The Algona city park board has named its proposed new park complex along the Des Moines river north of town “North Park,” and plans to start construction this spring. Bob Engstrom, assistant superintendent of Public Improvement for the City of Algona said the park will be constructed in two phases, the first being the upcoming warm weather building season, and the second coming a year from now.

Shrimp, Manufactured Homes, Prices

Letter to the Editor:

Several recent news items seem unrelated but have a common foundation, corporate greed.

Remember the boy who cried wolf

With the severe weather lately, I was thinking about how we make ourselves aware of dangerous situations today and how that process has changed.

Many of us rely on the emergency siren alerts, which, for the most part, continue to be a reliable source. Of course, most all of us have read or heard about rare situations when the sirens did not go off, and a town was leveled by a tornado.

Burt makes it to the state baseball semi-finals

150 Years Ago

LOCAL NOTICES.  --- STRAY. --- Taken up by me at my residence seven miles north of Algona (Sec. 3-96-29), a red steer with white stripe in face and left hind leg lame.  Fred Kopka.

125 Years Ago

We want to hear your stories.

This series will feature reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Send to news@algona.com

Do you have a favorite moment? A favorite book? A favorite librarian? A piece of information the library had that set important wheels in motion? A favorite nook? A favorite smell? An exhibit? A program? Do you love knitting with friends at the library?

An Everlasting Legacy

By Rev. Jason Fischer & Bekah Fischer, Algona Faith 

A    poet named Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote the poem titled “Ozymandias.” In this poem, Shelley writes about a traveler who found a ruined statue of an ancient king. One stanza reads “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!” The poet goes on to describe the landscape around the statue, a barren, wasteland of sand.

From June 4, 1970 archive of the Algona Upper Des Moines newspaper.

Fifty flags were dedicated at the Kossuth County “Avenue Of Flags”as the highlight of the Memorial Day program held in front of the Kossuth County court house Saturday, May 30.

There were 28 flags placed in honor of World War I veterans; 17 for those who served in World War II; 1 for a Korean veteran; one for a Spanish-American War veteran; and three for Vietnam casualties.

To the Editor:

Dear Kossuth County Board of Supervisors:

I am writing this letter because I am trying to understand what is going on with the library budget cuts (I am writing this on a Sunday afternoon before the next meeting on Tuesday, May 21). When I read and re-read again the posted agenda for this Tuesday I cannot tell if library cuts will be discussed. The agenda only mentions “Discussion/Decision Public Hearing for FY 2023-2024 FY Budget Amendment.”

Thirteen new flags to be dedicated on Memorial Day

150 Years Ago

Local Matters. The Difference. -- One of our citizens has received a letter from a friend in Grant Co. Wisc., stating that on the 2d of this month there was six inches of snow, and at the time of writing, about the 10th inst., farmers were just beginning to put in their grain.

125 Years Ago

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Of conversations I hope are never recorded

I hope the CIA or FBI or any other spy organization never decides to bug my house. I don’t know why they would, but it worries me just the same. Because if anyone was listening to what goes on here, I’m sure they would send the men in white coats with butterfly nets storming in to capture me and put me in a padded room somewhere with no chocolate.

Here’s a sample of what they would hear:

By Jacob Tjaden, City of Algona

As we prepare to break ground on the wastewater treatment facility project this spring, I’ve enjoyed looking back on the history of the original plant.

The public open house for the new “city sewage plant” was featured in the August 18 edition of the 1955 Algona Upper Des Moines newspaper. According to the article, when the plant was built it was one of the most modern and up-to-date installations of its kind.

Series God Wins: The Great White Throne Judgment

By: Pastor Kent Madison, First Presbyterian Church, Lakota

This photo of “The Old Cooler” was the first county jail. Photo is from Ben Reed’s book History of Kossuth County, Volume 1 which covers the history from 1854 until 1912. Volume 2 covers the history from 1912 to 1976.

Sexton no longer officially a town

150 Years Ago

SOME MORE BASE BALL ---- The Esthervillians have accepted the challenge of our club to play them in a return game, and the fun will come off next Saturday afternoon. Some old heads have been trying to imitate the motions of the regulars, but only succeeded in getting badly knocked to pieces.

125 Years Ago