NORTHWOOD — The Worth County Development Authority on Tuesday awarded more than $855,000 in grants during its semi-annual banquet at Diamond Jo Casino.

That brings the total given out by the WCDA — the nonprofit co-licensee for Diamond Jo — to about $32 million since its inception in the fall of 2006, said Deb Hanson, chief financial officer. That includes education grants and grants given out to Worth County and other regional organizations.

Each year, the nonprofit receives 5.76 percent of the casino’s annual gross revenue.

Off the top of that amount, 7 percent of the nonprofit’s funds goes to Worth County. Then 47.5 percent goes to education and 47.5 percent goes toward other projects.

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

The highest amount of money given out in this grant round was for $193,830 to support the renovation of the grandstand at the Worth County Fairgrounds.

The following were the other grant recipients and their projects:

• Grafton, $2,398, bronze turkey statue

• Hanlontown library, $3,200, early literacy station

• Osage Parks and Recreation Department, $3,375, spring park frisbee golf

• Manly, $3,393, Christmas decorations

• St. Ansgar Fire Department, $3,570, self-contained breathing apparatus tank replacement

• Manly, $3,943, community center updates

• Graton fire agency, $4,290, handheld radios

• Kensett, $6,795, dump trailer

• Center Evangelical Lutheran Church, $7,500, parsonage bath and kitchen remodel

• Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1216, $8,253, color guard uniforms

• Bethany Lutheran Church, $8,639, handicapped-accessible entry

• Manly, $9,406, town statue

• Worth County Historical Society, $9,932, Kensett log cabin

• Floyd County Fair Society, $10,000, ceiling replacement, equipment

• Grafton, $10,043, John Deere lawn tractor and motor deck

• Winnebago Lutheran Church, $12,148, exterior paint

• Manly Senior Citizens Center, $14,170, emergency stair replacement

• Manly Parks and Recreation Department, $16,728, Macer & Dunn shade structures

• Worth County Sheriff’s Office, $16,900, ballistic vests

• Kensett Fire Department, $27,873, tanker truck

• Manly, $28,700, cemetery road improvements

• Worth County Historical Society/Hanlontown Bank Museum, $37,375, exterior improvements

• Hanlontown, $39,125, water tower project

• Northwood, $46,230, public works equipment

• American Legion Post 110, $46,573, storage addition

• Hanlontown, $55,825, Main Street lights

• Worth County E911 commission, $56,480, 911 system

• Joice Fire Department, $64,410, self-contained breathing apparatus, equipment

• Joice, $100,000, water treatment