LILA MAE BARKER
Lila Mae (Tyrrel) Barker was born September 13, 1935 to Nova Vernon and Vesta (Walters) Tyrrel. Lila graduated from Mount Ayr High School. On December 8, 1953, she was united in marriage to Lawrence Edward Barker. To this union two sons were born: Rusty Lavernon and Lonny Lee. Lila was a member of the United…
Read MoreBringing Home the Hardware! Raider wrestlers finish top 10 at State Tournament
Mount Ayr was well represented at Wells Fargo this last week with four Mount Ayr Raider wrestlers competing at the State Tournament. Brothers Trae and Drew Ehlen finished seventh overall, while Bryce Shaha and Jaydon Knight came home with eighth place medals. This was the first time in the 60 years of Raider wrestling that…
Read MoreDolecheck 16th at State Bowling Meet
State Tournament At the State Tournament in Waterloo, Dolecheck placed 16th overall with her first game 15 pins above her average with a 160 and rolling a better game in the second with a 183. Dolecheck only had one split in her two game along with leaving five pins on the lane altogether. In game…
Read MoreRaiderettes fall to Panthers in Red Oak
LoMa 48, Mt. Ayr 35 The basketball season came to an end for the Mount Ayr Raiderettes in the gym their season began, Red Oak. Only this time they were facing The Logan-Magnolia Panthers for a shot to go to the finals for a State Tournament berth. In the low scoring affair, in which both…
Read MoreRaiders eliminate Cardinals from district play
Mt. Ayr 71, CA 19 The Mount Ayr Raider basketball team started the post-season with a dominating win over the Clarinda Academy Eagles. The Raiders only allowed the Eagles three points in the first half, while they scored 33, most of which came from Dawson Frost who also broke the schools All-Time scoring record that…
Read MoreFormer Casey’s in Mount Ayr
Barb (Kennedy) Supinger asked me if I had information on the armed robbery that took place at Casey’s General Store on January 18, 1977. I remembered reading about it a couple of years ago as I often read old newspapers and thought I would revisit that fateful evening. Oh, yes, Barb was the cashier that…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 24, 1920.) Ellston-March 22- The bonds for the new consolidated school building carried by a large majority. There were 215 votes cast of which there were 91 men votes for the proposition and 42 against and 65 women votes for and 17 against, making…
Read MoreTaylor Fiberglass sold to third generation
Taylor Fiberglass Products of Diagonal will soon be under new ownership but will remain in the family. The announcement of the sale came in a joint statement by current president Dixie Taylor and manager Jim Taylor, along with new owners Michael and Rachel Inloes of Bucyrus, KS. Rachel Inloes is the granddaughter of Taylor Fiberglass…
Read MoreLEGISLATIVE UPDATE
A good crowd turned out Saturday afternoon at the ISU Extension office for the second of three legislative forums scheduled for this year in Mount Ayr. State Representative Cecil Dolecheck (R-Mount Ayr) and State Senator Mark Costello (R-Imogene) updated constituents on discussions and progress being made in teh Iowa State Legislature. Dolecheck said priorities in…
Read More…but supervisors vote to approve
Following the public hearing Monday, February 24, the Ringgold County board of supervisors approved the county budget for FY2021. The budget lowers the overall levy on property tax from $11.33514 per thousand valuation to $9.952 per thousand. The decision to decrease the levy comes in response to two separate factors. First, with property valuations across…
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