William Thomas Leeper
William Thomas Leeper of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands was born on August 7th, 1971, to Doris Ann (Rittierodt) and David Patrick Leeper. He was brought home to his big sister, Laura Ann Leeper. He later became a big brother himself to Robert Jay, Jeffery Allen, and Jennifer Lynn. Bill, or Billy as he was…
Read MoreRobert Lee (Bob) Sickels
Robert Lee (Bob) Sickels was born at home south of Mount Ayr, Iowa, on October 21, 1936, to Roy Elvis and Edna Elsie (Mosier) Sickels. He was welcomed home by older brother, Carroll, and the family was completed by brother Bill and the twins, Jack and Janice. When Bob was 5 years old the family…
Read MoreBerta Geraldine Morin Quick
Berta Geraldine Morin was born on December 25, 1930, in Parnell-Worth County, Missouri, to Paul and Sybil (Carroll) Morin. She was the sixth of eleven siblings and grew up nurturing the bonds that made her large family so close-knit. From an early age, she exemplified humility, dedication, and a profound love for those around her.…
Read MoreBoys and Girls golf teams win MTSM Triangular meet
The Mount Ayr girl’s golf team won both meets they played in last week in a span of 48 hours. The Raiderettes played at the 18-hole Sidney invitational on Wednesday, April 9, and at Martensdale-St. Mary’s on Thursday, April 10. At Sidney, the Raiderttes played in an 18-hole meet and won it, scoring a team…
Read MoreShields champ, two relays runners-up at Centerville Co-Ed
The Mount Ayr Raiderette girls track team competed at the Centerville co-ed last Thursday, their second meet of the week. Mount Ayr got a event win from Aubree Shields in the long jump and a pair of runner-up relay finishes from their distance medley and 4X800-meter relay teams. Mount Ayr’s Aubree Shields won the long…
Read MoreRelay team leads Raiders at Panorama
The Mount Ayr boy’s track team made the trip to Panorama High School last Tuesday for the Kip Janvrin Invitational along with 12 other teams. The result was a fourth-place team finish and an event win that set one of their relays up in position to be reckoned with. The Raiders scored 57 points at…
Read MoreMount Ayr places 9th at Kip Janvrin Invitational
The Mount Ayr girl’s track and field team began a two-meet week on Tuesday, April 8, at the Kip Janvrin Invitational in Panora. There, the Raiderettes placed ninth as a team with 37 points. Central Decatur won the meet with 101 points while Madrid was second with 100 points and Ogden was third with 91…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
By Mike Avitt Automobile travel was popular in the 1920s, but even more so in the 1930s. Despite the Great Depression, motorists took to the road in record numbers. Let’s try to get a better understanding of what motorists encountered in the 1930s. The filling station in this week’s article was built in 1922 as…
Read MoreQuestion Grassley actions
To the editor: Several people attended the town hall meeting with Senator Grassley’s representative on April 10th. One of the concerns that were expressed was the No Rogue Ruling Act that has already passed the house. Chuck Grassley received a $6,600 donation from Elon Musk after Senator Grassley introduced a proposal that would rein in…
Read MoreLooking Back
One Hundred Thirty-Five Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 10, 1890.) Ringgold county had no delegates at the Saloon Republican Convention of the 2nd of April. Let this fact be recorded to her credit. Since the beginning of the Civil War, our government has paid out in pensions in round numbers $1,000,000,000. Ours…
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