IHSAA Championships coming to PBS Iowa
For the first time ever, three Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) championships in football, wrestling, and basketball are coming to Iowa PBS. The state’s public broadcasting network will produce and broadcast finals from the three most-watched boys’ high school sports starting in fall 2025-26. Through a multi-year initial agreement, each of the selected championship…
Read MoreMount Ayr kicks off track season at Iowa State
Shields wins high jump at IATC meet It was a banner start for the Mount Ayr girl’s track team last Thursday, March 13 at the IATC Indoor Meet championships. The Raiderettes had one event first-place finish. That came from Aubree Shields in the high jump. Shields won the event with the best jump of 5-feet,…
Read MoreRaiders will play new, old foes in new football districts
Less than two weeks after finding out they would play in Class A for the next cycle of district football in Iowa, the Mount Ayr Raiders football program found out last week who they will play for the 2025 and 2026 seasons. There will be eight districts of seven teams for 56 teams in Class…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
By Mike Avitt Thanks again to Grover Hahn for another historic photo. This time we see his grandfather and other relatives in a rare, old football picture. I’ll give you the names I have and then I’ll share my problem with this photo. Second from left, back row, is identified as Basil Willey. Clyde Rusk…
Read MoreAlso likes version of poem
To the editor: The famous poem by an anti-Nazi pastor, rewritten for Donald Trump’s America By Gideon Lichfield Published June 9, 2016 First Trump came for the women And I did not speak out Because I was not a woman. Then Trump came for the people with disabilities And I did not speak out Because I did not have…
Read MoreSays poem reflects present
To the editor: First They Came © 2023 by Kathryn Redman Based on First They Came by Martin Niemöller First they came for the Trans Youth And I did not speak out Because I was not a Transgender Youth Then they came for the Trans Adults And I did not speak out Because I was…
Read MoreLooking Back
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 18, 1925.) Fixing the wage of farm hands for the coming crop season is engaging the attention of Farm Bureaus in various sections of the state. In Audubon county the directors of the Farm Bureau recommended that $45-$50 per month be paid for farm help…
Read MoreProperty tax levy hearings next week
Three local taxing authorities will hold their tax levy public hearings next week for Fiscal Year 2026 (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026). The levy hearing for Ringgold County is scheduled for Monday, March 24 at 10 a.m. in the supervisors’ office on the second floor of the county courthouse. The levy hearing for…
Read MoreCentral Decatur OKs move to 8-man football
In a move that surprised many area high school sports fans, the Central Decatur board of directors has approved a transition to 8-man football. According to an article in the March 5 Leon Journal-Reporter, the 8-man format will be adopted in middle school in Fall 2025 and at the junior varsity level in 2026, with…
Read MoreChamber to host town hall
The Mount Ayr Chamber of Commerce will host a town hall with state senator Tom Shipley and state representative Devon Wood on Saturday, March 29 beginning at 9 a.m. in the Assembly Room at the Ringgold County courthouse. As in past years, the legislators will provide opening comments and then take questions from attendees. The…
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