Five hundred forty-four cup-sized cheesecakes, 40 hours in less than a week, more than $1,100 in donations adds up to $25 gift cards or $25 Amazon cards for 44 high school seniors.
On Monday, April 27, Governor Kim Reynolds issued a supplemental proclamation easing several restrictions in 77 of Iowa’s counties, including Kossuth County, effective May 1. Among those businesses that can operate are libraries:
Misinformation can easily circulate in communities during a crisis. So it is with the current COVID-19 pandemic. Rumors about positive cases and employees being sent home from work due to possible symptoms of the coronavirus have been topics of conversations in Kossuth County the last couple of weeks. There is no grain of truth to these rumors, according to the Kossuth County Public Health Department and Kossuth County Emergency Management.
Work continues to remove invasive shrubs in Ambrose A. Call State Park. “Part of a forest management plan calls for, or prescribes for the removal of, invasive shrubs -- buckthorn, honeysuckle and a number of other species,” said Michael Strauser, the park ranger assigned to Pilot Knob State Park, Rice Lake State Park and Ambrose A. Call State Park.
As Jeff Schutjer planted corn in his field last week near Titonka, he mentioned how nice the weather was. “This is probably the best planting season we’ve had for at least two years,” he said. “We didn’t have any ponding of water. We didn’t have to wait for that to go away. The snowstorm we received recently did kind of hold us up, and we’re still dealing with drifting in fence lines.”
Genesis 4:4-5: “And Abel also brought an offering, fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering, he did not look with favor. So, Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.”
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has closed the doors of the Algona Public Library to the public, but the library staff continues to find alternatives to provide books and other resources to its patrons.
For at least the next eight weeks, Kemna Auto Center in Algona is conducting a pay-it-forward program to help businesses and individuals in Kossuth County during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The first $250 gift card was given on Wednesday, April 22, after a new vehicle purchase.
The Iowa Lakes Community College (ILCC) Board of Trustees met Tuesday, April 21 via Zoom (to maintain social distancing measures). Delaine Hiney, executive director of Facilities Management, received approval to move forward with plans and specifications to construct a new farm lab facility at the Iowa Lakes Community College Farm located on the Emmetsburg Campus.
Kossuth County Auditor Amber Garman joins Secretary of State Paul Pate and auditors across Iowa in encouraging voters to cast absentee ballots by mail in the upcoming June 2 primary election. During the COVID-19 pandemic, voting by mail is the safest option.
Secretary Pate is mailing absentee ballot request forms to every active registered voter in the state. The forms should later this month and will include pre-paid postage for returning them to Garman’s office.
Iowa has lauched a screening website to help people determine whether they should be tested for COVID-19 coronavirus. You can take the screening at testiowa.com. It takes about 10 minutes. You will be asked for contact information, work category, exposure to other people who may be positive or sick, your underlying health conditions, allergies, etc. There are statements about the security of your information.
Does COVID-19 have you bored to death? Does your home need a little help? You are in the right place. Check out Section B of the April 23 edition to see our Spring Home Improvement special section. There are advertisements for services and goods within its pages, and there are some stories about projects as well.
Find the Home Improvement special section in the April 23 Advance.
In previous times, the Algona Rotary Club met at Chrome Restaurant and Catering for lunch every Monday. Now, restaurants are closed. Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some Rotary members have decided to use the money they would have spent on a meal to help those in need in Algona.
