Holdfast Farmstead awarded state grant
Value-added grant helps small Iowa businesses expand and diversify Holdfast Farmstead in Mount Ayr was recently awarded a $9,541.50 matching grant to construct a commercially licensed kitchen and expand the availability of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) by growing their on-farm retail location. The local farm was one of 33 Choose Iowa value-added grants recipients selected…
Read MoreSnapshots of History
By Mike Avitt This week’s photo was taken about 1950 and the photographer gives us a full length view of the Red Crown gas pump in front of the Watterson Store. I can read the words “Red Crown” on the front of the pump. Red Crown was a grade of gasoline sold by the Standard…
Read MoreHelp Pod assisted with 43 service based projects
Diagonal and Mount Ayr Community School students undertook 43 different service projects around Ringgold County Wednesday, April 23. HELP Pod service day projects were requested by various businesses and organizations leading up to the annual event. Diagonal Projects Several large scale clean up projects were coordinated around Diagonal. Students helped with highway trash pickup, Diagonal…
Read MoreMissio Church acquires Mount Ayr meeting space
First service at new location set for May 4 Missio Church has secured a permanent meeting location in Mount Ayr after prayerfully planting the church over three years ago. On Sunday May 4, the congregation will hold their first church service at 10 a.m. in their new location at 1111 E. South Street in Mount…
Read MoreThree event wins help Mount Ayr at Lenox Co-Ed
The Mount Ayr boy’s track team made the trip to Lenox on Monday, April 21 for what turned out to be their only meet of the week. The Raiders competed in the 10-team Lenox co-ed, placing fifth with a team score of 84 points. The Raiders were to compete at the West Central Valley Invitational…
Read MoreRaiderettes fifth at Lenox Co-Ed
The Mount Ayr Raiderette girl’s track team placed fifth at the Lenox Co-Ed meet on Monday, April 21. There, the Raiderettes scored 80 team points. Riverside won the meet with a team score of 138, while Shenandoah was second with 94 points and Griswold third with 92 points. The meet turned out to be the…
Read MoreRaiderettes second in home meet
The Mount Ayr girl’s golf team hosted a five-team meet on Tuesday, April 22. It was the second meet in as many nights for the Raiderettes. In town was Martensdale-St. Mary’s, East Union, SE Warren, and Wayne. The meet would see MTSM claim the meet title with a team score of 188. Mount Ayr was…
Read MoreThree more meet wins for Raider golfers
The Mount Ayr boy’s golf team won their third, fourth, and fifth meets of the season last week as the 2025 season approaches May. The Raiders have only one meet this week at Corning and Happy Hollow Golf Course in a meet with Southwest Valley. The following week, the Raiders will compete at the 2025…
Read MoreMount Ayr State Qualifying Meet at Wayne
The postseason state qualifying meet assignments are now known for track teams after the 2025 state qualifying meet assignments were released last week. The Mount Ayr track teams will compete at meets in Class 1A on Thursday, May 15, with start times of 4 p.m. The Raiders will compete at the state qualifying meet in…
Read MoreShields places 11th at Drake Relays
Mount Ayr junior Aubree Shields competed at the Drake Relays last week in Des Moines. Shields, one of the top high jumpers in the state, joined the rest of the field of top jumpers among all classes this year. Shields would tie for 11th at Drake with a best jump of 5-feet, 2 inches. Shields…
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