It was a dream come true for Roger Fisher when he found out he would be the next Kossuth County sheriff. His philosophy on law enforcement hasn’t changed over the decades and he said it won’t change now.

A wind energy conversion construction (WECS) permit was issued to Ledyard Windpower LLC after a public hearing in Bancroft of Tuesday, Nov. 17.
The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors issued the WECS permit at the Summit Center. It is estimated that 20 people participated in person and another 40 participated virtually.
Board Chair Jack Plathe said there were no negative comments. 
 

Janelle Moe is the missionary coordinator at Algona Faith Church and has been collecting boxes from parishioners in that church to deliver to Grace Church. From there, someone local takes them to Minneapolis where they have a main distribution center. This is the fourth year Moe has participated in Operation Christmas Child. 
 
Get the full story in the Nov. 26 Kossuth County Advance.

Throughout his life Lewis Rolling has been involved with raising turkeys on a turkey farm in far northern Kossuth County.
“I like the turkeys,” Rolling said. “Every flock is a challenge. There’s always something different.”

Algona High School’s theater and music departments put on a show for the public on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. The show was called “You Can’t Stop the Beat: A Musical Revue.”
 
Get the full story in the Nov. 26 Kossuth County Advance.

Algona Middle School Principal James Rotert has implemented a district wide initiative in the Algona Middle School to bring students together in advisory groups. 
“It initially started out as community building circles with students and staff to get to know one another better. One of the first circles they did was talking about homecoming,” Rotert said “It’s amazing how many kids didn’t know why we have homecoming. It got kids talking, it gets them use to talking in a group.” 

Students from Bishop Garrigan helped unload goods at the Food Pantry donated during the Stuff the Trailer food drive last week. How much did the drive raise? Who are the kids?
 
See the story and photos in the Nov. 26 Kossuth County Advance.

The Algona Lions Club held its annual Pies for Eyes fundraiser event last weekend. During this event, the club sells pies, soups, breads, cheesecakes and much more. 
Locally, the club makes sure anyone who needs glasses or hearing aids will have them regardless of income level, they rely on schools and doctors to inform them who needs help. The club also provides screening for kids 18 months to five years old. 
 
Get the full story in the Nov. 26 Kossuth County Advance.

“If there’s a way to impact and, dare we say, save people’s lives we’re going to do it,” said Jason Becker, who along with his father, Bernie, founded the Hunting with Heroes 501C3 charity in 2011. “We want to support our wounded warriors and local veterans in any way that we can, and this year it is clear that there is a definite need to do so.”

The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors adopted a proclamation of disaster emergency during its board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 17. The mask mandate takes effect immediately and will be reviewed again on Dec. 8. The board has agreed to possibly put the issue on the agenda each week until then. The mandate came a day after Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a proclamation of enhanced public health measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

AMU:
Algona Municipal Utilities on Tuesday closed its facilities public due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Iowa. This includes walk-in traffic at 104 W. Call St. AMU will reevaluate the situation weekly. 
 
CITY HALL:
The city of Algona closed its offices to walk-in traffic on Tuesday, Nov. 17. The Algona City Council made the decision at the Nov. 16 council meeting.

The Lakota Public Library is 100 years old and it continues to evolve from its start in 1920.
“I think it is amazing. I think our pioneers were so ahead of most pioneer villages,” said Gwen Good, who has been involved with the board of trustees since 1999. “When I did my research, I found out when those ladies started it expenses have been taken care of by yearly dues and tea parties. I loved it. They had the same thought we had.”

   November 16, 2020 – In the past week, Iowa has had its largest increase in COVID-19 positive cases as well as hospitalizations, and Kossuth County is not an exception.

A mental health and community assistance program continues to evolve in the Algona Police Department.
“This is all a work in progress. The final blue print is not even close to being done,” Algona Police Chief Kendall Pals said. “The end result is going to be the willingness and the availability of volunteers.”

At least 400 Christmas care packages will be on their way to members of the Iowa National Guard serving overseas during the holidays.
Mandie Studer, owner of Pay It Forward Always, with help from local volunteers, started collecting care package items and packaging them to be sent to the veterans.