Veterans saluted the flags of their comrades who went before them at the flag dedication in Algona. Approximately 100 flags were planted on the courthouse lawn.

The long awaited day has arrived, answering the questions of curious townsfolk regarding what the old O.B. Laing Middle School will look like after undergoing an almost four year renovation process. 
Transformed into an apartment complex, Algona Lofts is holding its grand opening with an Algona Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting on Friday, June 2. 
Algona Lofts is comprised of 40 apartments, expanding from the middle school across the street to the old annex. 

It is not often that a person will step up, out of the blue and offer someone who they hardly know an organ. Nancy Bleuer, an energetic preschool teacher, formally of West Bend, did just that. 
For Bleuer, this bold offer began 12 years ago after a co-worker inspired her by donating an organ. “I told myself I would do it if I ever had the chance,” recalled Bleuer. “It was a very honorable thing to do.”

50th anniversary

60th Anniversary
Roger and Betty (Abbas) Rongved were married on June 8, 1957 at Little Brown Church in Nashua. The couple will be celebrating their 60th anniversary this year.

60th anniversary
Ralph and Gertrude Bormann were married on June 3, 1957 and will be celebrating their 60th anniversary this year. Their children are encouraging family and friends to shower them with cards in honor of this milestone. Cards and well wishes will reach them at 1107 3rd Avenue SW, Humboldt, IA 50548.

William Riley Benne
Brayson and Katy Benne of Burt are the proud parents of a baby boy, William Riley, born Saturday, May 6 at Kossuth Regional Health Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and was 19 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Greg and Sharon Davis of Manhattan, Kan. Paternal grandparents are Paul and Christine Benne of Manhattan, Kan. Brayson is a civil engineer at ISG.

Dawson Larsen

90th birthday
Charles Joens was born on June 2, 1927 and will be celebrating his 90th birthday this year. His family, including Catherine, Mike, Tim and Luanne, Bruce and Brenda and Marion and Al, are encouraging family and friends to shower him with cards. Cards and well wishes will reach him at P.O. Box 345, Martensdale, IA 50160.

Warm and balmy 80 degree weather quickly took a turn for the worse last week, culminating in a low pressure weather system moving into the area bringing in severe thunderstorms with hail and straight line winds.
On Tuesday night, May 16, around 9 p.m., a severe thunderstorm hit the county impacting the southern region with ferocity.

Pomp and Circumstance filled the gymnasium, ushering in the final moments of high school for 105 Algona High School graduating seniors on a chilly Sunday afternoon on May 21.
Parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles filled the bleachers waiting to catch a glimpse of their soon to be graduate.
This event marked a pivotal time in graduates’ lives as they marched forward from their childhood into the adult world.

Delores (Dee) Lickteig was born on May 26, 1942 and will be celebrating her 75th birthday this year. Her family, including her husband Dick Lickteig, and their children, Pam (Keith) Hoffman, Joe (Jane) Lickteig, Larry (Jennifer) Lickteig and Dan (Patricia) Lickteig, along with their 8 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren, are encouraging family and friends to shower them with cards to help them celebrate. Cards and well wishes will reach them at 1902 Highway 18, Wesley, IA 50483.

Verne and Judy Reding of Wesley and Gary and Colleen Schiltz of Algona are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Abigail Reding and Andrew Schiltz. 
Abigail graduated from Bishop Garrigan High School in 2012, the University of Iowa in 2016 and she is currently attending Des Moines University in the PA program. 

A bright sunny day with hardly a cloud in the sky set for a fitting and proper burial of Fireman First Class William Henry Kennedy. 
Joining the U.S. Navy in July of 1940, Kennedy was assigned to the USS Oklahoma where he perished alongside fellow sailors and Marines during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Lost for three quarters of a century, Kennedy’s remains were recently identified and plans were made for his honorable return to his hometown of Titonka. 

he way emergency medical services looks in the future could be much different than the way it operates today in Kossuth County. Many in the field believe the volunteer system in Kossuth County today is not working.
It boils down to two specific reasons. First, the systems in the county cannot find volunteers. Second, there is the time commitment that is needed to make a volunteer system work.