Justin Lee Beier
Justin Lee Beier was born in Aurora, Nebraska to John Edward Percifield and Candice K Beier on December 4, 1979. Justin passed away on November 4, 2024, at Kavanaugh Hospice House in Des Moines at the age of 44. Justin graduated from Mount Ayr High School and went on to work most recently as a…
Read MoreRandy Smith inducted to Iowa Racing Hall of Fame
Randy Smith of Mount Ayr was inducted November 2 in the Iowa Racing Hall of Fame at the Briggs Woods Conference Center in Webster City. Smith started driving sprint cars in 1975. He traveled throughout the United States, competing in 23 different states, as well as Australia and Canada. Smith’s racing career found him piloting…
Read MoreFive Raiderettes make all conference teams
The 2024 Pride of Iowa Conference honors list for the completed volleyball season was released last week. The annual list showcases and honors the league’s best volleyball players from the previous season. This year, the Mount Ayr Raiderettes tied with the most all-conference selections among the nine-member schools with five. Those selections were sophomore Jaylee…
Read MoreShapshots of History
By Mike Avitt In 1988, the Mount Ayr Record-News moved from 119 N. Taylor to 122 W. Madison. Many lost and forgotten items were discovered during the move including about 20 glass negatives. In 1989 the negatives were made into prints and Shirley Hickman published several in her column, “Ayr Views.” The photos are random…
Read MoreTrump voters self-interest
To the editor: There is no doubt that Donald Trump and the Republican party, as a whole, won the election. The question is why. Democratic party members as well as the media and political pundits have, since the election, assigned blame for Trump’s victory to a number of institutions and individuals. I hold Trump was…
Read MoreLooking Back
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, November 19, 1924.) Will improve mail service~In response to petitions numerously signed by patrons of the Mount Ayr, Benton, and Diagonal post offices, an inspector visited the three offices about 10 days ago and Sunday there was received at the Mount Ayr and also at the Diagonal…
Read MoreMAC board hires counselor, hears band concerns
The Mount Ayr Community Schools board of directors met in regular session Monday, November 11. Discussion items included hiring of an elementary guidance counselor, questions about the future of the MAC music program, and a special program for fourth- and fifth-grade students, Elementary guidance In his report to the board, MAC elementary principal Chris Elwood…
Read MoreHONORING OUR VETERANS
Veterans Day program honors local combat soldier A Veterans Day celebration was held at Mount Ayr Community School Monday. National Honor Society students Jaxy Knight, Brock Shaha and Olivia Huntington gave a presentation about the experience of a local veteran, Jerry Dean McAlexander, who served in Vietnam. Jerry’s wife, Rose, shared his medals, papers, and…
Read MoreRinggold County’s first veterans
[Complied and written by the Iowa Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Iowa, Sponsored by Ringgold County Superintendent of Schools, Mount Ayr, Iowa. 1942. Published with permission from Ringgold County Gen Web iagenweb.org/ringgold] When the Civil War erupted, Mount Ayr was a village with only 250 residents. Editor George Burton…
Read MoreMOVE Ministries performs work trip to Tijuana
by Mike Avitt On October 19, MOVE (Men Of Vision Evangelize) Ministries arrived in Tijuana, Mexico for a one week mission trip. Shannon City Community Church was well represented on this trip with six members aboard: Rev. Al Rusk, Scott Mitchell, Steve Johnston, Toby Williamson, Luke Still, and myself. We stayed at a facility called…
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