If you are entertaining and want to keep it healthy, More Matters has suggestions!  Whether you are cooking for your family or having a party with a bunch of friends, there are great tips on easy ways to cut calories (but keep the flavor!) and include fruits and vegetables in your celebrations.  Click here for […]

A number of local residents helped plant the Hy-Vee One Step Community Garden at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Ayr on May 14.  Those working on the project include Jane Lawhead, Shirley Wallace, Cindy Mitchell, Allison and Krishna Carr-Anderson, Doug and Theola Bullock, Crystal Storhoff, Sue Larsen, Roger Townsend, Amanda and Riley Waske, Chris Doster […]

The Food System Coalition, a subdivision of the Ringgold County Wellness Committee, successfully applied for a $750 One Step Community Garden Grant from Hy-Vee Food Stores. The grants are awarded to organizations whose core focus teaches those in need about health and nutrition through the process of planting, tending and harvesting their own fruits and […]

The Live Healthy Iowa (LHI) 5K run/walk and Kids 1K was held April 12 in Mount Ayr. There were 164 registered participants. This event was held in 10 cities around the state of Iowa, all on the same day. Mount Ayr was the town with the smallest population to host the event, yet we had more participants […]