NORTHWOOD — Northwood firefighters will be able to purchase new protective equipment thanks to a $103,000 grant awarded by the Worth County Development Authority.

The grant was one of about three dozen totaling more than $1 million handed out during the WCDA’s fall grant round, according to a news release sent out Friday.

The largest grant went to the city of Fertile for $204,000 for an addition to the city’s library.

Each year, the WCDA — the nonprofit connected with the Diamond Jo Casino that holds the casino’s gaming license — receives 5.76 percent of the casino’s annual gross revenue.

Off the top of that amount in donations, the WCDA gives 7 percent to Worth County, and the other 93 percent is divided in half between education and then regional or countywide grants.

Grants are given out twice a year, and educational awards are given out annually.

Other large grants given were the following:

• $100,000 for water treatment in Joice.

• $96,422 for a new playground for Worth County Conservation.

• $84,275 for a new maintenance shed in Grafton.

• $77,852 for a water treatment backwash tank in Manly.

• $58,000 for a new roof at Bethany Lutheran Church in Kensett.

• $43,990 for a sculpture project through Worth County Beautification.

• 28,265 for new signage at the Manly Public Library.

• $24,485 for a new public works truck in Kensett.

• $22,217 for new siding for the Stomstein Building through the Worth County Historical Society.

Twenty-four other entities benefited from grants under $20,000 each.

Grant recipients have one year from their awarded date to complete the projects. If not completed, all funds are required to be returned to the WCDA.