Category Archives: Schools

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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Sep 02

Sing along to Onslow fight songs

This page about Onslow school history has the words to the official — and unofficial — songs for a district that was subsumed into the newly created Midland district in 1960. The school building is no longer open. If you … Continue reading

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Aug 31

St. Ansgar school will be torn down

August 4, 2015: Detailed view of the brickwork at the southeast corner of the St. Ansgar Elementary building. (Photo also used in May 4 blog post.) The St. Ansgar school district voted to sell its former elementary building to a local … Continue reading

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Aug 30

J is for Jamaica

May 15, 2011: Former Panorama Elementary building in Jamaica. The Panorama school district needed five different votes in the 1990s to reach a 60% supermajority on a bond issue to build a new elementary school, and it was finally dragged … Continue reading

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Aug 24

Original Schleswig school demolished

I knew the old school building in Schleswig was on borrowed time, but I hadn’t paid much attention beyond that, and it’s a long way over there. I finally got the chance to pass through Schleswig earlier this month (Aug. … Continue reading

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Aug 22

Oldest part of Urbana school demolished

July 25, 2016 I need to get a picture of the 1912 Urbana school building sometime, I thought to myself. I pass it a lot, but usually at night, and it looks in fine shape, but you never know… oops

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Aug 19

Dennis Field ribbon cutting tonight

August 14, 2016: The new concession stand/restroom building at Dennis Field in Traer replaces two separate buildings. New cable wiring between the bleachers and the football field, and also some turf care, have eliminated nearly all traces of the track … Continue reading

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