Category Archives: Schools

Jul 21

Cleanup, additions in the school timeline

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011, at 11:30 PM by Jeff

While double-checking the years of some entries, it became evident that more schools than I thought became a K-6 or K-8 while sending everyone else to one or more other districts, but not receiving any students in return. In light … Continue reading →

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Jul 16

Last at-bat for East Central

Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2011, at 11:50 PM by Jeff

Clinton Herald: [Taylor Keeney] wasn’t just closing the gate for the night or on the season — which ended with the loss in the district semifinal — or on his high school career. The gate was closing on East Central … Continue reading →

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Jul 14

Last at-bat for WCLT

Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2011, at 12:28 AM by Jeff

The Woden-Crystal Lake-Titonka softball team lost Wednesday night to North Sentral Kossuth/Armstrong-Ringsted, closing the door on the last part of that school district. NSK/AR is, itself, a shared program of two schools, which were three only a decade ago. (Talk about … Continue reading →

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Jul 09

Livermore school torn down

Posted on Saturday, July 9, 2011, at 12:25 AM by Jeff

Sometime between July(ish) 2010 (lower left)… (Iowa Geo Info Server) …and Wednesday, when I drove by and found stairs leading to an expanse of dirt. The Algona Upper Des Moines recently had an article about reunions in nearby Ottosen. Livermore, … Continue reading →

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