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Raiders sit at third place in Pride of Iowa

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Raiders sit at third place in Pride of Iowa

Three dominant wins in four games for the Mount Ayr baseball team helped them improve to 11-3 overall and 8-3 in the Pride of Iowa Conference. Mount Ayr is tied for second place with Lenox and SE Warren. Mount Ayr opened this week with a game at Bedford on Monday and at Lenox on Tuesday. The Raiders return hom Friday to play state ranked Martensdale-St. Marys. The next week starts with Mount Ayr at home on Monday, June 30 against SW Valley and a…Read Article

WIC Conference makes overtures to two POI members

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WIC Conference makes overtures to two POI members

The landscape for high school athletics is changing as small school conferences in Southwest Iowa are looking at their futures in their present conference membership. Recently, the Western Iowa Conference extended invitations to ten schools about the possibility of joining their conference. Pride of Iowa Conference schools Nodaway Valley and Southwest Valley are on the list of ten schools. Current members in the Western Iowa Conference are Misso…Read Article

Middle school baseball season update reported

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Middle school baseball season update reported

The Mount Ayr middle school baseball team opened the season playing at East Union. East Union 6, Mt. Ayr 3 The A Team started off the morning on June 5 to kick off the season. The Raiders jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first half inning with Wyatt Collier singling and scoring and Collin Conklin drawing a walk and scoring. The Eagles scored 4 in the first to take a 4-2 lead. The rest of the game went by quickly with the final score ending 6-3…Read Article

Raider baseball head coach moves into similar role with SWCC softball

Chris Piperno recently resigned his position as Southwestern Community College head baseball coach, but he’s not going far, just one field to the west, to lead the Southwestern softball program. [Piperno is serving this summer as the Mount Ayr Raider head baseball coach.] Not only will Southwestern retain Piperno, but Danny Jensen, who recently stepped down from the softball head coaching position, will assist Piperno in an assistant coaching ro…Baseball · Mount Ayr Read Article

Mount Ayr hanging tough in POI race

The Mount Ayr baseball team has kept pace with the leaders in the Pride of Iowa Conference heading into this week. The Raiders are in second place in the POI going into the week a half-game back from Martensdale-St. Mary’s and Lenox who were tied in the lead with one loss each. The Raiders beat three of the four foes they faced last week. Mount Ayr beat Murray 18-5 on Monday, June 9 then beat SW Valley 12-6, and Wayne 11-0. The lone loss was to …Baseball · Mount Ayr Read Article

Sun Valley legal dispute ongoing

A prolonged dispute between the Sun Valley Iowa Lake Association (SVILA) and a property owner at the lake has resulted in a significant judgment against the owner. According to a report from the Des Moines Register, owner Joe Romare has been ordered to pay legal fees totaling approximately $700,000 in legal fees incurred by the SVILA in a battle to collect $1,100 in home owners association dues. The litigation spanned several months dating back …Mount Ayr · Mount Ayr Read Article

Raiderettes face tough sledding on road

The Mount Ayr softball team was road warriors last week, playing three of their four games away from their home field. The results were tough, as the Raiderettes were 1-3 in four games last week with losses at Clarke and Murray and a home loss to Lenox in a one-run game. The Raiderettes won at Lamoni on June 3 for their second win of the season as their record stands at 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the Pride of Iowa Conference. The week started with a…Mount Ayr · Mount Ayr Read Article

Recounting history of Ringgold County

Early History of Ringgold County and Settlers By Mrs. B.M. Lesan From the Nov. 25, 1925 Mount Ayr Record News Attention has been called to the following errors in my article printed November 4. Alex McCartney settled southwest of Mount Ayr instead of southeast. John S. Sheller agreed to give half the town lots to the county if the county seat was located on his land. He delivered the deed to the county June 9, 1855, attested by Edward and Jane …History · Mount Ayr Read Article

School board hears preschool site visit report

The results of the state site evaluation of the preschool program was a main topic of discussion at the Monday, June 9 meeting of the Mount Ayr Community Schools board of directors. The site visit conducted by two individuals from the Iowa Department of Education was the first since the pre-school program was moved into the elementary building this past school year. Principal Chris Elwood explained the preschool was evaluated using the Iowa Qual…Mount Ayr · Mount Ayr Read Article

New arrest from local raid

Another arrest has been made stemming from the recent drug bust at Ransey Farms. According to the arrest report, on June 4 Nicole Christine Audas, 40, of Mount Ayr was arrested in Polk County on the following Ringgold County arrest warrants: • Child Endangerment (Aggravated Misdemeanor) • Possession of Controlled Substance- Methamphetamine 2nd Offense (Aggravated Misdemeanor) • Possession of Controlled Substance- Xanax 2nd Offense (Aggravated Mi…Mount Ayr · Mount Ayr Read Article

Obituary – IRMA JOHNSTON

Irma Miller was born December 2, 1930, to Chester Arthur and Inez Ann (Reasoner) Miller at home, northeast of Beaconsfield, Iowa. She attended school in Beaconsfield. Irma married Roy L. Huntsman on June 16, 1957, in Albert Lee, Minnesota. Irma & Roy settled in the house she was born in and enjoyed their life together. Irma had no children of her own, however, she did care for the neighborhood children. She was an artist and has painted over 50 …Mount Ayr · Mount Ayr Read Article

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