Society
Greetings from the Kensett Public Library. June is already here with fun things happening at the library.
We will start our summer reading program on Tuesday, June 2, from 1 - 3 p.m. This will be every Tuesday in June. We will have fun activities, crafts, snacks, a book reading challenge and great...
Mediacom Communications announced the selection of Madison Espinosa, a graduate of Northwood-Kensett High School, as a recipient of the company’s World Class Scholarship Program. The $1,000 scholarship recognizes the Kensett resident for excellence in leadership, community involvement and academics...
They say summer officially begins on Memorial Day weekend. That means June is the first month of summer and Reconnect 720 has stepped up to the plate with lots of fun things to do, to learn, to eat and to enjoy.
Our usual morning coffee gatherings (men on Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and ladies on...
Twelve 20’s Club members met on Tuesday, May 12 at the NSB parking lot for supper at Pasta Bella in Mason City.
After the supper, members met at the senior center in Northwood for a quick meeting. Deanna Luedtke called the meeting to order. There was no secretary’s report. Delores Knudson,...
Kassidy Quisling of Lake Mills has been named to Southern New Hampshire University's (SNHU) Spring 2026 President's List. The spring terms run from January to May.
Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to...
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,...