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The committee working on multi-purpose trails in Worth County approached the Worth County supervisors last week, asking to make their end goal a county asset.
Jayne Lupkes, representing the Top of Iowa Trail committee, approached the board to update them on their efforts.
For a number of years,...
With school in session, the figure used by school districts as a measure of determining how to education students, in person or remotely, has dropped in Worth County, since press time last week.
The 14 day average positivity rate is used by schools in the state as guidance to how they offer...
Northwood-Kensett Junior/Senior High School will welcome six new teachers this year.
K-12 art teacher Emily Abbas was featured in last week's Anchor. Featured below is information on five more additions to the N-K faculty.
By JoAnn Lower
Jackson Abbas
“I was always good at math in high school...
Kelsie Willert, of Bolan, had been set to help plan for a historic year as an intern at the Carrie Lane Chapman Catt Girlhood Home and Museum, located near Charles City.
Willert is a 2016 graduate of St. Ansgar High School, 2018 graduate of NIACC and 2020 graduate of Grand View University with a...
On Northwood Street N.E. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, lives a couple you may know – Linda (Kenison) and Gary Lindsay.
It was the morning of August 10. Linda, seated at a PEO meeting in a brightly flowered backyard, noticed the hostess continually looking at her phone.
“After a few moments she...
Northwood's Swensrud Park, and nearby areas, will see some improvements thanks to a grant from Wellmark.
The City of Northwood was informed earlier this year that it would receive $16,160 as a part of Wellmark's 3-Point Play program, where people could nominate their hometown to win funds based on...
Before the end of the year, what was once the downtown Northwood lumberyard will become a place for community gatherings and celebrations.
The property can be traced as far back as the Northwood Manufacturing Company, opened in May 1902, changing hands several times over the years, passed down...
As COVID-19 numbers rise, the percentage of positive test results has dropped, as has the local trend used by the State and school districts to set their method of education.
At press time on Monday, August 17, COVID-19 cases in Worth County had reached 71.
Since the last time the Anchor and...
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach of Worth County received a $2,000 grant for a 4-H Community Gardens. The grant is provided through Farm Credit Services of America’s (FCSAmerica) Working Here Fund.
The Working Here Fund grant will be used to purchase items for the community gardens....
As the new school year begins, several new teachers will be in Northwood-Kensett classrooms. Above is an introduction to the new elementary teachers and the district's new K-12 art teacher.
Emily Abbas
N-K’s new K-12 Art teacher is Emily Abbas who grew up in Clear Lake, Iowa, the daughter of Mike...