JOHNSTON—Algona junior diver, Reese Taylor, qualified for the state diving meet for third straight season with her performance at the regional diving meet at Johnston on Thursday, Nov. 7.

Purchase of the land from current owner Richard Crail is contingent on the Kossuth County Conservation Board securing a $208,000 grant. The remaining $170,000 would be funded by the Kossuth County ...

ALGONA—Algona trailed for just 3:06 in the entire game, but the final 1:38 came at the wrong time as No. 5 Mount Vernon rallied to edge the Bulldogs 31-28 in the Class 3A quarterfinal round contest ...

BISHOP GARRIGAN—The leading rusher in the entire state came to town on Thursday, Nov. 7, but the second-ranked Bishop Garrigan Golden Bear football team showed it takes more than one great player to ...

Residents peppered the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors with questions during a public hearing about expanding an urban renewal program. The program would use tax increment financing on wind ...

South Dakota voters reject Referred Law 21. Sixty percent of South Dakotans sided with landowners, who called out RL 21 as “Summit’s Bill of Rights” and a danger to local communities.

Wyatt Garman may have been one of the youngest auctioneers in the state when he started selling at just 15 years old. He went to auctioneer school for eight days, 12 hours a day. Garman said he wasn’t ...

Kossuth County Auditor Tammy Eden reported that a total of 8,460 voters cast their ballots in Kossuth County for the Nov. 5 general election. That number is down only about 2%, or 173 voters, from the ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University students are working with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines to give a group of Iowa’s Blanding’s turtles a better chance ...

Kossuth County hosted eight special veterans to enjoy the patriotism and hunting grounds that this county provides. These visiting veterans were hosted by the Hunting with Heroes organization, a 501 ...

MASON CITY—Sophomore Ella Welp became the first Algona swim team member in the school’s history to qualify for the state swim meet as she earned a spot in the 100-yard breaststroke event at Mason City ...

T. P. Anderson & Co., P.C. reported that the city’s receipts totaled $16,217,331 for the year ended June 30, 2024. The receipts included $4,427,263 in property tax, $3,080,920 in charges for service, ...