Raider golfers repeat as POI champions
The Pride of Iowa Conference boy’s golf title is going to reside in Mount Ayr. Again. This comes after the Raiders won their sixth meet this season at the 2025 POI conference meet last week in Lenox. The Raiders won the POI crown by 20 strokes over runner-up Wayne, who was second with a team…
Read MoreReynolds wins 3 events in first POI meet
The family lineage is well known, and now it is time for another Reynolds to shine. Mount Ayr freshman Emma Reynolds captured a pair of individual event titles at last week’s Pride of Iowa Conference meet at Nodaway Valley. Reynolds win helped the Raiderettes to a third-place team finish with 128 points. Reynolds ran three…
Read MoreRaiders runners-up at home meet
The Mount Ayr Raider boy’s track team placed second at their home co-ed last Thursday, May 8. The 12-team scoring meet went to the Lenox Tigers, who won the meet with a team score of 117 points. Mount Ayr was second with 98 points, and Wayne was third with 93 points. The Raiders won four…
Read MoreRaiders win POI Conference meet
The Mount Ayr boy’s track and field team had to hold off the pesky Lenox Tigers at the 2025 Pride of Iowa Conference track meet last week at Nodaway Valley. The Raiders won five events and scored 137.5 team points. Lenox was second with a team score of 136, behind five event wins of their…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
This week’s picture shows station manager Art Clayton servicing what appears to be a 1928 Chevrolet at the Diagonal Skelly in 1932. Art is wearing a white uniform and I can see three gravity-flow gasoline pumps on a beautifully landscaped driveway. The movie theater can be seen to the left. A large sign advertises Tagolene…
Read MoreLOOKING BACK in the Early Files
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, May 13, 1925.) The Maloy baseball team organized and bought each a new suit and played their first game Sunday at Bedford. The lineup is as follows: battery, Swede Bailey and Jason Worthington; first base, Limus Bailey; second base, Cecil Clarey’ short stop, “Peanut” Cowell; third…
Read MoreMount Ayr to graduate 48 Sunday
A total of 48 Mount Ayr High School graduates are receiving their diploma this year. Friday, May 15 is the official last day for Mount Ayr seniors. The class of 2025 will be celebrated during a commencement ceremony this weekend, Sunday, May 18 at 3 p.m. in the Mount Ayr high school gym. Leading up…
Read MoreRental housing rates rising
Around Ringgold County, people are struggling to find available rental housing, and monthly rental rates are rising for many Mount Ayr tenants. Residents at Country Ayr apartments found a note, dated February 1, taped to their mailbox stating their rent would be increasing $100-150 a month beginning March 1. The increase in rent came after…
Read MoreTest scores highlight MAC board meeting
At their regular meeting Monday, May 12, the Mount Ayr Community Schools board of directors learned the results from the latest round of the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) testing. Elementary principal Chris Elwood reported students in grades 3-5 continued to show growth in their proficiency in English/language arts (ELA) and math. For…
Read MoreFINALLY!! New pool to open
The ribbon cutting and open house for the new swimming pool at Judge Lewis Park is set for Saturday, May 17. City officials and pool committee representatives will cut the ribbon to officially open the pool to the public at 5 p.m. The first official “jump in” will follow at 5:15 p.m., Layton Greenman won…
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