SWCC names new baseball coach
Mike Creason, former Northwest Missouri State University assistant baseball coach and recruiting coordinator, is headed to Creston to lead the Spartan baseball program at Southwestern Community College. Creason takes over for former head coach Chris Piperno, who moves into the head coaching position for the Spartan softball program next season Piperno is currently coaching the…
Read MoreRaiderettes beat Bedford
It was an interesting week for the Mount Ayr softball team as a promising week of games turned into just two. The Raiderettes had three games on the schedule with only two being played. Add in a scheduled game at home against SW Valley that was canceled before the season started because the Timberwolves are…
Read MoreRaiders stun Martensdale-St. Marys
Beat state-ranked team 5-2 heading into home stretch of season The Mount Ayr baseball team goes into the last week of the season on a two-game winning streak with one of those games an upset of state ranked Martensdale-St. Mary’s at home. The Raiders lost at Bedford 6-5 on June 25 and beat No. 7…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
By Mike Avitt Last week I wrote about Charles Thorla who had a sixty-foot tapeworm removed from his abdomen and how alarming it was to see such news in the newspaper. This week we’ll look at some other alarming or bizarre accounts in the newspapers. Bounties paid on destructive animals are nothing new, but did…
Read MoreLOOKING BACK in the Early Files
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, July 1, 1925.) The smooth bunch of highwaymen who made a daylight robbery of the Cottage Grove Bank in Des Moines, all of whom are now in jail, “pulled the wool” over the eyes of Paul Brown, sheriff of Gentry County, MO. Arthur Stanley, constable of…
Read MoreClearfield set for the 4th
The Clearfield Lions Club will host its 72nd annual 4th of July celebration this Thursday and Friday Thursday, July 3 A home run derby is planned for Thursday, July 3 at the ball field. Competition begins at 5 p.m. for adults followed by high school/college players at 5:30 p.m. and kids 15 and under at…
Read MoreRCDC announces plans for new home partnership
Ringgold County Development Corporation, in partnership with the City of Mount Ayr, is pleased to announce the start of the application process for placement of a new Homes for Iowa home at 503 W. Monroe Street in Mount Ayr. The new construction will be a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home totaling 1,203 square feet with an attached…
Read MoreRinggold County fair opens Tuesday
The 2025 Ringgold County Fair – “Cowboy Boots & Buckin’ Chutes” – runs Tuesday, July 8 through Sunday, July 13 with a full slate of activities. This year’s fair features a combination of old favorites with new attractions to draw visitors to the fairgrounds located on the north edge of Mount Ayr. (A special section…
Read MoreShirley Ann Knapp
Shirley Ann Knapp was born March 24, 1951, in Grant City, Missouri to Eldon and Delores (Harlan) Campbell. She passed away on June 22, 2025, at the age of 74. Shirley married Rick Knapp on September 10, 1982, in Mt. Ayr, Iowa. She loved her animal mounts and displayed them for all to see. She…
Read MoreRodney Eugene Boles
Rodney Eugene Boles, age 85, of rural Lamoni, Iowa, the son of Russel Doyle and Mary Ermal (Mendenhall) Boles, was born on January 12, 1940, at the Harkin Hospital in Osceola, Iowa. He left this life on June 17, 2025, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Rod grew up on farms outside…
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