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Since last week, three more Worth County lives have been lost to COVID-19, according to the State's coronavirus data website. At the same time, the county has seen the smallest number of new cases week-to-week in months.
Since last Monday, February 22, three more Worth County residents have been...
A popular source of online information for the agricultural industry in Iowa has a new and improved look. The Ag Decision Maker, published by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, unveiled a new design January 16.
The new site offers the same timely information Iowans and farmers across...
The Iowa legislators that represent Worth County at the Capitol in Des Moines were recently in Northwood to share updates on legislation and answer questions from their constituents.
Iowa Senator Waylon Brown, representing Iowa's Senate District 26, and Representative Jane Bloomingdale,...
Funding totaling $43,000 has been awarded to 125 Early Care and Education (ECE) sites who participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to take part in the incentive pilot called Local Food Makes Cents: For Iowa Kids and Farmers. That includes three sites in Worth County.
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As vaccinations continue in Worth County, Worth County Public Health has provided an update that it is accepting names of those that will fit into additional tiers of the current vaccine phase for upcoming availability.
Following is a post recently shared on the Worth County Public Health...
The investigation of an online bomb threat at Central Springs schools has concluded. While no additional details were released, the district and police urge families to use the incident to impress upon children the severity of the incident.
On the evening of January 28, the Central Springs school...
Prior to the February 8 council meeting, snowfall had remained light enough that traffic hazards weren't in place in the city, but Northwood mayor Doug Moehle advised that he was ready to declare a snow emergency, should conditions warrant it.
At the February 8 Northwood council meeting, city...
A special election to fill the vacancy of Worth County's District 2 supervisor will be held on Tuesday, March 23. Those wishing to file as candidates have until this Friday to do so.
The last day to file nomination papers with the auditor is this Friday, February 26. This includes non-party...
The Worth County Board of Supervisors has recently discussed the use of tax increment financing (TIF), including its use for upcoming road projects, and whether or not its use should be restricted by a resolution currently in place.
At their February 15 meeting county engineer Rich Brumm discussed...
The deadline to submit 2021 scholarship applications to the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa is 11:59 p.m. on March 10, 2021. The online application can be found on the Community Foundation’s website at www.cfneia.org/scholarships.
CFNEIA awarded nearly $588,770 in scholarships to high...