Society
Friday overnight guests at the Joe Nydegger home were Anna and Clare Nydegger of Mt. Vernon, Iowa. They came especially to attend the bridal shower of Kelsie Willert held at the Bolan Schoolhouse and Cultural Center on Saturday morning. Coming on Saturday to join them was Evelyn Nydegger of...
Bob Perry, a long-time teacher and coach at Northwood-Kensett schools (and former mayor of Northwood), got me interested in public service and the world beyond Iowa when I was a student of his in the 1970s. His classes on social studies and government helped motivate me to eventually become a U.S....
The Open House on Saturday at Grandma Sina White’s Museum in Bolan was very well attended. Coming special for this occasion was Phyllis White, granddaughter of Sina’s, from Centennial, Colorado. Those in attendance enjoyed hearing Dorothy White’ player piano. She was a cousin of Phyllis’s. ...
The Green Thumb Garden Club met on Monday, March 27 at the home of Penny Robb. Theresa Cooper, President, called the meeting to order and opened the meeting with the pledge of allegiance and the conservation pledge.
Eleven members were present and answered the roll call question “What flower...
Last month I shared that our Summer Reading Program donation letters were being sent out and the Northwood Public Library would like to give a huge thank you to those who have replied so far: Dewey Kruger Music Center, Farmer’s State Bank, Inject Tech Diesel, Knudtson Automotive, Northwood Dental,...
Greetings from the Kensett Public Library. Spring is in the air and we are excited for warmer weather, sunshine, and flowers.
We will celebrate Mother's Day on Saturday, May 9, 10 - 11:30 a.m. Join us to make a special craft to give to a special lady for Mother's Day. We will also read a book...
A surprise brunch put together by the church family held after the worship service at Bolan Trinity UMC for Joe and Linda Nydegger’s 62nd anniversary. Coming from a distance was Linda’s cousin and wife, Gary and Lori Reed from Mingo, Iowa, and Kelsie Willert from Ames. Loren Nydegger from Mt....
Twenties Club members met on Monday, April 13 at 7 p.m. at the Olson Building. Deanna Luedtke, president, called the meeting to order. Becky Tews, secretary, did roll call and read the minutes from the previous meeting. Connie Hogen made a motion to accept the minutes with a second by Sharyl...
A northern Iowa man is celebrating a $200,000 Powerball win he discovered on his birthday.
“I’m happy as can be,” Steven Saltou said as he claimed his prize at the lottery’s Mason City regional office.
Saltou, 73, of Northwood, matched four of five white balls and the Powerball in the April 4...
During the worship service at Bolan Trinity UM Church on Sunday, Addison Elizabeth Kilbourn, the daughter of Kaileigh Gerdes and Collin Kilbourn, was baptized by Pastor Cory.
The Trinity UMC family hosted a baked potato and homemade pie fundraiser after the worship service. There was quite a...