Princess Theater board members sold drive-up popcorn and candy Sunday as a fund-raiser for the theater which has been closed recently due to the governor’s social distancing restrictions. After over four hours of sales, the group raised $3,015, including a $500 matching grant from the South Central Iowa Community Foundation. Pictured (L-R) are board members…

Not only has this school year turned out like no other before, the upcoming 2020-2021 school year may look different, too. At their special meeting Thursday, April 23, the Mount Ayr school board heard a proposal from superintendent Joe Drake to cut off the final two weeks of voluntary education in May and to start…

Ringgold County Auditor Amanda Waske joins Secretary of State Paul Pate and auditors across Iowa in encouraging voters to cast absentee ballots by mail in the upcoming June 2 primary. During the COVID-19 pandemic, voting by mail is the safest option. Secretary Pate is sending absentee ballot request forms to every active registered voter in…

Governor Kim Reynolds has launched the Test Iowa Initiative to expand testing capacity to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Iowa. The state is partnering with Nomi Health and its subsidiary DOMO which has already launched a similar initiative in the state of Utah. “Iowa is now the second state in the nation to deploy…