Four new inductees were voted into the Mount Ayr Community Schools Hall of Game class for this year. The award recipients were announced Tuesday evening. The awards will be presented at the annual Hall of Fame banquet later this year. This year’s inductees include: Curt Braby – Curt Braby son of the late Chuck Braby…
Ebersole Cattle Co. was recently awarded a $25,000 Choose Iowa Value-Added Grant to help them develop a new food hub in Southwest Iowa and offer home deliveries of beef, pork and poultry. Located just outside of Kellerton, the Ebersole family was one of 26 Iowa farmers, small businesses and non-profits to receive a Choose Iowa…
Two long standing insurance companies in Mount Ayr moved under one roof last year, and will soon be using the same name. In 2023, Tyler Insurance account managers Lois Ibbotson and Pam Brokaw, moved into the same building as Ringgold Insurance Services in order to streamline their operations. Beginning May 1, Ringgold Insurance Services and…
The Mount Ayr City Council took the next step in beefing up the city’s rental housing inspection practices by approving an agreement with a property inspection consulting firm. The city agreed to a contract with Iowa Inspections, LLC out of Ackworth to assist the city in “establishing and facilitating a Rental Housing Inspection Program.” An…
Raiders runners-up at home golf tournament The Mount Ayr boy’s golf team finished second at a three-team meet at home on Monday, April 15. There, the Raiders scored 173 points, second to meet champion Wayne who won with a team score of 169. The Falcons were led by the medalist and runner-up medalist finishers. Nash…
For the second time in as many meets, Mount Ayr’s Jaylee Shaffer collected medalist honors at a meet. This time, at the large MoHawk Invitational last Thursday where there were eight teams and 49 individual golfers. Shaffer won the meet with a low score of 76. As a team, the Raiderettes picked up an impressive…
A week before the Drake Relays, the Mount Ayr boy’s track team had a pair of meets last week. The Raiders traveled to West Central Valley last Thursday for the second of two meets. There, the Raiders would place seventh with 46 points. AC/GC won the meet with a team score of 114 points. Panorama…
Graveside services for A.J. Parker of Diagonal will be 2:15 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Rising Sun Cemetery, northwest of Diagonal. Family and friends are invited to meet at the United Church of Diagonal from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and the funeral home will lead the procession out to the cemetery.…
Phyllis (Smith) Cregeen, 78, peacefully departed this world on April 12, 2024, in Rockford, Il. Phyllis was born at home on February 8, 1946, to Cecil and Vesta Smith in Knowlton, Iowa. Phyllis married Dale Cregeen on June 19, 1966. In 1968, Phyllis and Dale Moved to Rockford. In July of that year, their son…
John Henry Barber was born November 7, 1947, to Manlea and Pearl (Senior) Barber in rural Bedford, Iowa. He attended school in Redding, Maloy and Mount Ayr and graduated in the US Army with his GED. John was a construction worker in the Army in Vietnam and Alaska. He worked for local construction companies building…
To the editor: If you have any doubts about the ineffectiveness and inability of the majority party in the House of Representatives to do its job, i.e. govern the nation, take a closer look. Once again, the position of the Speaker of the House has come under attack from ultra-right wing members. Fearful that the…
To the editor: Lou Conter, the last survivor of the USS Arizona, died Monday of heart failure at his home in California. His death is a reminder that we are losing, on a daily basis, the Americans who lived through the depression and World War II. Newman and author Tom Brokaw called these Americans “The Greatest…
To the editor: Donald Trump recently claimed that if he is not elected President in 2024, that America will cease to exist. I hold the view that if America ceases to exist, the cause would be Donald Trump’s election as President in 2024. Leota M. Lipovac Urbandale
From the Desk… On April 30th, RCDC will be hosting Stephanie Neppl, Tourism Liaison from the Iowa Tourism Office/IEDA. Karen Bender and I met with Stephanie several months ago and was amazed at all the services they offer. I asked Stephanie to summarize her presentation. “Come learn how to maximize the free marketing opportunities through the Iowa…
The terms public meeting, public forum and public hearing are often used interchangeably, however there are important differences in terms of their format, purpose, and level of formality. Public Meeting A public meeting is generally defined as a meeting in which business is conducted by a public body like local government, a school district or…
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 30, 1924.) Grant City Bank closes. By order of its directors the Farmers Trust Co. of Grant City closed its doors yesterday morning and wired the state finance department to take charge of the affairs of the institution. The last report of the trust company, made…
Kellerton High School’s gymnasium was built in 1951 and beginning in 1952, the remaining Ringgold County Girls’ Basketball Tournament games were played here. Prior to that, most of the tournaments were held at Beaconsfield. The first tournament in the modern era was played in 1942 with the Delphos girls as champs. After that the Tingley…