A document filed January 13 in the Ringgold County auditor’s office provides details of a settlement agreement between Ringgold County and deputy sheriff Landon White. Under the settlement, White received a payroll check in the amount of $2,000 and a general check in the amount of $24,633.92. A third check…

At their regular meeting Wednesday, January 15, the Diagonal Community Schools board of directors received an update on the district’s efforts to address “violations” identified by the Iowa Department of Education (IDOE) last fall. Superintendent Karleen Stephens provided board members a progress report on each specific “violation.” Stephens said 71 percent of the items had…

The first-in-the-nation Iowa caucus will take place Monday, February 3, and caucus sites have been announced for Ringgold County. All voting precincts for the Republican caucus will meet in one location – Mount Ayr Elementary School. Doors open at 7 p.m. On the Democrat side, each precinct will hold its own caucus. Doors will open…

With the new year, the attention of the Mount Ayr city council turns to crafting the budget for FY 2021, and at their meeting Tuesday, January 21, the council reviewed budget requests from different city departments. [The meeting was moved from its normal Monday schedule due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.] After receiving…

Dates have been set for the annual series of Legislative Coffees sponsored by the Mount Ayr Chamber of Commerce. The first of three such events will be held this Saturday, January 25 at 1 p.m. in Extension Office in Mount Ayr. The Coffees serve as a town hall meeting during which county constituents receive legislative…