Public Health officials are encouraging area residents to take a few minutes and fill out a survey about food insecurity. Cede Becker is a Registered Nurse with Kossuth County Community Health, and ...

Kossuth County employees who participate in a stand-alone 457 B retirement plan will soon have the chance to join a statewide program that offers lower administrative fees. Shawn Monahan with ...

A survey of Iowa farmers found 90% are aware of the state’s nutrient reduction strategy, which is up 10% from the survey in 2014. Iowa State University extension sociologist J. Arbuckle wrote the Iowa ...

A recently released report from the American Hospital Association shows Kossuth Regional Health Center added $2.1 Million more to the local economy in 2024 than in previous years. Tod Faris serves as ...

Boys Cross Country Humboldt XC Meet Team Scores Algona 58 West Hancock 77 Iowa Falls-Alden 108 Eagle Grove 135 Ridge View 138 Boone 161 Manson-NW Webster 164 Estherville Lincoln Central 182 Humboldt ...

Alyssa Haugland (BG) 31 assists, 1 kill, 10 digs, 1 ace, 2 blocks Graclyn Eastman (BG) 16 kills, 18 digs, 1 block Emmi Bartolo (BG) 6 kills, 18 digs, 1 ace Algona 3 (25-25-25)Iowa Falls-Alden 0 (23-19 ...

A student at the University of Dubuque is being credited with finding two rare types of ticks, one that's never been confirmed in Iowa before. Senior biology major Paige Manning found both a Lone Star ...

Funeral Service for 88 year old Betty Smith, of Swea City, will be held Saturday, at 11am, at Bethany E&R Church in Ledyard. Visitation is the same day, at the church, from 10am until time of service.

The DNR's Ginger Murphy says the flooding that hit the Iowa Great Lakes hard has turned into a positive effort to recover and improve water quality. Murphy says the damage spurred everyone to make ...

The Algona American Association of University Women is getting ready for the Annual Used Book Sale on October 25th. Please call 515-295-5985 or 515-341-1997 if you have good quality books to donate.

There will be a handful of contested races across Kossuth County in November’s city and school board elections. **In Algona, Mayor Rick Murphy is running unopposed for another 2-year term while there ...

The executive director of the Iowa Bicycle Coalition says there needs to be more regulation on one of the hottest new type of bikes rolling around Iowa. Luke Hoffman says electric bikes and gravel ...