Mapleton Press

10/24/2025

The Mapleton Press is looking for Gift Ideas that you can ONLY find in our coverage area. If you have an idea, drop it in the comment below.

10/24/2025

Read about all the Halloween activities in the area!!

A number of activities are scheduled in the area to celebrate Halloween. Mapleton On Saturday, October 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Fisher Whiting Memorial Library in Mapleton will host its …

10/23/2025

Group in Mapleton working with Homes for Iowa to place new house

Mapleton Housing and Community Improvement, a branch of MCDC (Mapleton Community Development Corporation) purchased a property on 8th Street in Mapleton in December of 2022. Shortly after, the home …

10/23/2025

Reminder to Candidates in the upcoming City/School Board Election to return your candidate questionnaire the Mapleton Press; email [email protected]. Questionnaires will be taken until 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24.

10/23/2025

Reminder to send in your "Salute to Veterans"
Deadline to submit is Thursday, Oct. 30th. If you submitted a Veteran in the past, just call the Mapleton Press to tell us to re-run your Veteran or email: [email protected].
The Salute to Our Veterans will be published in the Nov. 6 issue.

10/23/2025

The newest edition of The Mapleton Press is now on newsstands and headed to your mailbox. Here's a peek at what's inside:
-Group in Mapleton working with Homes for Iowa to place a new house
-Iconic Soldier Water Tower Comes Down
-Halloween activities kickoff in the area
-Recap of the MVAOCOU Rams as they head into the postseason
-Next issue of the Ram Writeup
Or you can visit our website at www.mapletonpress.com

10/15/2025

“Y-E-L-L Everybody Yells”
The MVAOCOU Football Cheerleaders hosted a Ram Youth Spirit Night. There were 53 participants from the Mapleton-Elementary, Anthon-Elementary and Charter Oak-Ute Elementary at the Spirit Clinic. The participants learned cheers and a dance, ate snacks, decorated a picture frame, took photos with RAMbo, and were LOUD and PROUD in the stands.

MAKE SURE to pick up an issue of this week's Mapleton Press to see what pictures were published!!

10/15/2025

The newest edition of The Mapleton Press is now on newsstands and headed to your mailbox. Here's a peek at what's inside:
-MVAO School Foundation purchases farm to enhance learning experience for students
-Photos from the MVAOCOU Cheer Clinic
-Planning for the Holidays is underway in Mapleton
-Special Salute to Hometown Heroes
Or you can visit our website at www.mapletonpress.com

10/15/2025

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10/10/2025

A View from the Hill…National Newspaper Week

It is National Newspaper Week (Oct. 5-11) and we at the Mapleton Press would like to thank our readers and customers for their support this year.
With a small staff, it is hard to cover everything and we try our best to bring you a quality newspaper each week. Donna and I make sure each issue has a “personal small town touch.”
There is nothing like a holding a hard copy of a small town newspaper.
People might ask, why should I subscribe to the newspaper?
In the Mapleton Press, we include
-Stories and Pictures from community events
-Pictures and stories from school activities and athletic events
-RamWriteups/Senior Spotlights
-Highlight events and people that make our communities special
When parent's are getting ready for their child's graduation reception, will you be able to find pictures of your child online or on Facebook?
You can make it easy by cutting it out of the Mapleton Press. My favorite thing to see at graduation receptions are newspaper clippings. I have started a box of newspaper clippings for my daughters.
You can cut out a picture of your child/grandchild and put in on the refrigerator. My Grandma's refrigerator would be covered with pictures of my siblings and me that she cut from the local newspaper.
When preparing the Photo Rewinds, I enjoy looking at the old stories, pictures and advertisements. If I didn't have a hard copy of past issues, how would be I able to found out who was Homecoming King and Queen 50 years ago so easily?
While watching my favorite show on Netflix, the town librarian said, “Books are like gold and stories should be shared.”
That is how I feel about stories in the newspaper, there are lots of stories that should be shared.
This partly why writing stories for the Retirement Lifestyles has become important to me. Many people I interview for this section say they don't have a story but in fact they do.
Stories in the Mapleton Press highlight what makes small town Iowa so special and that's why we do what we do.
If you are a current subscriber of the Mapleton Press, thank you! Be sure to encourage your family and friends to subscribe too.

10/10/2025

Photo Gallery from Homecoming Friday Night!