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Petition seeks 6th grade plan reversal

March 13, 2024

A group of citizens, led by Regan Main, are circulating a petition to force the school board to hold a public meeting on its recent decision to move sixth grade classes from the elementary school to the middle school. Per Iowa Code section 279.8B, if 76 registered voters sign the petition (10% of the last…

Jay-Lynn-O Tours: Fun, Fellowship, & Philanthropy

March 13, 2024

By Darrell Dodge Time flies when you’re having fun. Time flies even faster when you’re having fun for a good cause. That could be the motto for Mount Ayr’s Jay-Lynn-O Tours as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of their charitable relationship with Camp Courageous in Monticello, which provides year-round recreation, respite, and travel opportunities for…

Breakfast with the Master begins March 25

March 13, 2024

Follow Jesus to Jerusalem, the Temple, Upper Room, Garden of Gethsemane and Golgotha during Breakfast and devotion each morning, Monday March 25 through Friday March 29 for this county wide event designed to inspire. Breakfast will be from 6:30 to 7 a.m. with music and devotion from 7 to 7:30. Each day area churches will…

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture addresses local producers

March 13, 2024

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig addressed a large gathering of area producers at the new commercial building at the fairgrounds Thursday evening. Naig was the Keynote Speaker for the City State Bank Ag Seminar, also sponsored by Iowa Corn and the Ringgold County Corn Growers Association. Naig touched on a number of legislative issues.…

Hospital unveils strategic financial initiatives

March 6, 2024

An overview of the 2023 audit and troubling finances were the focus at the Ringgold County Hospital (RCH) board of trustees meeting on Monday, February 26. Marty Dubas, CPA and audit partner with EideBailly, presented preliminary findings from the 2023 audit. Dubas shared a new governmental accounting standard, GASB 96, changes the way subscription based…

City still seeks rec director

March 6, 2024

The Mount Ayr city council learned they are still without a summer recreation director at their regular meeting Monday, March 5. Public forum Bobby Kibbe attended the meeting to inquire about what was being done to follow up on nuisance complaints. “I’d like to know what’s going on,” said Kibbe, “A couple years ago, you…

Shields wins high jump, Raiderettes shuttle team 9th

March 13, 2024

The Mount Ayr girl’s track and field team got their first meet in the books after traveling to Iowa State University last week for the IATC indoor track championships. There, sophomore Aubree Shields won the high jump and Mount Ayr’s shuttle hurdle relay team captured a top-10 finish. The Raiderettes also had other events get…

Reynolds qualifies for Drake Relays in first meet

March 13, 2024

Decorated senior and Stanford University signee Ryce Reynolds got his senior season off with a bang, winning two individual titles and adding a third in the 4X400 relay at last week’s IATC indoor track championships at Iowa State University. The Raiders won three events at the meet and got their first live action of the…

Four Raiderettes named to All-Conference teams

March 6, 2024

The Pride of Iowa Conference released their all-conference list for the 2023-24 season last week after the last POI team was eliminated from the postseason. On the list are four Mount Ayr Raiderettes. Selected were juniors Jaxy Knight and Breya Nickle and freshmen Izzy Gilbertson and Dannie Stewart. Gilbertson, Nickle, and Knight were each a…

Dickie Wayne Walden

March 13, 2024

DICKIE WAYNE WALDEN Dickie Wayne Walden was born on January 10, 1940, to William and Gladys Rouse Walden. He was the fifth child. Dick grew up in Hannibal, Missouri and attended elementary and high school in Hannibal. In 1958, the Hannibal Church of the Nazarene was having a special revival service with Rev. Nettie Miller…

Susan Quall

March 6, 2024

Services for 68 year old Susan Quall of Redding will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9 at Armstrong Funeral Home. Visitation is prior to the service from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Cindabeth Suzanne (Sims) Morgan

March 6, 2024

Cindabeth Suzanne (Sims) Morgan was born in New York state on November 20, 1954. At the age of six months, she was adopted by John Albert Sims and Elizabeth Margaret (Potter) Sims, who had long desired to have children. She preserved a letter written by her father to his father, describing the delight they felt…

Trump, Hitler are similar

March 13, 2024

To the editor: Everyone knows, or should know, what happened in and to Gernany and much of the world after Adolph Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933. I wonder if anyone has ever considered the similarities between Trump and Hitler-there are many. Leota M. Lipovac Urbandale

Disaster at the border

March 13, 2024

To the editor: We are living in Epoch times watching the purposed total destruction of America by hating Joe Biden and the gutless democratic party. In 2019 Trump had border crossings down to 800 to 1,500 per day, now in 2024 apprehensions are up to 12 to 15,000 per day, from 170 different countries. As…

God explains everything

February 28, 2024

To the editor: The first words of the only book God has written say, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). This one verse is the ultimate starting point for shaping our worldview and our worship. What we view in the heavens (which in our modern day is quite a…

Breakfast with the Master begins March 25

Follow Jesus to Jerusalem, the Temple, Upper Room, Garden of Gethsemane and Golgotha during Breakfast and devotion each morning, Monday March 25 through Friday March 29 for this county wide event designed to inspire. Breakfast will be from 6:30 to 7 a.m. with music and devotion from 7 to 7:30. Each day area churches will…

Upcoming March Activities

Thursdays Alcoholics Anonymous meetings every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Mount Ayr Depot Museum. Red Cross Blood Drive  First Christian Church 11 a.m.-5 p.m. March 5, 2024 May 14, 2024 July 9, 2024 September 10, 2024 November 12, 2024 Saturday, March 2, 2024 9:30 a.m. PEO Brunch at United Baptist Presbyterian Church. Monday, March 18, 2024 7…

Looking Back

March 13, 2024

One Hundred Thirty-Two Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, March 3, 1892.) The Russian thistle, a most pernicious foreign weed, is spreading rapidly in western Minnesota and the Dakotas, and is causing the farmers great uneasiness. It bears enormous quantities of seed and propagates itself with great rapidity. Local Items~ The speediest way to…

Snapshots of History: Bever-Grimes Cemetery

March 13, 2024

By Mike Avitt The Bever-Grimes Cemetery is located in section 12 of Jefferson Township. The cemetery’s location is about a mile and a quarter southeast of Shannon City. This was also the site of Ringgold County’s first church building in 1858. Frame buildings were not yet being erected in Ringgold County so this would have…