The Camp Algona POW Museum is doing research on farms in the local area that might have hosted German POW’s while the camp was in operation. In addition, if there are any local businesses that used ...

Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge is soliciting sealed bids (per harvested ton) for hay harvest on three tracts of land to be harvested in August 2025. The tracts are located in Kossuth County as ...

This group of guys played modified pitch softball in Algona from the 1970’s through the 2000’s at Algona’s North Park, qualifying multiple times (five) for the State Modified Softball Tournament. The ...

Officials say the one-mile stretch of County Road P30 between U.S. Highway 18 and County Road B40 re-opened to local traffic after crews finished resurfacing. The road had been closed at times ...

The Algona Public Library's Summer Reading Program is in full swing, thanks to the help of their summer interns and the support of some of our local organizations and foundations. One of these is the ...

The Algona Community School District set those as its legislative priorities for the 2025-26 legislative session during its July 14 meeting. The information will be forwarded to the Iowa Association ...

A Summary of the life story of the Third Order of St. Francis, a.k.a. “The George Society” ...

An Algona resident was recently the target of an online scam that seemed so real that she fell for it at first despite the uneasy feeling she had.

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Known as accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, these are smaller, secondary homes built on the same lot as the main home. While Algona already had ordinances covering these structures, the new ordinance ...

ALGONA—The Iowa Lakes Community College Board of Trustees met in regular session Tuesday, July 15, at the Algona Campus. The meeting featured an in-depth presentation on the College’s rapidly growing ...