Dive Team locates missing angler
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the recovery of a body from Three Mile Lake in Union County. The individual, identified as Ryan Woosley, age 41, of Creston, was found June 18 at 3:30 p.m. The DNR was notified at 3 a.m. about a missing person who was last known to be…
Read MoreMount Ayr avoids water supply issues
Several recent news sources report a growing number of Iowa residents being asked to conserve water due not only to dry conditions but also to high nitrate levels in water supplies. Cami Koons with the Iowa Capital Dispatch noted the Central Iowa Water Works issued its first ever lawn watering ban on June 12 due…
Read MoreAnderson hired as assistant city manager
The Mount Ayr city council hired a new assistant city administrator and set a public hearing to borrow money for street and storm water drainage improvements at their regular meeting Wednesday, June 18. Council members Mike Wik and Chandra Poore were not in attendance, leading to several agenda items being tabled. City Personnel There has…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
The gravestone of Washington Alley in Mt. Ayr. Let’s revisit an old mystery that has since been forgotten by most people. During the winter of 1997-98, the Mount Ayr Depot Preservation Corp. members found a gravestone while landscaping the depot grounds. The stone indicates the name of the deceased as Washington Alley. In a bit…
Read MoreMiddle school baseball season update reported
The Mount Ayr middle school baseball team opened the season playing at East Union. East Union 6, Mt. Ayr 3 The A Team started off the morning on June 5 to kick off the season. The Raiders jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first half inning with Wyatt Collier singling and scoring and…
Read MoreRaider baseball head coach moves into similar role with SWCC softball
Chris Piperno recently resigned his position as Southwestern Community College head baseball coach, but he’s not going far, just one field to the west, to lead the Southwestern softball program. [Piperno is serving this summer as the Mount Ayr Raider head baseball coach.] Not only will Southwestern retain Piperno, but Danny Jensen, who recently stepped…
Read MoreRaiderettes softball wins two in a row
The Mount Ayr softball team won their second game in a row on Wednesday, June 11 at Central Decatur in an 11-3 win. The win was the fifth straight over the Cardinals for Mount Ayr since July of 2021. The two teams will meet again on January 3. The two teams were locked in a…
Read MoreMount Ayr hanging tough in POI race
The Mount Ayr baseball team has kept pace with the leaders in the Pride of Iowa Conference heading into this week. The Raiders are in second place in the POI going into the week a half-game back from Martensdale-St. Mary’s and Lenox who were tied in the lead with one loss each. The Raiders beat…
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By Mike Avitt This is a beautiful view of the newly constructed Ringgold County Courthouse in the winter of 1927-28. In two years our courthouse will be 100 years old. Amazing. We should have a celebration or an ice cream eating contest or something like that. The construction of a new courthouse was a major…
Read MoreLOOKING BACK in the Early Files
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, June 17, 1925.) Notice to Vigilantes: All members of the Ringgold Vigilance Committee are urgently requested to attend the Bankers and Vigilance committee picnic at the Howard Lesan farm four miles east of Mount Ayr on primary #3, Wednesday afternoon, June 24. Matters of special importance…
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