Christmas home tour raises funds for women battling breast cancer
By Ken Garner MOUNT AYR, Iowa — When it comes to women’s health, especially breast cancer, the mantra “Nobody fights alone” is often used as a rallying cry. In the past few years several local women have helped to start a movement to help those specifically battling cancer in Ringgold, Union and Decatur counties. This…
Read MoreMiss Amazing visits Mount Ayr
By Jeff Snyder Mount Ayr, Iowa — The city of Mount Ayr was paid a visit on December 4, by an independent film crew (Greenstone TV) who traveled all the way from New Zealand to film a number of local residents going about their pageant preparation for The Miss Amazing Pageant held exclusively for developmentally…
Read MoreUpdates from the MACS board
Board discusses CTE building timelines for the coming month By Dalton Shadle MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Mount Ayr Board of Education received an update on the CTE building during its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday. The board was informed that utility connections have been made and that a storm sewer was installed. Although construction…
Read MoreMount Ayr holds soggy Christmas parade
By Jeff Snyder Mount Ayr, Iowa — The weather finally cooperated on Saturday enabling the “Very Vintage” Lighted Christmas Parade and most activities to proceed as planned. Although the weather threatened to wipe out the festivities, clearing finally arrived at about 6:15 p.m. paving the way for the first of the evening’s activities; the Lighted…
Read MoreCity sells lot for housing expansion
By Jeff Snyder Mount Ayr, Iowa — The city council of Mount Ayr held it’s regularly scheduled meeting Monday December 8. The council had a relatively quiet agenda mostly related to issues that had been tabled from the last meeting on November 24. Among the issues presented, was the sale of the city owned property…
Read MoreLocal boy saves family from fire
By Jeff Snyder Mount Ayr, Iowa — Tragedy struck a Mount Ayr family on November 29 as fire ripped through their two story home at 601 Madison Street. While there were no human casualties, the family, nonetheless, suffered the loss of three of their beloved pets, with one still missing. The fire struck at approximately…
Read MoreObituary: Mayme Cohron
Mayme was born August 28,1918 to Joseph V. and Josephine Prohaska Skarda in Bolivar, MO. She had an older brother and sister Richard and Anna. She also had 2 younger brothers, Harry and Elbert. When Mayme was quite young, the family rode the train to Iowa. Josie and the 3 children as passengers and Joe…
Read MoreObituary: Dorothy Welch
Dorothy Welch, 93, of Greenfield, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at her sister’s home in Greenfield. She was born on a farm near Cumberland, Iowa, on August 31, 1932, the daughter of James and Anna (Maas) Huddleson. Dorothy’s family moved to a farm west of Massena when she was 10 years old…
Read MoreRaiderettes defeat Lamoni Demons in first game
By: Dalton Shadle Lamoni Iowa – On November 25 the Raiderettes came out strong in their first season game on the court against the Demons, The outcome of the game was a massive blowout of 78-5. The Raiderettes held the Demons back all the way to the 4th quarter where they scored their 5 points.…
Read MoreSnapshots of History by Mike Avitt
This week’s photo was taken in the late 1980s in the building that used to house C. R. Anthony’s Clothing Store. This building, at 108 S. Taylor, was turned into a make-shift museum during Ayr Days and the Preservation Partnership took this opportunity to gather and preserve local history. Shirley Hickman used this museum to…
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