Back to school time at North Iowa

The new school year has kicked off for North Iowa Elementary and Middle School students, who arrived for their first day of the ’25-’26 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Taking shelter in the entryway after a rainy trip to school on Wednesday morning are, front from left: Rhett Hartman, who is in K-Prep; second graders Avery and Tenley Hartman; first grader Evelyn Amy; fourth grader Emma Amy; and third graders Clare and Adler Jacobs. In back are: fourth grader Slater Sachs, and sixth graders Jewell Sachs and Elsa Jacobs.