Category Archives: Schools

Oct 24

Many forfeits for lack of players this football season

There have been enough cases of small high schools forfeiting football games this year due to lack of players after injuries that it’s worth documenting: Danville forfeited at least half its season (five games) Mormon Trail (Garden Grove) forfeited at … Continue reading

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Oct 19

H is for Hamburg

October 2, 2015: Two views of the Hamburg school building. A larger version of the second photo can be seen by opening it in a new tab. The southwesternmost school building in Iowa is also one of the most recent … Continue reading

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Oct 11

Charter Oak-Ute could lose its high school

August 31, 2008: The Charter Oak school building opened in the fall of 1916. It became part of the Charter Oak-Ute school district in 1961. Its time as a high school may be done after its 101st class. Iowa’s largest … Continue reading

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Oct 06

I is for Irwin

May 22, 2014: The brick Irwin school was built in 1917. Note the stonework. There are only 10 incorporated places in Iowa starting with I, but four county seats among them. Five have a population under 1000. Irwin is one … Continue reading

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Sep 30

Collins-Maxwell, Colo-NESCO put out feelers on sports sharing

After an emotional plea earlier this month from one Collins-Maxwell teacher/coach to continue sharing sports with Baxter if at all possible, last year’s interim C-M superintendent said “it’s not going to happen.” The Tri-County Times reports that C-M has been … Continue reading

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Sep 29

North Tama making first football trips to Jasper, Polk counties

After North Tama football was demoted to Class A in the early 2000s, the Redhawks bounced around geographically. In many configurations, NT was on the periphery — the northernmost of a southern district, westernmost of an eastern district, southernmost of … Continue reading

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Sep 26

Game ball unites Adair-Casey, Guthrie Center

Video story from WHO.

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Sep 15

OABCIG consolidation vote fails

A majority of voters in the Odebolt-Arthur school district rejected a merger with the Battle Creek-Ida Grove school district Tuesday, the Sioux City Journal reports. More than half of OA’s registered voters turned out to oppose a plan that would … Continue reading

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Sep 13

Old Algona school saved, remodeled

Algona’s 1930 school building will open later this year as an apartment complex, and Iowa Public Radio has a story and photo gallery about it. The gym and auditorium will be preserved and open to the public. This is pretty cool; … Continue reading

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Sep 03

GLADBROOK-REINBECK DISSOLUTION REJECTED

The Gladbrook-Reinbeck school board has unanimously rejected a proposal for dissolving the school district because it questions the validity of the signatures on the petition that started the process. The Northern Sun-Print has a story (in Great Wall of Text … Continue reading

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