Council revisits tree removal
By Jennifer Kellner The Mount Ayr city council heard from several members of the public and set Beggar’s Night at their regular meeting Monday, September 22. Public forum There were three citizens in attendance to address the council Monday. Ed Minnick was the first to address the council about the $20 capital improvement fee that…
Read MoreMACS 2025 Hall of Fame inductees
By Jennifer Kellner Four new Mount Ayr Community Schools Hall of Fame inductees will be recognized at the 2025 Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony held in conjunction with the homecoming celebration starting at 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 4. This year’s inductees include: Fay Howie In a world that often rushes by, Fay…
Read MoreMAC Elementary rates ‘exceptional’
[Last week the Iowa Department of Education released the latest results of its online school accountability reporting system called the Iowa School Performance Profiles. The website shows updated scores and ratings for all public schools based on how its students performed on a set of accountability measures in the 2024-25 school year. This week’s article…
Read MoreObituary: Charles Dwain Tull (1934-2025)
Charles Dwain Tull, 90, of Osceola, IA (formerly of Mt. Ayr, IA and Hatfield, MO) passed away Saturday, September 13, 2025, at an Osceola, IA nursing home. He was born on December 25, 1934, in Hatfield, Missouri the son of Willie Muriel and Lillian Angeline (Hall) Tull. On May 19, 1954, he married Jannie Ilene…
Read MoreObituary: John Marvin Reynolds (1944-2025)
John Marvin Reynolds, 81, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away peacefully on September 8,2025. Born on July 4, 1944, in Creston, Iowa, John was the son of John Reynolds and Dorothy Anderson-Reynolds. He graduated from East Union High School and went on to build a life marked by dedication, kindness, and humor. John married the love…
Read MoreObituary: Donald Liljeblad (1941-2025)
Donald Liljeblad was born on May 15, 1941, at Children’s Hospital in San Francisco, California. Donald was the oldest of the four children of Walter J. & Ida R. Liljeblad. He was raised in San Francisco and at 17 years old, he enlisted in the United States Army and was stationed in France. From the…
Read MoreObituary: Kathryn Eloise Hughes (1926-2025)
Kathryn Eloise Hughes, age 99, passed from this life on August 30, 2025, at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa. She was born on April 3, 1926, in Decatur County, Iowa, the daughter of Alvie Daniel and Louie Sindia Evelyn (Bronson) Durell. Kathryn grew up with her siblings and attended country…
Read MoreRaider comeback falls short at Pleasantville, 33-22
PLEASANTVILLE – The Mount Ayr Raiders were looking to rebound from a week two district opening loss to Riverside on September 5 when they traveled to Pleasantville for a non-district game. It didn’t work out. However, that will have to wait one more week. An early Pleasantville lead and eight Raider penalties were too much…
Read MoreMount Ayr cross-country teams compete at Central Decatur meet
LEON – The Mount Ayr cross-country teams made the trip to Leon last Tuesday to run at the Central Decatur cross-country invitational. Both Mount Ayr teams did not have enough to score as a team. Both teams will run at a meet hosted by Interstate-35 Thursday at East Lake County Park and RV Park in…
Read MoreMount Ayr wins two of three at Shenandoah tournament
SHENANDOAH – The Mount Ayr volleyball team picked up two more wins last Saturday, September 13 at the Shenandoah volleyball tournament. Mount Ayr went 2-2 in four matches at the event. The Raiderettes beat Bedford, Shenandoah, and fell to Fremont-Mills and Missouri Valley. Mount Ayr saw their win total for the week go to six…
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