Mount 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…
Read MoreMAC board hires music teachers, debates start times
Personnel decisions and school start times were among many items of discussion at the regular meeting of the Mount Ayr Community Schools board of directors Monday, April 14. Personnel The board approved a long list of open positions filled since their last meeting. Topping the list was the hiring of the husband and wife team…
Read More‘Breakfast with the Master’ concludes Friday
The Ringgold County Ministerial Association has again sponsored its annual “Breakfast with the Master” series of Holy Week observances at the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr. The series, entitled “The Nails,” concludes Friday, April 18. On Thursday, April 17, New Life Family Church, St. Joseph Catholic Church, and the Lighthouse will prepare egg casseroles,…
Read MoreGrowing interest in home school, private education options
Iowa families have many educational choices for their children outside of the traditional public school system, however the decision to educate privately or at home is a complex process. Home schooling or private education offers parents a variety of options, including three main avenues according to the Iowa Department of Education. All three options satisfy…
Read MoreCarroll William Taylor
Carroll William Taylor, son of Edward William Taylor and Wilma Beatrice Schafer Taylor, was born May 16, 1938, in Corning, Iowa. At the beginning of World War II, his father enlisted in the Navy and Carroll and his mother moved to Malcolm, Iowa and then to Grinnell, Iowa. ShirleyMae, his only sibling, was born in…
Read MoreCurtis Scott Braby
Curtis Scott Braby, 66, died Thursday, April 3, 2025, at his home surrounded by his loving family under the care of St. Croix Hospice. Curt was born on December 16, 1958, in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Following his graduation from Mount Ayr Community High School where he was a state champion heavy weight wrestler, he attended…
Read MoreGary Bailey
Gary Bailey, 86, of Winterset, formerly of Creston Afton area, died Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Mt. Ayr at the Clearview Home. A Celebration of Life Service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 6, 2025, at the Powers Funeral Home in Afton. Pastor Jodi Rushing will officiate the service. The burial will be at…
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