Home volleyball tournament sees two more wins
By Ryan Stonebraker MOUNT AYR – The Mount Ayr volleyball program hosted its annual volleyball tournament on Saturday, September 20. There, Mount Ayr won two of their four matches beating Interstate-35 and Lamoni before falling to Centerville and East Mills. The wins saw Mount Ayr improve to 15-8 overall. Mount Ayr will play at the…
Read MoreLate turnover costly for Raiders in loss to No. 4 AC/GC
By Ryan Stonebraker MOUNT AYR – A costly turnover in the fourth quarter will haunt the Mount Ayr football team after falling by one score, 28-20 to Class A No. 4 AC/GC at home last Friday. The Chargers have won five straight over Mount Ayr including Friday’s game, and in each of the last two…
Read MoreMount Ayr tied for top spot in POI
By Ryan Stonebraker CORYDON – The Mount Ayr Raiderette volleyball team remained unbeaten in the Pride of Iowa Conference last week, beating both POI foes they played last week. The Raiderettes swept both Wayne and Central Decatur in Corydon for their POI triangular meet last week. The wins saw the Raiderette POI record go to…
Read MoreHartman vying for athlete of the year
By Jeff Snyder Mount Ayr – Kolter Hartman, a local 10-year-old Beaconsfield resident, and junior baseball player, has advanced to the semi finals of the 3Brand sponsored Athlete of the Year competition. The competition is nationwide and benefits the V Foundation named after the legendary college basketball coach Jimmy Valvano, who lost his battle with…
Read MoreGreenwell leads Raiders at I-35 meet
By Ryan Stonebraker TRURO – Mount Ayr senior Braylon Greenwell led Mount Ayr finishers last week at the Interstate-35 cross-country invitational. Greenwell, ran to a 17th place overall finish in 21:00 to lead three Raider finishers. Earlham won the meet with 27 points followed by Creston in second with 51 points and Des Moines Christian…
Read MoreObituary: Mary Sue Gehrke
Mary Sue Gehrke (1942-2025) Mary Sue Gehrke, 82, of Creston died Friday, September 12, 2025, at Southern Hills Specialty Care in Osceola. Celebration of Life Memorial Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, September 27, 2025, at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Pastor Jim Morris will officiate. Services will be livestreamed. Family will receive friends from…
Read MoreObituary: Vern Junior Brown
Vern Junior Brown (1928-2025) Vern Junior Brown was born December 16, 1928, at a country farmhouse near Clearfield, Iowa. His parents were Vern Francis Brown and Beatrice Everhart Brown. He was welcomed into the family by two sisters, Bertha and Doris. Three more sisters Evelyn, Janis and Donna were added to the family in the…
Read MoreObituary: Max Everett Smith
Max Everett Smith (1942-2025) Max Everett Smith was born September 22, 1942, in Osceola, Iowa to Wonda Lucille Boles and Mansel Leon Smith. Life began on the farm in the Elk Chapel area north of Lamoni, Iowa. Later they moved to a home north of Leon, Iowa where Max attended country school; then to an…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
By Mike Avitt The Mount Ayr Sesquicentennial Celebration committee asked people to bring their historic Mount Ayr artifacts to be displayed in the courthouse during the event and many did. This week’s picture came from the Rideta Electric Cooperative table and shows their two buildings at 111 and 113 South Fillmore Street. I know that…
Read MoreLOOKING BACK in the Early Files
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, September 23, 1925.) The fellow who hereafter disregard the laws to the extent that it becomes necessary for the courts of Ringgold County to impose jail sentences will not find it possible to spend the period of incarceration in relaxation and sleep. At the meeting of…
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