Ayrshire News

Dec 18 2009 by Edwin Lawrence, Ayrshire Post A CONTROVERSIAL plan to put Catholic schools on one super campus is already falling apart.

The Ea TMHawks of Emmetsburg/Armstrong-Ringsted/Ruthven-Ayrshire opened the Lakes Conference dual season with a 69-6 win over Cherokee on Thursday night.

LAKE?PARK - Ruthven-Ayrshirea TMs Raider girls found themselves on the wrong side of a 68-30 decision in girls basketball action Friday night, Dec.

Concrete blocks thrown through windows of an apartment got the attention of Storm Lake Police.

The basketball season started off on a down note for the Ruthven-Ayrshire girls last week with a pair of losses.

YOU may remember that a couple of weeks ago when I was writing about Edgar Allan Poe and the Saltcoats connection I quoted: "Nostalgia is the vintage wine of the soul." Well, this week I was in the library and saw a booklet, "Nostalgia Weekend, Troon, 27th to 29th November 2009," of course I picked it up to bring home.

A respected, longtime area educator has decided to retire at the conclusion of this school year.

IRVINE Burns Club's campaign to gain worldwide recognition as the town that inspired Rabbie to have his work published was launched on Monday by another Robert Burns.

Hundreds of letters hand written by people such as Charles Dickens, Sean Connery and Winston Churchill will go on display this week in Ayrshire.

Two from Ruthven are injured after their car is dragged by a freightliner. The Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office says Tuesday's accident took place in the 1300 block of Gowrie Street in Ruthven.

Eligible voters in Tuesdaya TMs Municipal elections are being reminded of the hours for voting, as well as the polling place locations in their respective communities.

The fiftieth West Palo Alto Community Fund Drive began this week and will continue through Sunday, Nov.

The motorcycles roaring into Estherville just before three o'clock Sunday were an impressive sight.

THE Royal British Legion and North Ayrshire Council are to march TOGETHER in this year's Remembrance Day parade through Irvine - ending a bitter five-year war of words.

Funeral service for Agnes Ina Weishaar of Ayrshire was Saturday, Oct. 10, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ayrshire.

Palo Alto County's Board of Supervisors found out that an old friend wasn't doing too well during the weekly meeting of the group on Tuesday, Oct.

Although there are four Silver Lakes in Iowa -- in Dickinson, Worth, Delaware and Palo Alto counties -- a group interested in the 34-acre body of water in Palo Alto County formally organized this week, with intentions of making more improvements around their recently-developed lake.

Absentee ballots are now available for the upcoming municipal city elections in Palo Alto County.

Write-in candidates will be needed to fill ten vacancies in various communities in Palo Alto County during the upcoming Municipal Elections.

An Ayrshire teen is sent to the hospital following a one car rollover in the 330 block of 420th Street.