By Amy Frankl-Brandt, Assistant Editor

ALGONA—The Algona Community School District board shared school scores and ratings during its board meeting on Monday, Dec. 20. 

ALGONA—The TLC Quilters held their annual Christmas dinner party on Dec. 4, giving away gifts to 50 area children. Gifts included quilts, crocheted hats, mittens and slippers, wooden trucks and blocks made by the CHIPS Off the Old Block club, books, doll clothes, stuffed animals, book bags and dolls with a 1950s poodle skirt. Each doll came with extra clothes and accessories. 

By Brad Hicks, Publisher

ALGONA—Street projects dotted Algona’s map throughout 2021. You can expect the same in 2022.

During its meeting Monday evening at City Hall, the Algona City Council approved hiring Bolton & Menk engineers to begin finalizing plans for another round of improvements throughout the city – work carrying an estimated price tag of about $6.7 million.

Mill and overlay

ALGONA—Second grade teacher Erin Missman and Mandie Studer, founder of the non-profit group Pay It Forward Always, recently enlisted the help of some special elves to help with a special project for military troops. 

ALGONA—Two deaths due to the COVID-19 coronavirus have been reported in the past two weeks in Kossuth County.

Data available from the Iowa coronavirus website stated 80 Kossuth County residents have now died from the virus, which was first identified here in spring 2020. The two additional deaths upped December’s death count to three. In December 2020, there were 23 reported deaths, most in any month since the start of the pandemic.

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Chamber coffee at The Dapper Dude

CLIVE—An Algona woman who stopped to fill up her gas tank bought a lottery ticket and won $100,000. Jaime McEnroe of Algona won the third top prize in the Iowa Lottery’s “Lucky Numbers Game Book” scratch game. 

She purchased her winning ticket at One Stop Shop, 220 S. Phillips St. in Algona, and claimed her prize Wednesday at the lottery’s Mason City regional office.

KOSSUTH COUNTHY SHERIFF'S REPORT

Monday, December 13

12:02 a.m.: Ambulance, Wesley.

6:17 a.m.: Vehicle in ditch, St. Joe.

9:48 a.m.: Accident, Algona.

10:41 a.m.: Card fraud, Ottosen.

3:02 p.m.: Driving complaint, Hobarton.

4:21 p.m.: Stray dogs, Bode.

Tuesday, December 14

9:22 a.m.: Accidental 911 call, Algona.

9:41 a.m.: Truant student, Algona.

Fenton holds Santa Day

Fenton Community Club hosted a party at the Fenton Legion Hall and the Fenton Public Library had an open house on Dec. 11. Craft tables were hosted by the Fenton Forwards 4-H Club. Names were read of the 74 loved ones honored with ornaments on the library tree. Twelve sleds were donated by Potratz Insurance Agency. 

Kruse wins quilt at Lone Rock Legion feather party

State cost share funds available for windbreaks

KOSSUTH COUNTY—The Kossuth Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) administers state cost share programs for installation of soil and water conservation practices on land located in Kossuth County.  

AMES—Land values across all crop reporting districts in Iowa increased in 2021 according to Iowa State’s Annual Land Value Survey. Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth and Mitchell counties saw a 34.5 percent increase estimate of average dollar value per acre with Kossuth County showing an average of $11,308 per acre land value.

Bengston earns dean’s list recognition

SIOUX FALLS— MacKenzie Bengtson of Buffalo Center was named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at the University of Sioux Falls. Bengtson is majoring in exercise science at USF.

Bengtson was among more than 550 students named to the 2021 fall dean’s list. To qualify, students must earn a term GPA of 3.5 or greater on a 4.0 scale.

Area residents awarded ILCC scholarships

ALGONA—The Algona Municipal Utilities Board of Trustees will hold another in a series of strategic planning sessions Monday, Dec. 20, at 12:30 p.m., at Algona City Hall. The meeting is open to the public.

ALGONA—Kossuth County is one of 43 Iowa counties to receive a disaster proclamation following the derecho that crossed Iowa last Wednesday, Dec. 15.

By Amy Frankl-Brandt, Assistant Editor

ALGONA—Marv Chickering has dedicated the last 46 years of his life to caring for and promoting the famous Algona Nativity Scene built by German prisoners of war during World War II.