2017 photo via Iowa Geographic Map Server
The Mallard City Council doesn’t want the largest building in town.
The West Bend-Mallard school district had a work session with the Mallard City Council on October 16 to discuss the fate of the Mallard school, which will close at the end of this year because of continued decline in enrollment. According to the minutes, council members were not interested in taking possession of the building and said “they don’t want the property to become an eye soar” [sic].
The core building is from 1917, but the additions were built with the same color bricks to create a unified appearance. All of it will come down in a time frame to be determined. There’s nothing we can do but sigh.