There are new teachers in the Algona, Bishop Garrigan and West Bend-Mallard districts this year. Read their profiles and see their photos in the Sept. 24 Kossuth County Advance.
Winding Roads seems to be an apt description for 18- to 20-year-old youth who have nowhere to go and need adult assistance to lead a productive life.
“Life is a winding road,” said Jodi Gifford, who along with her husband, Todd, have opened the facility in a renovated home in Lone Rock. “There are going to be a lot of turns. We want to give them the skills they need to succeed.”
America’s SBDC Iowa (SBDC) announced that J&J Custom Meats in Whittemore is the winner of the organization’s statewide September Small Business of the Month award.
Get the full story in the Sept. 24 Kossuth County Advance.
A signage scheme will be implemented on East McGregor Street to provide safety for residents and students heading to school at the Algona Community School District.
The Algona City Council approved a resolution that directs city staff to implement signage concept plan and authorize the staff to adjust plan as necessary based on site conditions.
Get all of the information in the Sept. 24 Kossuth County Advance.
The story of the Matt and Anna Faber family is a tragic one.
According to the St. Joseph Centennial book from 1976, on Corpus Christi Sunday, June 21, 1919, six of their seven children perished when their house caught fire in the middle of the night.
Two items will be discussed at the Sept. 29 Kossuth County Board of Supervisors meeting after Duke Energy Renewables provided supplemental data for the Ledyard Windpower LLC wind energy conversion system that it sent to the board on Oct. 15, 2019.
Read more about this wind project in the Sept. 24 edition of the Kossuth County Advance.
The campaigns are underway and people will soon start voting for local candidates in the 2020 general election. There is a race for Kossuth County sheriff between Democrat Bo Miller and Republican Roger Fisher. Meet them and see their answers to various questions in separate interviews in the Sept. 24 Kossuth County Advance.
In the Oct. 1 edition, meet the candidates for auditor, Republican Tammy Eden and Democrat incumbent Auditor Amber Garman.
Algona High School will celebrate homecoming Monday-Friday, Sept. 28-Oct. 2. Meet the homecoming royalty candidates, see the schedule of events and get a preview of the big game on Friday night in a two-page spread in the Sept. 24 Kossuth County Advance.
The Test Iowa site in Algona will move to the Kossuth Regional Health Center campus on Monday, September 14. The site will operate out of the red emergency trailer in the north parking lot of KRHC. Hours of operation for the Test Iowa site will be from 1 to 2 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and from 9 to 10 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.
ALGONA—One more leadership position has been filled in the city of Algona as a parks and recreation director has been hired. It is the second of four city positions that has been filled. Get the details in the Sept. 10 Kossuth County Advance.
KOSSUTH COUNTY – Possibly the toughest decisions or even the most difficult issues for the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors involve farm drainage.
“Drainage improves a farmer’s land, so it is more productive,” said Kossuth Supervisor Roger Tjarks. “That is what we all want, but we don’t necessarily come to the same conclusion on how to do it. Without drainage, we wouldn’t be farming any ground at all. It would be just mosquitoes and pasture.”
ALGONA—The Algona Community School District had two days of block scheduling for classes the last two years. This year, classes for grades 5-12 are all in a block scheduling format.
The Sept. 10 Community Spotlight Page in the Kossuth County Advance includes photos from Wesley's swimming pool finale, a feature on how the Lu Verne School District is proceeding during the pandemic and preparing for online learning in case that need arises, a new teacher profile and a report on the approaching turkey supper in Wesley.
Public Safety Night Out is canceled. It has been canceled on the recommendation of Community Health and EMA due to an uptick in COVID-19 numbers in Kossuth County. It was scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10.
KOSSUTH COUNTY—An early Sunday morning storm caused at least $2.5 million in damage in an area stretching along Highway 9 from Swea City to east of Lakota and down to Titonka.
The storm path included the communities of Swea City, Titonka, Lakota and Ledyard, and damage was reported to houses, farm buildings and trees.
