80th birthday
 
Geraldine (Geri) Coleman Oelmann was born on August 12, 1937 and will be celebrating her 80th birthday this year. Family and friends are encouraged to shower her with cards to celebrate. Cards and well wishes will reach her at 505 8th Avenue, Ackley, IA 50601.
 

80th birthday
 
Ade Knobloch was born on August 16, 1937 and will be celebrating his 80th birthday this year. His family, including, Jean Knobloch, Todd and Brenda, Tedd and Kris, Tadd and Kathi Knobloch and five grandchildren, are encouraging family and friends to shower him with cards to help him celebrate. Cards and well wishes will reach him at 714 Highway 18 West, Algona, IA 50511.

Violet Lee Schechinger
Keith and Dawn Schechinger of Algona are the proud parents of a baby girl, Violet Lee, born Friday, July 28 at Kossuth Regional Health Center. Welcoming baby Violet home are older siblings, Riley, Harper and Stella.
 
Raelyn LeeAnne

The historic Riverdale Township Schoolhouse was relocated to the Kossuth County Fairgrounds shortly before the opening day of the 2015 fair.
After a few years of struggling to find an individual or organization to take the Riverdale Township’s former school house, the Kossuth County Fair Board in cooperation with the Kossuth County Historical Society and the Kossuth County Ag and Motorsport Museum, brought the school to its current location just north of the Floral Hall.

ALGONA — Each year at the Kossuth County Fair, volunteers can be seen doing everything from feeding those who attend to helping with odds and ends to cleaning out the show barns.
In a way they are the unsung heroes of the Kossuth County Fair.
“Volunteers add just one more aspect to making the county fair what it has become over the years,” said Mel Haler, President of the Kossuth County Fair Board. “We can’t do it without them.”

ALGONA — The recent acquisition of a residential building on 820 S. Moore St. by Mark and Melinda Erpelding will possibly get rid of one eyesore in the city limits. However, there are still as many as 28 other properties around the community that the Algona City Council is working to clean up.

60th anniversary
 

50th anniversary
 
Richard and Margret (Bierstedt) Elbert were married on July 22, 1967 at St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Algona. The couple will be celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. Family and friends are encouraged to shower them with cards to help them celebrate. Cards and well wishes will reach them at 219 West McGregor Street, Algona, IA 50511.

65th birthday
 
Betty Harms was born on Aug. 2, 1952. and will be celebrating her 65th birthday this year. Family and friends are encouraged to shower her with cards to help her celebrate. Cards and well wishes will reach her at 3102 – 165th Avenue, Burt, IA 50522.

Mara June Edgington
 

In the democracy of the United States, little room is left for the suggestion of a royal family. Dreams of girls everywhere are not dashed as a new royal family of sorts has been crowned at the Kossuth County Fair.

The race is on to find enough funding to remove and replace the crumbling foundation of the Kossuth County Historical Museum located at 122 South Dodge Street.
Since 2012, the Kossuth County Historical Society has been working to raise funds for this project. Shortly after the initial campaign began in 2012, it became obvious to members that enough funds could not be raised at that time, mentioned Amy Frankl-Brandt, Historical Society president. 

Inspired by a need to acknowledge and recognize those individuals who serve behind the scenes in emergency situations, Steve Smith, Algona Fareway market manager, decided to honor first responders in a special way on Thursday, July 27. 

For the past six years, the “Hunting With Heroes” group from the Lakota area has inviting war veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to come to hunt pheasants in November for a weekend of healing in the field and a big banquet at the old school on Saturday evening.

90th birthday