The Kossuth County Historical Society will host a cemetery walk at the St. Benedict Cemetery at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14. Bring lawn chairs.
Kossuth County Voters- Kossuth County voters this is your notice of election that includes the voting precincts.
Hancock County Voters- Hancock County voters (who live in the Lu Verne CSD territory) will all vote in Corwith (Hancock County precinct #4 and #8 are combined for this vote).
Trace Schissel and Gina Gifford of Algona announce the birth of their son, Ollie Maverick, on August 28, 2022, at the Kossuth Regional Health Center. He weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long. Ollie is welcomed home by siblings, Madison Gifford, Vanah Gifford, Quinley Schissel and Everley Schissel.
KOSSUTH COUNTY—Kossuth County Auditor Tammy Eden and Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate are encouraging Iowans to celebrate National Voter Registration Month in September by registering to vote. Iowans who are already registered are urged to ensure their information is current. Tuesday, September 20 is National Voter Registration Day.
DES MOINES—An estimated 17,000 hunters harvested more than 100,000 cottontail rabbits in 2021. Hunters looking for places to go rabbit or squirrel hunting should use Iowa’s online hunting atlas at www.iowadnr.gov/hunting, with more than 600,000 acres of public land that allows hunting.
Cottontail rabbit season is Sept. 3 to Feb. 28, 2023. The daily limit is 10 rabbits with a possession limit of 20.
DES MOINES—Results of Iowa’s 2022 pheasant population survey are in and the results were nearly identical to that of 2021, when hunters harvested the highest number of roosters in more than a decade.
The annual August roadside survey found Iowa’s statewide pheasant population to be slightly under 20 birds per 30-mile route.
DES MOINES—Non-irrigated cropland cash rent averaged $256 per acre in Iowa during 2022, $23 higher than 2021 according to the latest report released by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Pasture rented for cash averaged $59.50 per acre, $1.50 above 2021.
Kossuth County was at $269 per acre in 2022 and in 2021 it was $237 per acre for non-irrigated cropland cash rent.
DES MOINES—The average price received by farmers for corn during July 2022 in Iowa was $7.44 per bushel according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service - Agricultural Prices report.
This was 4 cents below the June price but $1.22 above July 2021.
The July 2022 average price received by farmers for soybeans, at $15.50 per bushel, was 70 cents below the June price but $1.10 above the July 2021 price.
DES MOINES—Julie Larsen of Titonka was inducted into the 2022 Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the 4-H Exhibits Building at the Iowa State Fair on Sunday, August 21.
Sawyer Brandt flips through a scrapbook for Country Maid at the West Bend Historical Museum. The museum houses the original equipment Country Maid started with in their home giving guests a peak at how small the business started.
WEST BEND—West Bend native Lisa Schmidt returned to her hometown two years ago and embarked on a business venture. Schmidt was living in Dubuque working as a massage therapist, when she saw the Homestead Country Store in West Bend was up for sale.
In the summer of 2020, she bought the store from Liz Virkler, who had started the business in 2014.
Classic car enthusiasts get together once a month cruising to a different location each time to support the Shriners Hospitals in Minneapolis. Amy Frankl-Brandt photo. More photos on page 2
Aaron Hill of Fenton begins cutting the ribs he entered in the 1st Annual Smoke Off held during Lone Rock Fun Days Saturday afternoon, August 27. Hill said this is the first time ever he has smoked ribs and participated in a barbecue contest. He also had a pork loin entry for the event.
The Kossuth County Farm Bureau “Cram the Cab” event was held during the Kossuth County Fair on August 2-6. Donations of school supplies (crayons, folders, spiral notebooks, pens, pencils, scissors, glue, etc.) were received for the C.A.R.E. Team.
