FENTON—The Fenton Community Club will sponsor Santa Day on Saturday, Dec. 11. Santa Claus will arrive at the Fenton Legion by fire truck at 1 p.m. and be available for photos. The Fenton Forwards 4-H Club will host a craft time also beginning at 1 p.m. 

At 2 p.m. there will be a kids’ drawing for 12 sleds sponsored by Sentral Insurance. Adult drawings for hams, turkeys and packages of bacon will also be held. Coffee, lemonade, cookies and bars will be served.

More than 150 people attended the American Legion feather party in Lone Rock on Saturday, Nov. 20. In the photo are Jeff, Jorie and Julie Hartman. Julie said her family has been attending the party since the 1960s.

See more photos in the Nov. 25 Advance.

June and Paul Smith of Algona will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in November. They were married on Nov. 26, 1971.

Zayne Ryden Woods

Amber (Asche) and Kyle Woods of Bancroft announce the birth of their son, Zayne Ryden Woods, on Nov. 9, 2021, at the Kossuth Regional Health Center. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19.5 inches long.

Zayne is welcomed home by a brother, Zackary; and sisters, Zoey, Zephany, Zaelynn and Zayla. 

DUBUQUE—Sister Marcine (Jeannette) Kellner, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque, celebrated her Diamond Jubilee (60 years) on Sunday, Oct. 24, at Mount St. Francis Center, Dubuque. Cards will reach her at 3390 Windsor Ave., Dubuque, IA 52001. Sister Marcine was born on the family farm near St. Joseph on May 12, 1941, the oldest of the 14 children of Cyril Kellner and Adella (Hildman) Kellner. She entered Mount St. Francis in Dubuque and was received into the community Aug.

By Amy Frankl-Brandt

Assistant Editor

LU VERNE—Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and Boone River Watershed hosted an informational meeting on Wednesday, Nov.  10 at the community center in Lu Verne to highlight the restoration of oxbows on Iowa’s landscape to improve water quality and wildlife habitat. The event was free, open to the whole family and included a complimentary meal.  

By Amy Frankl-Brandt

Assistant Editor

ALGONA—Claire Gilliland, her father Nick and other locals will be making their acting debut for the movie “Silent Night in Algona” being filmed in Kossuth County and Forest City.

By Brad Hicks

Publisher

ALGONA—When Algona City Council members were constructing their budget nearly 11 months ago, one of the items on the list of future projects was a new public works maintenance facility.

The future is approaching.

By Brad Hicks

Publisher

ALGONA—City Council members Monday night approved a change in Algona’s zoning ordinance, paving the way for a new business to go into operation.

ALGONA—Rate changes are coming for customers of Algona Municipal Utilities (AMU) communication services.

During the AMU Board of Trustees meeting last week, a public hearing was set for Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 11 a.m. to hear input on the proposed rates. Details on what those will be are still being completed, according to John Bilsten, AMU’s general manager.

The Dec. 1 meeting also will include two public hearings dealing with budget matters.

ALGONA—Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Plans are being finalized for the annual Algona Community Thanksgiving Dinner. This year there will be two options – either drive through pickup or home delivery. There will be no dine-in serving.

Drive Through pick up will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 25, at the Divine Mercy Parish, St. Cecelia Church in the south parking lot.

ALGONA—There is plenty to do in Algona to help get you in the holiday spirit. Bundle the kids up in their hats and mittens and bring the whole family downtown for a good old-fashioned Christmas.

ALGONA COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER: Divine Mercy Parish, St. Cecilia Church parking lot drive-through, Thursday, Nov. 25, 11:30 a.m. and also delivery. 

Members of the First United Methodist Church in Algona, other community members and visitors from other communities participated in the church’s annual food packaging event Sunday afternoon, Nov. 14. 

Beans, dried vegetables, soy meal, rice, noodles and more were combined in packages and readied for distribution. 

ALGONA—The committee that will draw new precinct lines in Kossuth County will meet Monday, Nov. 22, at 3 p.m. at the courthouse.

The Iowa Legislature approved new Iowa House and Iowa Senate districts last month, and Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the matter into law. That started the clock for counties to begin setting precincts and in some counties drawing the borders for supervisors districts.

That’s only partly true for Kossuth County.

ALGONA—The board of supervisors determined how to use the first $400,000-plus of Kossuth County’s anticipated $2.8 million in American Rescue Plan dollars. The county received its initial allocation of approximately $1.4 million last summer.