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As a part of the recent Bolan Fall Event, the history of the community’s repurposed schoolhouse was celebrated with a program, the circuitous return of a piece of original furniture and visits with a number of former students.
The annual 20th annual Fall Event in Bolan this year featured a theme...
Mr. William (Bill) Kochneff, originally of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is Northwood-Kensett’s new choir teacher.
“I started playing coronet in third grade but wasn’t very good, so in junior high I switched to tuba,” he said.
Bill quickly became so skilled at playing the tuba that he was only a 10th...
Filing is now underway for those that would like to fill open seats on the city and school governments.
City positions up for election in Worth County include the mayor and two city council positions in Fertile, Hanlontown and Manly; the mayor and all council positions in Grafton; the mayor and...
Art Farm Iowa and artist Lucretia Torva have released the print “Iowaman” with all profits being donated to the Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund.
“Iowaman” features Jason Momoa, who was born in Hawaii and grew up in Iowa – in a Grant Wood-style setting.
“Values Iowans live by are ‘...
A number of new laws went into effect as the new school year began. One of those required schools to remove books with questionable material, with little specific guidance on what that material entails or on specific books to be removed.
Senate File 496, referred to as a “parental rights” law,...
While Janet Rye is not new to the Northwood-Kensett school district, her new role will have her involved in a new way, as the middle/high school’s new unofficial “customer service” representative.
Rye is a 1999 N-K grad who went on to a degree from Luther College.
Rye has worked in the family...
The eighth annual Greenhouse Short Course will be held on September 13 in the Garden Room at Reiman Gardens in Ames. The one-day course will offer greenhouse growers cutting-edge information on greenhouse crop production as well as the opportunity to be re-certified as a commercial pesticide...
Iowans can learn more about the state’s forestry resources by attending a field day this fall. Four forestry field days will be held from September through October, featuring private and public forests, with presentations from state specialists and landowners.
Featured visits include the Iowa...
Art Farm Iowa, the blending of artistic endeavors and a working farm, will have its official opening art exhibit on September 1.
The opening exhibit is called “Iowa Fresh: New regionalist art from Lucretia Torva and Anthony Martin.”
An opening reception has been set for Friday, September 1, from...
The community of Bolan, population 18 including the “suburbs,” is hosting its 20th fall event this Saturday, August 26, with a “Back-To-School” theme.
The 100th anniversary of service of the Barton No. 2 School is being celebrated. It served as a two-room country school until 1956, then was moved...