Jordan Crawford Please provide your name and occupation. Jordan Crawford. Senior Housing and Volunteer Coordinator Why are you uniquely qualified as Mount Ayr city mayor? I’m uniquely qualified to serve as mayor because of the energy I will bring to important topics, accountability for myself and those community leaders I work with and willingness to…
Matt Henle Please give your name and occupation Matt Henle. I am self-employed in construction. Why are you uniquely qualified for a seat on the Mount Ayr city council? I was on the park board for seven years and involved in several projects with the city. Running my own business I am faced with daily…
by Jeff Snyder During the regular city council meeting October 27, the council covered a variety of topics. Among the most important was a proposal to move the annual Halloween Beggars night to Saturday night November 1. The discussion was centered around the Mount Ayr High School’s football team that advanced in the playoffs due…
RINGGOLD COUNTY, – The 2025 city and school election will be held on Tuesday, November 4. Polls across Ringgold County will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in seven locations (see adjacent map): Athens: Includes cities of Beaconsfield and Kellerton with polling at Kellerton City Hall, 108 S. Decatur St. Kellerton, Iowa 50133;…
By Jeff Snyder What a difference a few centuries makes. In the 8th century an ancient Celtic festival know as Samhain traditionally marked the end of summer and the beginning of harvest season. The Celts believed that this season of changeover represented a boundary between the worlds of the living and the worlds of the…
Creston, IOWA–Author Terri Stephens-Higgins and Dr. Karen Krogstad, both of Creston, have teamed up to provide a copy of Stephens-Higgins’s children’s book, Bella Bean on Blueberry Lane – The Puppy Wonder, to every second-grade student in Creston, Diagonal, and Mount Ayr. This week, the two will begin delivery to the schools in these communities. Stephens-Higgins,…
By RYAN STONEBRAKER LEON, Iowa – The Mount Ayr girls cross-country team will send one runner to this year’s state Class 1A state meet this Saturday in Fort Dodge. The Raiderettes Addison Doolittle broke through and qualified for the state meet by placing in the top-10 finishers at the qualifying meet in Leon last Thursday.…
By RYAN STONEBRAKER TABOR, Iowa – The Raiderettes fine volleyball season came to an end last week at Fremont-Mills in the Region 4 quarterfinal. The Knights beat Mount Ayr in four sets to advance to the Region 4 semifinals. The Raiderettes season ends with a 28-11 record while Fremont Mills improved to 22-18-1. The Raiderettes…
Mount Ayr mounts large comeback By RYAN STONEBRAKER COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – The Mount Ayr football team used a potent rushing attack last Friday night to get past Council Bluffs St. Albert 55-47 in the first round of the Class A playoffs on the road in Council Bluffs. The Raiders rushed for nearly 700 yards…
Elaine Sidney Tutor, daughter of Glenn & Carmen (Conery) Cubbage, was born November 7, 1946. Elaine grew up in Des Moines with her six siblings, Dorothy, Gordon, Terry, Verne, Maurine, and Juanita. Elaine was united in marriage to Daniel Wayne Patrick Tutor. They lived in Des Moines for several years before making Kellerton, Iowa their…
Ruth Arnolene Hull was born at home on August 19, 1937, in Clarke County, Iowa to Arno Graham and Helen Burk Graham. Arnolene was born the third of ten children. She attended country school at Doyle #1 for her elementary years, then graduated high school in 1958 from Murray High School in Murray, Iowa. Arnolene…
NICHOLAS JAMES HENRY June 16, 2000 – September 29, 2025 A Christian Vigil Service for Nicholas “Nick” Henry, 25, of Truro, who passed away Monday, September 29, 2025, will be held 7 p.m., Monday, October 6 at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Indianola. Visitation will be held 4 to 7 p.m., prior to…
To the editor: I am the owner of Mount Ayr Apartments and Brick plex and this letter serves as a response to an article that was published approximately a month ago regarding existing leases on the premises and other issues. The leases that were mentioned on the article were never approved by me and I…
To the editor: Is our government trying to make it harder for you to vote? The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would hinder millions of Americans in registering to vote by requiring citizens to present a birth certificate along with either a passport or a government-issued ID. More than 21.3 million Americans lack immediate…
To the editor: At the town hall meeting with Senator Grassley’s representative, one concern that affected almost every person in the room was changes to the Social Security Administration (SSA). DOGE is planning to shut down hundreds of local and regional offices that assist people with Social Security enrollment and resolving errors. Our closest Social…
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By Lora Stull One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, October 28, 1925.) The proposition of issuing bonds in the sum of $150,000 for the purpose of building a court house for Ringgold County will be submitted at a special election to be held Tuesday, December 1. The weather department seems to have…
I took this week’s photo in 2002. It shows the former Warin Oil Service Station in Maloy which closed in March 1986. Coincidently, Johnny Warin, the founder of Warin Oil Company, died the same month. This is one of the earliest photos I took in Ringgold County strictly for historic reasons. Let’s look at Maloy…