Winthrop Quality of Past Plus Progress
Winthrop grew from Pine, a railroad station, to a thriving Iowa town. Alonzo Foster, surveyor, helped found the site in 1857, with Winthrop named after Elisha Norris’s Maine hometown. Fires, schools, a bank, Triangle Plastics, and a golf club shaped its growth into a modern community with 1,000 circulation readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Alonzo P. Foster
U.S
Manchester
Indepen
Pine
Elisha Norris
Foster
Norris
Maine
Winthrop News
Kenneth
Amanda Harrington
Harrington
Devil
Esse Gray
Tme
Ted James
Triangle Plastics Co
Buchanan County
Progressive Town of Winthrop Showcases Growth and Pride
Mayor Don Decker says Winthrop’s four block per year street program funded partly by property owners and road use tax helps keep property taxes down. Residents praise friendliness, schools, and a modernized district with a new high school, athletic center, and burgeoning business district. The 1890 census lists 340 residents, now 750 with rapid recent growth.
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Don Decker
Winthrop
Richard Higgins
Higgins
Rick
Roger
Ronda
Rosalee
Winthrop Swim Club
Roger Higgins
East Buchanan
John
Virginia McElroy
Decker
North High Receives NCA Accreditation Again
North High school is again listed as an approved school by the North Central Association. No violations were reported. Iowa has 183 NCA approved high schools, 37 percent of public highs, serving 69 percent of the state’s high school enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union — North High School
North Central Assn
Iowa
Educational Secretaries Assn Meeting at Iowa State Campus
The Iowa Association of Educational Secretaries will meet at the Memorial Union on the Iowa State University campus this week. A dinner is planned at 6 30 p.m. with workshop sessions from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday.
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Educational Secretaries Assn
Ames
Iowa Assn. of Educational Secretaries
Memorial Union
Iowa State University
Culver Clark Set to Address Mock Democratic Demo
Congressman John C. Culver will keynote the mock Democratic nominating convention at Upper Iowa College in Fayette on April 27 with about 1,500 delegates from UIU and 26 area high schools. Richard Clark will speak at 1 p.m. The event aims to name presidential and vice presidential candidates and draft a party platform, mirroring the July Miami national convention. Public attendance is invited at Dorman Memorial gymnasium.
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Fayette
John C. Culver
Upper Iowa College
Culver
Iowa
Upper Iowa
Richard Clark
Jack Miller
Clark
USC
United States
Miami
Fla
Dorman Memorial Gymnasium
States gain ownership of ice damaged Black Hawk Bridge
Twenty years after a protracted lawsuit the ice damaged Black Hawk Bridge spanning the Mississippi at Lansing transfers ownership to Iowa and Wisconsin. The two states assume title after years of litigation and pending repairs, ensuring joint responsibility for the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk
Mississippi River
Lansing
Iowa
Wisconsin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dence
Walcott
N.Y
Ike Pulis
Edior
Amanda
Paul Reck
Eastern
H. A. House
Peoples State Bank
Independence Bank
Triangle Plastics
Jim Blin
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
St.Patrick’s
Buffalo Creek
Ken Harrington
East Buchanan Telephone Cooperative, Inc
John Hogan
Albert Bener
Benner
Hogan
Santa
Supt
Albert Benner
East
Buchanan School
NCA
North High
UIC
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