out across a ball field in Earlham as the Mount Ayr Raiderettes looked to defeat the…
Read MoreSnapshot of History
I believe the last business in the old laundromat building was Mount Ayr Video which had its grand opening August 30, 1991. It was owned by Dan and Mona Rummans and the business moved to Highway 2 after a…
Read MoreProper testing not available
To the editor: As of Friday, July 17, Johns Hopkins University reported that “there have been 3,576,593 U.S. cases of COVID-19,” [more than any other country in the world including India with a population of at least 1 billion] and 138,362 deaths. With testing and contract tracing as a means of controlling the virus, the…
Read MoreIt’s time to stop the riots
To the editor: It is time to stop the riots. They say Black Lives Matter. We used to sing a little song in Sunday school. It goes: “Jesus loves the little children, all the little children of the world – red, yellow, black, and white – they are precious in his sight, Jesus loves the…
Read MoreWindow donations sought
To the editor: Mount Ayr Preservation, Inc. saw the need to replace the old windows in the 140-year-old one-room school that is restored and displayed on the Ringgold County Fairgrounds. We received a bid to replace needed windows with new wind- and water-resistant windows. We applied for a grant from the South Central Iowa Community…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record News, Thursday, August 11, 1920.) An explosion of sewer gas Friday afternoon resulted in the severe burning of Jim Thompson and Patsy Greenrod. The two boys and Joe Keating, impelled by curiosity, were inspecting a sewer NW of the Keating residence in the west part of…
Read MoreForever grateful for my second family
by Suzy Woollums Recently, the “Look Back” section of the Record News reported that 50-years ago the paper ran three obituaries for William “Bill” Woollums, his wife, Loana “Mitzi” Woollums, and their three-year-old daughter, Jodane “Jody” Woollums who were killed in a car accident on a rural road in northern Missouri on June 23, 1970. …
Read MoreWater project finally complete
At their regular meeting Monday, July 20, the Mount Ayr city council brought to an official close the major water distribution system improvement project. The council voted unanimously to approve final payment of the retainage to the three contractors responsible for work on the project. Retainage is the final amount retained by the city until…
Read MoreShaffer takes helm of Mount Ayr and Bedford schools
For the first time in 10 years, a new face occupied the superintendent’s chair at last week’s Mount Ayr school board meeting. Jason Shaffer officially began his duties as shared superintendent between the Bedford and Mount Ayr school districts July 1, replacing Joe Drake, who retired June 30. Shaffer and his family have moved to…
Read MorePATRICIA AMY NORRIS NEY
Patricia Amy Norris Ney, 87, of Blackfoot, passed away Sunday, July 5, 2020 at Gem Village Assisted Living in Blackfoot, Idaho following a stroke in April. Patricia was born November 13, 1932 in Redding, Iowa to G. Dayton Norris and Eunice Fern Shafer Norris. She grew up and attended schools in the Mt. Ayr, Iowa area,…
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