Monthly Archives: September 2017

Sep 13

Mid-Prairie grade reconfiguration closes* school

Over the past school year, the Mid-Prairie School District (Kalona, Wellman, and West Chester) was trying to figure out what to do with unbalanced class sizes in geography-based elementary attendance centers. In April, the school board decided to divide by … Continue reading

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Sep 12

The last September school election in Iowa

Today will be the last time that school board elections and school-related votes will take place in September. In spring the Iowa Legislature approved combining city and school elections into November of odd-numbered years (bill text here) along with a … Continue reading

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Sep 11

The incredible shrinking Iowa State Daily

When I saw the copies at the Alumni Center, I thought what was there was either an insert or a mistake. But then I looked closer. An eight-page paper the same physical size as a Farm Bureau Spokesman, with four … Continue reading

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Sep 08

Option read, White’s got the corner…

Kirk Ferentz, who became the longest consecutively tenured head coach in college football this season, has yet to have a winning record against what is now the fourth-worst power-conference team in history.

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Sep 07

Four-way stop coming to Lone Tree corner

October 13, 2006: Eastbound IA 22 at old north end of IA 405. Throughout the 45 years that the intersection of IA 22 and the road leading into Lone Tree was a state highway (IA 405), 22 was always the … Continue reading

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Sep 06

50th anniversary of Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Des Moines Hoover schools

The Baby Boom-related expansion of high schools in Iowa began in 1967, when Iowa’s two largest cities opened new buildings. Des Moines Hoover celebrated its anniversary last week (above). Herbert Hoover, Iowa’s only native son elected president, had died three years … Continue reading

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Sep 05

50th anniversary of KMEG

Iowa’s youngest “big three” network affiliate turns 50 years old today. KMEG Channel 14 in Sioux City, a CBS station, is the only such affiliate in Iowa on the UHF spectrum. The switch to digital has largely rendered the VHF/UHF … Continue reading

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Sep 01

Facing the giants

In back-to-back games eight months apart, Iowa State went toe-to-toe with college football royalty and blinked. Or, alternatively, the college football gods noticed what was going on and engineered a snap recalibration. December 27, 2001, Purgatory Shreveport LA The year … Continue reading

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