The Worth County Development Authority awarded about $900,000 in its recent spring grant round.

The WCDA is the nonprofit co-licensee for Diamond Jo Casino and twice a year awards grants to qualified nonprofit organizations within Worth County and the surrounding areas.

The focus on grants includes culture, arts and recreation; community development; emergency services; health and human services; and tourism.

The following were the grant recipients and their projects this round:

• City of Britt, Lions playground renovation, $800

• City of Grafton, community center gym equipment, $1,105

• Lake Mills Ambulance, equipment update: $1,612

• American Legion Post 91, youth baseball equipment, $1,944

• Glenville community recreation association, lawnmower, $2,099

• Central Gardens of North Iowa, lighting for gardens, $2,250

• BrickStreet Theatre, storage units, $2,772

• City of Mitchell, shelter house project phase three, $3,897

• Winnebago Lutheran Church, water pump well, $4111

• Worth County Extension Service, automated folding machine, $4,176

• Center Evangelical Lutheran Church, foundation repair project, $4,980

• TUNE, hearing loop for theater, $5,204

• Manly Senior Citizens, chairs, $5,853

• Lake Mills Senior Center, oven replacement, $5858

• City of Grafton, exercise bike community center, $6,230

• Northwood Senior Center, dishwasher, 6,322

• City of Fertile, park electrical upgrades, $6,490

• City of Manly, water plant controller, $6,673

• City of Manly, water meter transmitters, $6,750

• City of Northwood/library, doors and gutters, $6,778

• Freeborn County Arts Initiative, Historic Bessesen restoration, $8,000

• Grafton Community Action, depot enhancement, $9,939

• Worth County beautification, monarch migration sign, $9,999

• Worth County Historical Society/Hotel Winefred, hotel clean out and demo, $10,650

• City of St. Ansgar/fire department, UTV project, $11,482

• City of Joice, park sidewalk project, $12,220

• City of Kensett, multi-use tractor, $12,477

• VFW Post 6779, upper level floor replacement, $14,558

• City of Grafton, community center walk-in cooler, $15,512

• Bethany Lutheran Church, cement driveway/sidewalk, $17,860

• New Bethel Baptist Church, roof/ground improvements, $19,786

• City of Manly, 2018 GMC work truck, $21,725

• Emmanuel Lutheran Church, sidewalk/gutter replacement, $26,781

• City of Joice, library/community ceiling/lights, $26,950

• City of Manly, city hall solar panels, $28,045

• Bethlehem Lutheran Church, bell tower repair, $32,602

• City of Northwood, LED street lights/signs, $33,784

• Northern Light Lodge 266, tuck pointing, $37,650

• WCHS, Hanlontown Bank Museum, exterior improvements, $42,750

• Worth County beautification, blacktop at fairgrounds, $47,652

• City of Fertile, community center parking lot, $55,302

• Worth County sheriff, LMR project, $317,692