Iowa’s “Healthiest State Initiative” will be promoting a state-wide walk on Wednesday, October 4, 2017.  All 99 counties will be participating with the goal of 30-minute continuous walks.  In Ringgold County, the event will be held at 6:00 PM at Judge Lewis Park in Mt. Ayr.  Participants should meet at the shelter house south of the […]

Fire Prevention Week is on record as the longest running public health observance, according to the National Archives and Records Administration’s Library Information Center. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the first National Fire Prevention Week on October 4-10, 1925, beginning a tradition of the President of the United States signing a proclamation recognizing the occasion. It […]

A free showing of “Paper Tigers” is open to the public on Wednesday, October 11, at 6:30 PM, at the Princess Theater, 101 W. Monroe Street, in Mt. Ayr, Iowa.  “Paper Tigers” is an intimate look into the lives of selected students at Lincoln High School, an alternative school that specializes in educating traumatized youth.  […]

Ringgold County Public Health is hosting a retirement open house for Sue Beck on Friday, August 25, 2017, from 5:00-6:00 PM at the Senior Activity Center in Mt. Ayr.  Sue has been employed by the agency for 26 years as a home health nurse.  The public is invited to join us as we thank her […]