The results of a contested election on the Greenfield Union School District Board of Trustees will remain in place following a court ruling there was insufficient evidence to redo the election.

The school board at Orient Macksburg has voted to close the school after this year due to low enrollment. “The school is closing due to decline enrollment we have 87 kids in K-12 in the seats right ...

ORIENT, Iowa — Orient-Macksburg Community Schools will become the first Iowa school district to dissolve in nearly 10 years.