Area News
Cancer care closer to home: Ringgold County Hospital pursues grant funds
By Dalton Shadle MOUNT AYR, Iowa — A two-part story that appeared in the Mount Ayr Record News last fall discussing the increasing cancer rates that are affecting Iowa as a whole. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds once again addressed the topic during her 2026 Condition of the State Address on January 13. Reynolds explained what…
Read MoreCommunity Search Ends in Relief as Missing Woman Is Found
By Jeff Snyder and Ken Garner MOUNT AYR, Iowa — A potentially tragic situation had the best possible outcome when a missing woman was located in rural Ringgold County. Cheryl Anderson, 78, was last seen leaving her residence in Cumming, Iowa in the late afternoon on March 3. Anderson, who has Alzheimer’s and has not…
Read MoreSpring storm threat returns: Ringgold County EMA urges area residents to be prepared
By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — With the warmer weather and springtime around the corner, Ringgold County Emergency Management Coordinator Melissa Stark knows she is about to be busy. Evidence of this happened late last week as the threat of severe storms went through southwest Iowa and northwest Missouri. Emergency Management is a coordinated…
Read MoreBoard of supervisors hear presentations
By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Ringgold County Board of Supervisors held its weekly meeting on Tuesday rather than their normal Monday time slot. Among the county departments presenting to the board was Ringgold County Engineer Jared Johnson. One of Johnson’s primary responsibilities is the management of the county road systems and the…
Read MoreFraud co-conspirator arrested
By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Ringgold County Sheriff’s Department recently arrested one of the conspirators in a multi-state fraud investigation. On February 10, Riley Culbertson, age 18, turned himself into the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Department on a warrant issued for Theft-second degree and was released after posting bond. Culbertson is alleged to…
Read MoreRCH struggles getting employment applicants
By DALTON SHADLE MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Ringgold County Hospital board was informed that the hospital has struggled attracting applicants during its regularly scheduled board meeting last Wednesday at the facility in Mount Ayr. The board was told that they lost two recent applicants for employment for a variety of reasons. With one of…
Read MoreDisaster in Delphos
Small community hit by two tragedies on same day By Jeff Snyder DELPHOS, Iowa — Fire ripped through a home in Delphos last Wednesday leaving a family destitute in the aftermath. Jolene and Chad Percifield stood on the lawn of an abandoned church across the street from their burning trailer type home and watched as…
Read MoreSnapshots of History by Mike Avitt
This week’s picture comes courtesy of the Linda Swanson collection and shows the Ringgold Evangelical Church about 1910. The church faced south and was on the north side of what we call Ringgold County Road J-67. An 1894 plat map verifies this location. This photo also appears on page 31 of Raymond Banner’s book (2002)…
Read MoreDNR Prairie reclamation project picks up steam
By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The latest efforts to create and execute a plan of prairie reclamation throughout Iowa’s rural ecosystems by the Department of Natural Resources continue throughout Ringgold County. Currently, there is work being performed on the Walnut Creek Marsh Wildlife Preserve, located south of State Highway 2, approximately four miles…
Read MoreMount Ayr continues fiber optic push
By Jeff Snyder MOUNT AYR, Iowa — Mount Ayr continues to move toward modernization of its infrastructures by expanding its digital footprint, specifically the expansion of fiber optic data transmission capability. Over the past few years Mount Ayr has seen a dramatic increase in the number of homes serviced by the high tech advantage of…
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