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The loud singing from springtime marshes comes from a tiny package, the chorus frog – an inch-long virtuoso common to Iowa. Chorus frogs along with other frogs, toads and salamanders are being recognized during National Amphibian Week, May 7-13.
National Amphibian Week, sponsored by the Partners...
A group of Northwood-Kensett student artists recently traveled to Waldorf University in Forest City to take part in the Top of Iowa Conference Art Show.
The students taking part in the show entered a variety of artistic mediums, which were put on display in the campus library.
Three local...
This summer, 400 teens are expected to meet on the Iowa State University campus to experience three consecutive days full of speakers, educational workshops, cultural exploration, team building and service learning. The 2023 Iowa 4-H Youth Conference, themed Spy Your Potential, will take place June...
Each year, Iowa counties have to submit information to the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT), including how they plan to spend state road and bridge dollars. The information gives a look at potential projects that may be undertaken in those counties.
Worth County engineer Rich Brumm...
For the Northwood Volunteer Fire Company, progress continues towards the start of its ambulance service, with one more township on board and an opportunity to raise funds thanks to a matching offer from the community.
In February, the NVFC voted to add transportation services to its fire and...
At their most recent meeting, the Northwood City Council discussed an amendment to the the City budget and the continued look at ways to make a safer intersection.
As a part of the budgeting process, local governments, including the City of Northwood, hold hearings and publish their plans to...
At a recent meeting, the salaries for county elected officials were set. The wages were reduced from the recommendations presented at the end of 2022.
For county elected officials in Iowa, setting salaries involves a group of designated members of the public known as the county compensation board...
The Worth County supervisors recently passed a resolution that calls on Worth County residents to destroy plants determined ato be noxious weeds.
The resolution requires everyone that owns, possesses or controls land in the county to destroy all those plants found on the list of noxious weeds, in...
Members of Worth County 4-H recently traveled to the Iowa Capitol and the area for a variety of activities.
That included a trip to the Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens. They took tours and learned about the plants there, including their names, their origins, how they’re cared for, their uses...
This summer, 400 teens are expected to meet on the Iowa State University campus to experience three consecutive days full of speakers, educational workshops, cultural exploration, team building and service learning. The 2023 Iowa 4-H Youth Conference, themed “Spy Your Potential,” will take place...