Snapshot of History
I keep forgetting to tell you Tony Mercer has added more digitized newspapers to the website ringgoldcounty.advantage-preservation.com. Many different newspapers covering several decades. Recently, the Ringgold County Board of Supervisors hosted an informational meeting to encourage the formation of a Ringgold County Historical Preservation Commission. This issue comes up about every fifteen years. I remember…
Read MoreTingley is thriving
To the Editor I have the blessing of living beside this beautiful park (Tingley Memorial Park). It’s the first thing I see in the morning and last I see at night. So many Iowa small towns are fading, but Tingley is thriving. We have much to be proud of. The committee has worked tirelessly to…
Read MoreSupport the Princess
To the Editor The Princess Theater Board would like to thank the community for their continued support in keeping the Princess Theater open. This year in the midst of COVID-19, we are working hard to maintain our theater. You have supported us in drive-up concession sales, outdoor movies, marquee celebrations and donations. Your support means…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred-FortyYears Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, September 20, 1880.) First Families of Ringgold County…Who They Were…Where They Lived and What They Did. CS Palmer- was born in Ashtabula, Ohio in 1850. He tried to enlist but his widowed mother objected. He moved to this county with his mother in 1870. Three years 77-78,…
Read MoreWagenknecht continues to serve others
by Teresa Weis The pandemic has kept Peggy Wagenknecht sheltering in place for months now. She used to keep busy doing for others, lending a helping hand, volunteering at the blood bank, visiting the care centers, sitting with the sick, driving others to doctor appointments and playing the piano for the sheltered elderly, but with…
Read MoreSupervisors address courthouse security
During their meeting Monday, September 28, the county supervisors adopted a courthouse security plan that provides protocols and procedures for various security concerns and disaster scenarios. According to wording in Resolution RC20-180, the new protocol “provides that courthouse security plans can be considered confidential documents if disclosure could reasonably be expected to jeopardize life or…
Read MoreIncome, construction, COVID on RCH agenda
by Brenda Grose A look at August finances, updates on construction projects and continuing efforts to handle COVID-19 testing as flu season looms filled the agenda at Ringgold County Hospital’s board of trustees regular meeting, Monday, September 20. Missy Walter, CFO, opened the meeting with financials for August. Walter reported in-patient revenue under budget by…
Read MoreAbsentee voting to begin Monday
Ringgold County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Amanda Waske has announced that absentee ballots for the November 3, 2020, General Election are available to be voted in the Ringgold County Auditor’s Office on Monday, October 5. Absentee ballots may be cast in the auditor’s office on the second floor of the county courthouse during regular…
Read MoreLEROY BUCY
LeRoy Bucy, son of LeRoy and Anna Bucy, was born April 15, 1930 on a farm northeast of Wolbach, NE. He passed away Sunday, September 13, 2020 in Creston, IA at the age of 90 years. He moved with his parents and twin sister, Leona, to a farm south of Benton, IA in March 1940.…
Read MoreJUDY MAXINE DOOLITTLE
Judy Maxine (Reed) Doolittle was born on April 9, 1944 to Oscar Clifford and Loreen Bartrona (Scadden) Reed. She was born in Osceola, IA and was welcomed into the home by sister, Donna Lee. They were later joined by sister, Bonnie Kay, and brother, Clifford Eugene (Gene) Reed. Judy attended many country schools throughout Ringgold…
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