Snapshot of History: Sun Valley Lake
I’ve got an older Sun Valley Lake brochure that looks like it is from the 1970s because of the colors and artwork. I believe it is from about 1982 as it describes the golf course that was then under construction. The Sun Valley Golf and Country Club opened in May 1984. About a month ago…
Read MoreLooking Back July 4
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, July 16, 1919.) The trial of Roy Emerson, charged with murder in the first degree, is developing some very interesting phases, so many in fact that the large crowd of spectators which gathers in the court room every day to hear the trial will not…
Read MoreState development leaders meet in Mount Ayr:Governor, congresswoman, development leaders from around state attend
Ringgold County was the epicenter of statewide rural economic development efforts Tuesday, July 2 as the Ringgold County Development Corporation hosted the joint quarterly meeting of the Iowa Rural Development Council (IRDC) and the Governor’s Empower Rural Iowa Taskforce at the Mount Ayr Golf and Country Club. The more than 100 attendees included Governor Kim…
Read MoreNew water rates approved
Final approval of a new water ordinance, approval of a street improvement project, and further discussion on compensation for private swimming lessons were main items of discussion at the July 1 regular meeting of the Mount Ayr city council Water ordinance The council approved the third and final reading of Ordinance No. 39, which amends…
Read MoreCounty fair opens next week
Activities for the 2019 Ringgold County Fair will open Wednesday, July 10 and conclude Sunday, July 14. (A special section in this week’s Mount Ayr Record-News and Diagonal Progress will highlight many of the fair exhibitors, contest schedules and entertainment options for this year’s fair.) Official Fair Books that contain more detailed information are available…
Read More‘Cruisin in the Ayr’
The Mount Ayr square filled up with classic cars and tractors Saturday afternoon for the the first “Cruisin in the Ayr” fundraiser for the Ringgold Outdoor Alliance. Another show will take place on Saturday, August 3. One the the stranger cars being showed was this tricked out hearse, complete with a skeleton in the casket.
Read MoreCounty woman seriously injured in car accident
A Ringgold County woman was seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident June 28. Upon arrival at the scene at approximately 4:44 p.m., RCSO found a single vehicle wreck in a cornfield off of 292nd St. in rural Redding, A 1979 GMC truck owned by Rodney Ray White, 59, of Mount Ayr was resting up against…
Read MoreMELYNDA LEA CRAWFORD
Melynda Lea (Forsythe) Crawford was born September 14, 1963 in Davenport, Iowa to Marion Luella (Dreier) and Phillip Earl Forsythe. She graduated high school from Bettendorf and later graduated from St. Ambrose University in 1987. On July 3, 1999 Melynda was united in marriage to Harold Dean Crawford in LeClaire, Iowa. She worked as a…
Read MoreJUDITH CARMEN LEE
Judith Carmen Lee, 78, passed away June 9, 2019 in Bondurant, Iowa. Judy’s celebration of life will be held at the Ankeny Memorial Funeral Home at 4208 North Ankeny Boulevard in Ankeny, Iowa on Sunday, June 30, 2019. Visitation begins at 1 p.m. and services will begin at 2:00 p.m. with burial at Ankeny Memorial…
Read MoreJAMES WILLIAM GREEN II
Jim, or Greenie as many knew him, left this earth on June 17, 2019 to join his beloved father, mother, sister and son. Family was always Jim’s first love, and if you walked into his home, his church, or his presence, you were considered family. There wasn’t anyone, human or animal alike, who wasn’t welcomed…
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