Country scene near Mount Ayr
This picture postcard was at the Mount Ayr Depot Museum when I joined many years ago. I have never run it before because I don’t know the location. I initially believed it was the bridge just south of the Mount Ayr Water Treatment Plant but the shadows are all wrong for that. The back of…
Read MoreAnti vaccine ‘whackadoo’
To the editor: I have often spoken out about “whackadoo” ideas and the recent upsurge of the anti vaccine movement seems misinformed or just plain crazy [and thanks to social media there is a lot of that going around]. The truth is that “vaccinations are one of the most important measures of preventive medicine to…
Read MoreLooking Back May 2
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, May 14, 1919.) To Editor of the Record News; I see by last weeks paper that Ringgold County must provide a new building for the County Home and that “Taxpayers” suggests the selling of the present county farm and the purchase of a smaller location…
Read MorePopulation of county dips below 5,000
Rural Iowa continues to bleed population to the large cities, according to updated estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Of Iowa’s 99 counties, 69 lost population, the estimates reported. Ringgold County has experienced a population decline of 3.2 percent since 2010, dropping from 5,131 to 4,968. This year marks the first time since 1870 the…
Read MoreFINAL CURTAIN CALL: After 50 years, Ringgold Singers to hold final performance
Ringgold County will observe the end of an era, Saturday, May 11. After 50 years entertaining music lovers near and far, the Ringgold Singers will perform their final program during their annual Mother’s Day brunch at the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr. The event will begin at 9 a.m. The Ringgold Singers have aspired…
Read MoreAuthorities investigate Diagonal High School cell phone incident
The Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office, the Ringgold County Attorney, and Diagonal school administration are investigating a report of a hidden cell phone video recording inside the girls locker room at Diagonal. In an email to the Mount Ayr Record-News and Diagonal Progress, Diagonal superintendent Karleen Stephens confirmed on Saturday, April 13 a male student used…
Read MoreTRAVIS VAUGHN
Travis Vaughn, age 38, of Leon, Iowa was killed Friday, April 12, 2019, in an accident on his farm. Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 18, at Trinity Christian Church, west of Decatur, Iowa. Burial is in the Leon Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Kendra (Jones) Vaughn, formerly of Mount Ayr; sons, Connor Mahan,…
Read MoreGLENDA ROSE HALL-MARLOW
Glenda Rose Hall-Marlow, daughter of Albert Hall and Cora Fertig-Hall was born on September 22, 1938 in Benton, IA. She departed on November 1, 2018 in Lodi, CA at the age of 80 years old. Glenda was number nine of eleven children and grew up in Benton, IA on their family farm known as Happy…
Read MoreLEROY A. WILMES
LeRoy A. Wilmes, 88 of Maryville, MO passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at his home. LeRoy was born on February 28, 1931 in Bedison, MO to Herman and Agnes (Kohmetscher) Wilmes. He worked in sales most of his life. LeRoy graduated from Horace Mann High School and was a member of St. Gregory’s…
Read MoreMount Ayr golf still undefeated
The Raider golf team recently improved to 4-0 on the season after defeating Wayne and Nodaway Valley. The Raiders won with a score of 180 with Wayne finished 2nd with 202 and Nodaway Valley at 288. Senior Raider, Myles Greene, had a four over par with a 39 to medal with runner-up Seth Sheriff from…
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