The Benzie Area Historical Society is inviting visitors to step back in time at the Drake School Museum in Benzie County. Located at the corner of Fowler Road and Valley Road in Platte Township, the ...

As settlers moved west, the one-room schoolhouse model moved with them. Abraham Lincoln attended a one-room school in 1822 in rural Illinois. One-room schools were still being built in the early 1900s ...

In 2011, Willow Tree was moved to Heritage Square Park in Odebolt to be restored as a museum. In 2014, the museum received the state award for Best Rural Restoration. Host has authored five books and ...

The Clarke County Board of Education this week appointed Jennifer Scott as interim school superintendent as it prepares to find a replacement for Robbie Hooker, who announced his retirement recently.

One-room schools were still being built in the early 1900s in parts of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado as settlers moved west. Many still in operation through the 1950s. Vandalia, Indiana closed ...

CLARKE COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) - Community members in Clarke County are reacting to Governor Kim Reynolds’ announcement to not seek a third term. Governor Reynolds made that announcement on Friday.

The appointments were approved by the Clarke County Board of Education on March 13. Maxwell has worked in education for 23 years, beginning as a teacher at Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School.

Clarke struggled to slow down Prince Edward's Anyshia Clark in the first quarter, as she scored 11 points in the first eight minutes to make it a one-possession game at 21-18 heading into the second.

Iowa State Patrol responds to dozens of crashes State troopers responded to 52 crashes between 3 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday, according to the Iowa State Patrol. Eight involved injuries.

In 1879, Colfax had nine one-room schools—one was in the town of Panther and was called Panther Creek. The students attending the rural schools in Colfax Township would have had similar ...

There were two Fairview Schools, both named after the nearby Fairview Church—an early one and a second built in the 1920s. Along with the church, this was the community center of that area of ...