August 4, 2015: Detailed view of the brickwork at the southeast corner of the St. Ansgar Elementary building, which started out as the town’s main school building. They don’t build them like this anymore.
The St. Ansgar school district has built an elementary addition onto its high school complex along with a new gym, and the fate of the town’s 1928 school building will be determined soon. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports there are two options on the table. In one, the building will be demolished and six residences built on the land. In the other, the building would stay and become a community center.