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ALGONA—It’s almost here. In less than three days the Kossuth County Fairgrounds will be filled with 4-H’ers ready to showcase their fair entries. A lot of planning and hard work goes into each project and with last year’s fair taking on a unique look due to the pandemic, everyone is eager for the 2021 fair to begin.
Whether they are stepping into the show ring to exhibit an animal or conducting a working exhibit, there will be plenty of 4-H talent on display at this year’s fair. 

ALGONA—The Kossuth County Fair will provide a wide variety of entertainment this year and some of it will be in front of the 90-year-old grandstand. How long a grandstand should survive will partially depend on how well it’s built and a 90-year run is a credit to the builders and the investors who wouldn’t settle for  anything mediocre.

ALGONA—Hopes for a quick vote to set up a county-wide emergency medical service (EMS) were dashed this week when it was determined it was impossible to meet the timelines to get a question on the election ballot this fall.
 
Learn more about why the vote to make EMS an essential service will have to wait in the July 29 Advance print edition.

ALGONA—After receiving input from the county attorney and their consultant for FEMA funding of drainage repairs at their meeting Tuesday morning, July 27, Kossuth County supervisors decided they will revisit bidding on a main ditch repair in Drainage District 4 in northern Kossuth County.
The county board plans to put an item on the agenda for the Tuesday, Aug. 3, meeting to consider rescinding or not rescinding the awarding of a bid to Reutzel Excavating on the project.

ALGONA—The Iowa Department of Transportation’s (DOT) five-year plan includes an effort to improve a small section of U.S. Highway 18 in eastern Kossuth and western Hancock counties, the process of beginning to elevate the road to Super-2 status.
 
Get the details in the July 29 Advance print edition.

ALGONA—-Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach in Kossuth County is inviting families to “Read Across the Kossuth County Fair” by participating in a StoryWalk. The StoryWalk, an outdoor reading experience, will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on August 4-6 at the fairgrounds.
In June ISU Extension and Outreach hosted their first StoryWalk along Algona’s State Street. The event was successful and enjoyed by more than 20 families.

ALGONA—High school student Isabelle Gibbs and history teacher Brian Connick received a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Oahu, Hawaii through the National History Day Program. In Oahu, they learned about the culture of Hawaii and the role the island played in World War II, including the Pearl Harbor attacks. 

ALGONA—The Iowa Lakes Community College Board of Trustees received an update on the Tietz Entrepreneurial Center when it met Tuesday, July 20, on the Algona campus.  
Theresa Waechter, Algona campus supervisor, provided an update and introduced the employees. 

ALGONA—The Algona Community School Foundations annual golf outing and silent auction results showed once again what a special place Kossuth County is, organizers said. 
The event was held Tuesday, July 20, and it brought in $48,000 to the foundation, which uses the money to fund local scholarships and classroom enrichment activities. 
“The weather was great, the participation was excellent, and the results were phenomenal,” stated foundation consultant Barb Teeter.
 

KOSSUTH COUNTY—Small nonfarm businesses in Kossuth and 17 other Iowa counties and neighboring counties in Minnesota are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration.  These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought since April 1. 

ALGONA—The Kossuth County Speedway announced last week that it cut ties with a substitute announcer after he made statements prior to the national anthem at the track Thursday, July 15, that were deemed unacceptable.

KOSSUTH COUNTY—Less than half of Endow Iowa 25 percent state tax credits remain for 2022, as reported by the Iowa Economic Development Authority this month. As of July 12, approximately $2.7 million in credits remain of the original $6 million available. 

DES MOINES—The Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union have an upcoming “Family Week” appearing in Iowa’s Unified Activity Federation calendar for the first time in 2020-21. This week will prohibit any coach and/or teacher contact with student-athletes and prohibits any IHSAA or IGHSAU event from occurring.

KOSSUTH COUNTY—A ‘ghostly’ Canada goose will be one of the highlights at the Union Slough auto tour route opening Aug. 1.
A partial albino Canada goose has spent most of the summer at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge. As a result, visitors may see the rare bird during the Refuge’s auto tour route opening from Aug. 1 through Sept. 20.