The board of directors for Community Grocers, Inc. in Mount Ayr will recommend to stockholders that the store either close or be sold to another entity. Community Grocers opened in late 1996 after around 350 investors from Ringgold County or with ties to the county, secured the funds to open. In an advertisement on page…

The Mount Ayr city council voted to move forward with two street reconstruction projects at their regular meeting Monday, December 1. Garfield, Cleveland The council approved a professional services agreement with Garden and Associates of Creston for design work associated with the Garfield Street and Cleveland Street reconstruction projects. The Garfield project would straighten two…

The annual Christmas in the Ayr celebration will be held Saturday, December 7 featuring many holiday-related activities. • The Princess Theater and Moonlighter’s Theater Group will present a production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” on Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8 at 2 p.m. in the Mount Ayr high school auditorium. Tickets are…

Results from the survey asking for public input in the search for a new shared superintendent for the Mount Ayr and Bedford school districts have been released. The survey is part of the search for a new shared superintendent to fill the vacancy when current superintendent Joe Drake announced his intention to retire at the…

Induction of new members into the Mount Ayr Community High School chapter of the National Honor Society were held November 21. New and existing members included  (front row, L-R) Dawson Frost, Cayden Lambert, Jordan McAlexander, Brice Phelps, Trae Ehlen, Rhett Larson, Bryce Shaha, Dalton Elwood, Isaac Grose, and Ryker Hickman; (back row) Stephanie Post, Shaylinn…