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Looking Back - Gas prices were 'soaring' to $1.55 a gallon in 2000
A weekly look back at regional historyMarch 17, 2010
Looking Back - 2000: Closure of Worthington's KMart is announced
One year ago Sarah Jacobs received the Worthington FFA chapter’s Star in Ag Entrepreneurship at the chapter’s annual banquet. Nicole Burkard received the Star in Ag Placement. Paul Rogers and Jim Kolander were the new inductees of the Honorary Chapter FFA degree. Stephanie Behrens was named the Star Chapter Greenhand.March 10, 2010
Looking Back - 1985: Wolff's Department Store closes its doors 
A weekly look back at regional historyWolff’s Department Store, a major downtown Worthington retail store since 1920, announced its closing. Members of the family, Payson Wolff and Rhoda Wolff Mains, officially announced the store would be closing soon. Since the death of Florence Wolff, widow of store founder Robert Wolff, no other Wolff family members resided in Worthington.
March 03, 2010
Looking Back - 1960: Fire destroys new Ashton, Iowa, elevator
A weekly look back at regional historyFebruary 24, 2010
Looking Back - 1985: Citizens State Bank in Fulda closes after 77 years
A weekly look back at regional historyFebruary 17, 2010
Looking Back - 1985: Gas selling at $1.07 a gallon
A weekly look back at regional historyFebruary 10, 2010
Looking Back - 2005: Viking Terrace work considered
A weekly look back at regional historyBy Jane Turpin Moore , February 03, 2010
Looking Back - 1960: Congregation votes to build new church
A weekly look back at regional historyJanuary 27, 2010
1960: Fire destroys Slayton furniture store building
50 years agoFiremen from Slayton and Fulda worked throughout Saturday night and into Sunday morning fighting a blaze that destroyed the Mansch Brothers Furniture Store at Slayton and an apartment above the store. Loss was estimated at $150,000.
January 13, 2010
Looking Back - Y2K fears were proven unfounded 10 years ago
A weekly look back at regional historyBy Jane Turpin Moore , January 06, 2010
Looking Back: Adrian hardware store burned five years ago
A weekly look back at regional historyBy Jane Turpin Moore , December 30, 2009
Looking Back - 1934: Carnivals planned on Lake Okabena
A weekly look back at regional historyBy Jane Turpin Moore , December 23, 2009
Column: Christmas at Pioneer Village
WORTHINGTON — The event at Pioneer Village is aptly named as an Old Fashioned Christmas. This event has been celebrated annually since 1989 on the Thursday and Friday evenings after the Thanksgiving week.
By Al Swanson, Daily Globe Historical Columnist , December 23, 2009
Looking Back - 1984: Firefighters battle blaze in Mountain Lake
A weekly look back at regional historyBy Jane Turpin Moore , December 16, 2009
Looking Back - 1999: Worthington's hospital opens women's center
A weekly look back at regional historyBy Jane Turpin Moore , December 09, 2009
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