News
A carton carried a dozen visitors to third grade classrooms in Worth County recently. They were there to provide an eggs-cellent embryology lesson.
The visitors in question were a dozen leghorn chickens, which started their morning at Hoover’s Hatchery before being picked up by Teresa Stehn, with...
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig encouraged Iowa horticulture food crop producers to participate in a statewide industry survey aimed at capturing fresh data on the diversity, growth and economic impact of horticultural food crop production in our state. This is the first Iowa survey of its...
Raising children can be rewarding but it also can be challenging for families, says Malisa Rader, a human sciences specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. To better handle the challenges, parents and caregivers are invited to the next virtual sessions of “ACT Raising Safe Kids...
Embark on a historical journey and follow the race to develop a reliable tractor in Iowa PBS's new documentary, Tractor Wars. The hour-long program will premiere Monday, February 26 at 6:30 p.m. on the statewide network. It will be rebroadcast Sunday, March 3 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 9 at 1 p....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that most farm loan borrowers will be able to make payments to their direct loans online through the Pay My Loan feature on farmers.gov in early February. Pay My Loan is part of a broader effort by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) to...
As Northwood-Kensett celebrates National FFA Week, it will be the last for the school’s longtime FFA coach/advisor Marty Cotter, who retires at the end of the school year.
The N-K FFA Chapter has been in place for 81 years. For 32 years, Cotter has served as the chapter advisor. This year the...
The driver of a vehicle that crossed lanes and led to two collisions and the death of two people has been sentenced after entering a guilty plea in December.
According to court documents, on July 29, 2022, a vehicle driven by Maggie Harvey, 24, of Northwood, was traveling north on Highway 65, when...
With two ambulance services requesting funding, but ways to pay them potentially more than a year away, the Worth County supervisors recently discussed how they could help provide money for now.
Last year, two ambulance services came to the County with requests for financing to maintain ambulance...
At the regular meeting of the Northwood-Kensett Board of Education discussed teacher pay, a shared activity position with the City of Northwood and proposed WCDA education expenditures.
In recent weeks, City of Northwood and Northwood-Kensett representatives have been meeting to discuss the...
The Worth County supervisors recently made a change to the process of hiring new County employees as they look at ways to prepare for the financial impact of pending property tax limits.
Last year the Iowa legislature passed changes to state property tax procedures that will require local...