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Monday, August 22

12:12 a.m.: Disabled vehicle, Bode.

12:26 a.m.: Traffic stop, Fenton.

Thursday, September 1

Algona’s Pack 29 Cub Scouts, new scout recruitment and sign-up night, 6:30-8 p.m., Lucia Wallace School, For more information or to sign up for scouts, please contact Cubmaster Tony Wiita at 515-320-0481 or tonywiita@gmail.com.

Friday, September 2

Algona Area Chamber coffee, at Glen’s Green Thumb, 9:30 a.m.

AHS Wall of Fame

The 2022 AHS Wall of Fame induction ceremony is set for Friday September 2.  There will be a “meet and greet” in the Wilcox Performing Arts Center beginning at 4:30 p.m. with the ceremony  at 5 p.m. in the high school commons. Friends, family and community members are welcome to attend. 

Mission Fest in Ledyard 

DES MOINES – Secretary of State Paul Pate announced Iowans, military members stationed outside the U.S. and overseas citizens can now begin requesting absentee ballots for the November general election. State law allows Iowans to request absentee ballots beginning 70 days before an election. County auditors will begin mailing absentee ballots to those that requested them starting October 19. That is also the first day Iowans can vote in-person for the November 8 election.

My grandparents lived just outside the Des Moines city limits. They were not part of the city water system so the water they used and drank came from a well. The water had a very distinctive taste so yummy to me that I would love to have a drink of that water today. When my husband tried the water for the first time, he thought it tasted horrible. He was used to drinking water from his hometown of Clarion. I will admit that the water did have a different flavor from other places.

WHITTEMORE—With fall around the corner, many crave warm meals waiting for them when they get home. 

If you're looking for ideas on how to safely prepare nutritious meals in your slow cooker, join ISU Extension and Outreach for an upcoming workshop. 

SWEA CITY—The Swea City Public Library has added three new programs to their list of activities available to the community.

Books and Beyond for ages 3-12 will be held at 9:30 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month at the library.

A fiction addiction book club for adults will be held the fourth Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m.

The first meeting of the evening book club for adults was held on August 31 at 6:30 p.m. Future dates will be announced. 

ALGONA—Plans to locally host the True Woman 2022 Conference on September 22-24 have been announced. The event will be live-streamed at the Algona Evangelical Free Church in Algona, according to Jocelyn Thilges, local chairperson. 

The conference, sponsored by Revive Our Hearts Ministry, is open to all interested persons. True Woman ’22 is a three-day event, held live in Indianapolis, for women around the world. 

KOSSUTH COUNTY—Are you the parent of a preschooler? Did you know parents can prepare their children for reading by reading to them? Research shows that preschoolers who are exposed to lots of language through books and conversations have greater academic success.

Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach of Kossuth County is offering Our Bookshelf, a four-week virtual program for parents of preschoolers. 

LEDYARD—Bethany E&R Church, Ledyard,  will host its annual Mission Fest on Sunday, September 11. Jay Eastman, a missionary in Berlin, Germany, will speak at both the 9 a.m. Sunday School and 10 a.m. church services.  

A pork loin meal will follow the church services. At 6:30 p.m., a tribute program, “God and Country,” will be presented by Glen Henriksen on keyboard and Bill Hansen. The program will be followed by coffee and fellowship.  

ALGONA—Approximately 500 people attended last year’s Algona Rotary Club flight breakfast. Rotary Club members are hoping for another good turnout for this year’s flight breakfast set for Sunday, September 11 from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Algona Municipal Airport (located west of Algona on Highway 18). 

ALGONA—In addition to street projects planned by the City of Algona, the Iowa Department of Transportation also has plans to make improvements to area roads this summer. Beginning the week of August 29, patchwork will begin on the intersection of Highway 169 and McGregor.

ALGONA—Construction work on the Call and Moore Street parking lot was expected to begin on Tuesday, August 30. The project is expected to be completed by the end of October.

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ALGONA—Registration is now open for the annual Tornado Alley 5k, 10k and one-mile fun run, held on the morning of the Band Day Festival on Saturday, October 1. 

The one-mile fun run begins at 8 a.m., followed by the 5k run/walk and 10k run at 8:30 a.m. All races start and end at Algona City Hall.