The June 2 primary election features a four-man race for the Republican nomination to fill two seats on the Ringgold County board of supervisors: Colby Holmes farms northwest of Benton with his wife, Tricia and son, Russell, where they raise corn and soybeans and have an Angus seedstock herd, along with a commercial…

The Ringgold County board of supervisors has approved applying pavement markings to several county highways. In action taken at their April 27 meeting, the board accepted the low bid from Quality Stripping Inc. of Des Moines for $48,772.65 to complete the project. Pavement markings will be applied on County Highways J20, P46, P27, P33 and…

The city-owned house was moved last week from its former location on Columbus Street across town to a vacant lot at the corner of Monroe and Webster streets. The city plans to refurbish the house and sell it to raise funds to spur further housing starts and economic development.

Ringgold County lags the state and neighboring counties in responding to the 2020 U.S. Census Survey. As of May 2, 50.3% of Ringgold County residences had responded to the census. A total of 64% of all Iowa households have replied. In Decatur County, 53.3% had responded, in Union County 62.9% had responded, and in Taylor…

The Mount Ayr city council covered a relatively light agenda at its regular meeting Monday, May 4. • The council approved a return to its regular recycling collection schedule effective today (Thursday, May 7). • The council briefly discussed the opening of the public swimming pool in light of the state’s COVID-19 restrictions. While the…