Category Archives: Schools

Nov 11

Armstrong-Ringsted’s last game(?)

Posted on Friday, November 11, 2011, at 10:48 PM by Jeff

The 2009 and 2010 8-man champions lost in the semifinals to Fremont-Mills. The district is already sharing every sport except football with North Sentral Kossuth, which itself is a shared pair at the moment. Football districts will be reorganized in … Continue reading →

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Aug 26

Two important school-year PSAs

Posted on Friday, August 26, 2011, at 1:28 PM by Jeff

We interrupt our small-school/conferencepocalypse/post-office panic for some announcements: 1. Comic Sans is not an acceptable font for student handbooks. This means you, West Central Valley. (PDF) 2. Football season is here!!

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Aug 24

Corning-Villisca: Squeezing out Stanton?

Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at 6:54 PM by Jeff

School districts in southwest and north-central Iowa are feeling the most pressure from the continued decline of student enrollment. As districts explore their options, we get reports with numbers that will make your eyes either glaze over or tear up, … Continue reading →

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Jul 29

1A Baseball: Third all-public final in 20 years

Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011, at 12:58 PM by Jeff

In one corner: The recently legendary Martensdale-St. Marys, owner of an 86-game win streak and defending champion. In the other corner, and I do mean corner: The long-time legendary Kee High, a couple of fastballs away from both the Minnesota … Continue reading →

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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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