A stable high school athletics conference for more than a century, the Northeast Iowa Conference is now on the brink of collapse. Crestwood has been accepted by the Upper Iowa Conference, Waukon and New Hampton have been invited, and Decorah is in no-man’s land in terms of geography and enrollment.
Waverly-Shell Rock rescinded its application into the Mississippi Valley Conference and now plans to apply to the MVC for wrestling only, to the Wamac Conference for all other sports.
The Northeast Iowa Conference has extended invitations to five schools: MFL MarMac, North Fayette Valley, Oelwein, Osage and Sumner-Fredericksburg.
Northeast Iowa Conference superintendents voted a second time to remove Waverly-Shell Rock; the exit date is June 30, 2023.
In a move to save (and then expand) the Northeast Iowa Conference, superintendents voted to remove Waverly-Shell Rock.
The latest on possible Upper Iowa Conference expansion hopes, options for the remaining Northeast Iowa Conference schools, and more.
Grinnell’s school board approved a move to the Wamac Conference, effective the fall of 2023.
Wamac Conference schools Dyersville Beckman and Maquoketa are applying for River Valley Conference membership in time for the beginning of 2022-23 school year.
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