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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

09 Sep 2024

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 2024

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7

Iowa County Beginnings Outline Frontier Line and Tribes

The article traces Iowa’s county formation from the Michigan era through Wisconsin Territory and the 1830s organization of counties. It notes the Land Ordinance of 1785 framing territory size, the Neutral Line boundary 1825–1840, and the fate of tribes like the Dakota and Meskwaki amid settler pressure, with counties such as Delaware, Dubuque, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Scott, and Muscatine listed as early examples.

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Iowa County History and Consolidation Debates

Iowa has 99 counties with a storied past including a briefly 100 count period in 1851. Bancroft once split from Kossuth, Humboldt was split and merged, and a 1914 vote failed to dissolve northern Kossuth. Len Hadley advocates county consolidation to cut costs and shorten drives, but political will has been lacking.

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Iowa Bancroft Kossuth County Humboldt County Coun Pocahontas and Worth Landis General Assembly Crocker County Iowa Legislative Services Agency Iowa Supreme Court William Larrabee James McHose Boone Pocahontas Humboldt Cedar Rapids Maytag Len Hadley Tom Vilsack Strategic Planning Commission Board of Regents Hadley the Gazette Kim Reynolds Gazette Dubuque Winneshiek Allamakee Fayette Clayton
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Clear Creek Amana weighs new athletic complex and capital campaign

The Clear Creek Amana district plans facility expansions to match growing enrollment of about 3,200 students with projected 150 to 200 more per year. A new baseball and softball complex in Tiffin will add two fields, a press box, lighting, dugouts, and site work. Other ideas include indoor athletic facilities, tennis courts, a pool, and expanded weight room. District leaders, led by Kurt Ronnfeldt and Superintendent Corey Seymour, seek community input and may use SAVE and PPEL funds for ground improvements, building projects, and major equipment purchases.

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Capital Projects PPEL SAVE Gallagher Tiffin North Liberty Coralville Iowa Clear Creek Amana Clear Creek Amana High School Oxford Clear Creek Kurt Ronnfeldt Ronnfeldt Corey Seymour Seymour Mount Vernon Community Mount Vernon the Gazette
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