Area News

More details continue to emerge for Mount Ayr’s 150th birthday celebration set for September 19-21 Cookbook Sesquicentennial organizers are seeking contributions of recipes for the publication of a special cookbook commemorating the town’s 150-year history. Contributions are welcome from past and present Mount Ayr residents and may include everything from main dishes to desserts to…

By Mrs. B.M. Lesan [Editor’s note: In recognition of Mount Ayr’s sesquicentennial observance in September, the Record-News will run an occasional feature story recounting the early days of the city and county. Items are told in the vernacular of the day in which they were written, but some have been edited with discretion.] During the…

Mount Ayr senior Aubrey Reed will take her bowling skills to the next level following her signing a letter of intent to bowl at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge next fall. “I ultimately came to a decision that I wanted to go to a college that had a bowling program but also had…

Certified student enrollment numbers have been released by the Iowa Department of Education. “Certified enrollment” is calculated to arrive at state funding amounts for the following school year. State aid amounts agreed to in this legislative session won’t kick in until the 2025-2026 school. Four factors are included in the calculation – total resident student…

Over 10,000 bushels of corn turned into feed each week The prior Schalpia Feed operation and Farmer’s Coop site has completed transformation into Provision Feed Mill and is now operational. Over fifty people packed into the facility for an open house and site tours of the newly remodeled site at 317 Broadway Street on Saturday,…

The fire that burned down the original farm house at Ramsey Farms on Sunday, January 19, left many questioning why anyone was living or staying there at the time. Initially reported at 5:49 p.m., first responders interacted with an unidentified male south of the house on fire. He reported the woman who was staying at…

On the health front, the new year brings good news and bad news, especially for Iowa and Ringgold County, specifically. The good news – the cancer incidence rate nationwide is falling. (Incidence rate measures the number of new cancer diagnoses in a given population.) The bad news – Iowa has the second highest cancer incidence…

It was a busy weekend for local volunteer fire fighters. The Mount Ayr fire department was called in response to a fire reported near Redding on Saturday, January 18 at 2:45 p.m. . Seven volunteer fire fighters responded to the small corn field fire around the intersection of 310th and 170th, and used roughly 50…

The Mount Ayr city council approved a change to the Madison Street project, and heard challenges related to residential set back distances at their regular meeting Wednesday, January 15. Public forum Ross King was present to discuss property improvements at 406 West Adams Street in Mount Ayr. King asked the council to consider looking at…

Bull sale season is just beginning, with several upcoming sales announced in January and February. Southwestern Iowa is preparing to showcase the best of their bulls beginning this weekend. Nichols Farms Sale The private treaty bull season opens on Saturday, January 25 at the Nichols Farms Bull Barn in Bridgewater, IA.  Over 450 bulls from…