The First Congregational United Church of Christ of Algona held its final worship service on Tuesday, Sept. 2. The board and members decided, after thoughtful consideration, that they would not hire ...

Jane Boyd was awarded $1,000 from Burt Beautiful 100 to Care for the purchase of 100 hostas. They will be sold to the community at a much lower rate and the proceeds be given toward Callie Monson’s ...

Central Financial recently contributed $50,000 towards the renovation of the Kossuth County grandstand project. The committee for the grandstand project has been aggressively pursuing donations from ...

Everyone’s invited to Harvest Fest. Don’t miss this inspiring evening of faith, music and community. Bethany E&R Church, 310 Division St., Ledyard, will be holding their annual Mission/Harvest Fest on ...

A free grant writing workshop will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. at Pharmacists Mutual in Algona. The Foundation is seeking new volunteers to serve on its impact committee ...

The Algona Area Chamber of Commerce held a coffee and ribbon cutting at Bailey Concrete Products on Friday, Aug. 29. On May 7, 2025, Brady and Madison Bailey proudly purchased Pfeffer Precast. They ...

United Way of North Central Iowa is calling on local businesses, schools, civic groups and families to roll up their sleeves for the 2025 Day of Caring on Thursday, Sept. 18. Day of Caring is a ...

The recycling drop-off area for Kossuth County residents in Algona remained closed this week. The receptacles, which are located at Thorington and McGregor streets, is closed while construction crews ...

One week after more than 50 people crowded into the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors seeking answers to questions handling of drainage assessments, members discussed a written policy about how to ...

An award named for long-time Algona Community School Foundation board member, David Shumway, has been given to Brenda Bormann for her exemplary career as a teacher. Barb Teeter of the Algona Community ...

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Janet (Jean) Schneider Reed was born March 2, 1929, in Lu Verne; the daughter of Albert and Anna (Wedel) Schneider. Jean grew up in Lu Verne and graduated from Lu Verne High School as class ...