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Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, August 31, 2006
by Chanse Hall, Mount Ayr Record-News
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The need for a new jail for Ringgold county was discussed with a group of some 40 community representatives from across the county in a meeting Wednesday night at the Ringgold county courthouse.
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A sentinel chicken in Ringgold coutny has tested positive for the West Nile virus, meaning Ringgold county residents should be on the look out for the virus here.
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Enrollments in Ringgold county school districts stayed the same or showed declines from preliminary figures reported in the first week of school in 2005-06, figures compiled Monday indicate. In the Mount Ayr Community
school district, comparable enrollment is down 12 students to 666.
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Dennis Elliott of Mount Ayr recently won the 2006 USRA A modified track championship at the Mount Dew Bloomfield Speedway in Bloomfield.
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BIRTHS:
Born, August 24, a daughter, McKenna Nichol Harmon, to parents Shawn Harmon and Sarah Mercer.
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Obituaries in this issue:
Zeline Geiger |
Marjorie Priest Wamke |
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2016
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