The Northwood-Kensett Speech Team traveled to Mason City High School on Saturday, January 21, for the Large Group District Speech Contest. Three groups from N-K performed.
Last week, the Worth County supervisors received a second request for funds to continue ambulance coverage for a portion of the county.
A question in the November 2022 general election asked Worth County residents to consider taxes to fund a county-based ambulance service. The vote did not reach...

July
The Fourth of July was celebrated with a weekend of fun and activities in Northwood. That included the parade, fireworks, Little Miss and Misters and entertainment across several days leading up to the Fourth.
Recognized during the Fourth festivities were Teresa Stehn as 2022 Citizen of the...
The Northwood City Council recently approved support for two developments in and near Northwood’s downtown.
On the agenda for the January 9 meeting were two requests for City support in applications for the Iowa Economic Development Authority’s (IEDA) Community Catalyst Building Remediation (CCBR...
At their monthly meeting last week, the Northwood-Kensett school board discussed the calendar impact of snow days, utility access to the FFA field and an update on a teacher leadership program.
The meeting included a discussion of time lost to winter weather, and whether teachers should be allowed...

April
Storms in mid-April left areas with significant damage, primarily from the heavy rains that left flooded spots throughout communities.
The WCDA held its first in-person awards ceremony since the outbreak of the pandemic. They awarded $1,144,626.22 in grants. The City of Northwood received...
The Worth County supervisors recently approved appointments to local and regional boards, groups and commissions.
Below are the appointments recently made by the supervisors:
County Board of Health (three year terms) –Dennis Bartz and Kathryn Meyer;
Commission of Veteran Affairs (three year term...
As requests for funding ambulance coverage come in, the Worth County supervisors may have to assume the duties of township trustees to pay the bill.
With a Worth County EMS taxation resolution failing in the November election, the two ambulance providers that currently cover the County have...
Recently released information shows the official enrollment numbers of school districts throughout the state of Iowa, when collected this past fall. The information shows how numbers have changed statewide and across the Top of Iowa Conference since the previous school year.
Statewide, the...
Legislation signed into law last year went into effect at the start of the new year and changes what is required of stores when it comes to accepting redeemable cans and bottles.
As of January 1, the deposit paid and returned for those purchasing qualifying containers remains the same at 5 cents,...

Al Fredericks grew up on a farm near Osage. One of five brothers, he knew they couldn’t all be farmers. Since he had a high interest in cars, he took an automotive class offered through the Osage High School in 1970.
Al’s first car: “When I turned 16, I wanted a car – a four speed with bucket...