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Feb
17
Most of Walnut school will be saved
August 2, 2016: A view of the Walnut school complex. Something to end the week on a little higher note. The town of Walnut will turn its now-closed school into a community center, the Omaha World-Herald reports. The core is … Continue reading
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Feb
16
Ainsworth school will close
It’s been a brutal time for rural Iowa schools. Over three weeks, three towns have been told their only school will close forever and two more districts acknowledged they can no longer maintain their high schools. The third ax to … Continue reading
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Feb
15
Bernard Elementary will close
In what was pretty much a foregone conclusion after the initial news broke in December, Western Dubuque voted on Monday to close Bernard Elementary. Stories: KWWL, KCRG. In the KWWL interview, the district superintendent said it costs twice as much … Continue reading
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Feb
14
Charter Oak-Ute losing high school; new area, acronym champion
(A championship no one particularly wanted to gain. — Ed.) For months I have been waiting to find out what would happen to Charter Oak-Ute. There were rumblings back in October that COU would enter into a one-way whole-grade-sharing agreement … Continue reading
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Feb
13
Laurens-Marathon losing its high school
July 23, 2009: Laurens-Marathon High School in Laurens. There are newer additions to the left. “The busiest little town in Iowa” is about to get less busy. Laurens-Marathon will not have a high school next year; it has agreed to … Continue reading
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Feb
10
Lincoln Highway corridor plan released
Prairie Rivers of Iowa, after meetings with people and organizations along the Lincoln Highway, has released a comprehensive Corridor Management Plan for the historic route in Iowa. (Story: Ames Tribune via Iowa State Daily) The nearly-200-MB-PDF comprehensive plan covers about anything … Continue reading
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Feb
09
Gladbrook-Reinbeck dissolution vote returns
Yes, we’re apparently doing this all over again. Short recap (all back to old blog posts): The Gladbrook-Reinbeck school board voted to close the Gladbrook center, residents petitioned to dissolve the district, MANY meetings were held, a map was drawn, … Continue reading
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Feb
08
Traer pork tenderloin recognized
It’s been online for a week, but the Des Moines Register ran a feature on “Best Pork Tenderloins” in Tuesday’s paper. The tenderloin at 1901 Chop Haus in Traer (in the building that once housed Axon’s/Third Base/Joker’s) got second place … Continue reading
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Feb
07
A second college town without a high school
September 26, 2016: Upper Iowa University football field in Fayette. Go Peacocks! Fayette has a distinction: It is a “college town” — Upper Iowa University is the only Division II site in Iowa — that hasn’t had its own high … Continue reading
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Feb
06
Sign inflation
November 24, 2016: Both existing and replacement shields for US 30/218 at the Atkins corner (old IA 279) were up on Thanksgiving weekend. I’m guessing these were the last of the day before break. A signage contract let last year … Continue reading
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