ALGONA—Euchre results for March 14 in Algona were high - Joe and Kay Courtney, 85; 2nd - Chuck Stetzel and Eddie Rahe, 77; third - Wayne Patterson and George Bierstedt, 75; and most loners - Joe Courtney, 5.
Billy and Brittany Schiltz of Algona announce the birth of their daughter, Suzanna Marie, on March 14, 2023, at the Kossuth Regional Health Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces.
Everett Gade
Michael and Samantha Gade of Algona announce the birth of their son, Everett, on March 17, 2023, at the Kossuth Regional Health Center. He weighed 9 pounds, 12 ounces and was 22 inches long.
An Izaak Walton League breakfast will be held on Sunday, March 26 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Ike’s building across from Smith Lake. It will be a free-will donation breakfast with all proceeds going to the Algona High School and Bishop Garrigan trap shooting programs.
AMES—With spring here, now is the time to clean up the garden shed and prepare tools and supplies for the gardening season.
In this article, horticulturists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach offer information on how to clean, sanitize, sharpen and prepare your garden tools for spring.
How do I clean and sanitize plant containers for reuse?
KOSSUTH COUNTY—The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Prairie Lakes Wildlife Unit in Clay, Palo Alto, Emmet and Kossuth Counties.
ALGONA—The Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation (IALF) has awarded 155 grants to schools throughout Iowa to support the integration of agriculture into classroom instruction or after school programs with an academic focus.
Amy Welp, a teacher at Bertha Godfrey School, received up to $250 to integrate agriculture into their science or language arts lessons and conduct Agriculture in the Classroom type projects.
DES MOINES—USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its biannual Agricultural Labor Survey in April. The survey will collect information about hired labor from more than 850 Iowa farmers.
NASS will publish the data May 24 in the Farm Labor report available on the NASS website at nass.usda.gov/Publications. Survey recipients who do not respond by April 19 may be contacted by NASS to arrange an interview.
The information included on this page has been obtained from public records — either court files, police and sheriff logs or accident reports. The Kossuth County Advance staff reminds readers that all charges are accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
DES MOINES – Returning for a third consecutive season, the State Historical Society of Iowa’s book club kicks off this month with a new lineup of entertaining and thought-provoking books and authors.
SPENCER—Everyone has a story to share, but who will tell it? For people interested in telling their own stories, Iowa Lakes Community College is offering a free Memoir Writing 101 Lunch and Learn. Steve and Mary McSwain Steele, the co-authors of "Times They Are A-Changin'…," will lead the class on the Spencer campus on Thursday, April 20, from noon to 1:30 p.m.
There were plenty of fun learning activities available for families at the West Bend-Mallard Literacy and Math Family Night at the school in West Bend on Tuesday, March 7.
Approximately 40 people attended the event held for the West Bend-Mallard Little Rines 3 and 4 year old Preschool students. Preschool teachers are Mrs. Bormann and Mrs. Kenyon.
Tom Eischen (left) and Bruce Gervais were two of approximately 70 volunteers working at the Knights of Columbus Council #952 Fish Fry Friday night, March 10, at the Columbia Events Center in Algona. Volunteers at the meal included high school students, Knights of Columbus members and their families.
