Millie Rue Tumey
Brian and Mary Tumey of Algona are the proud parents of a baby girl, Millie Rue, born Tuesday, May 1 at Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg. She weighed 7 pounds, 1.5 ounces and was 21 inches long at birth.
 

Lennon Rose Anthofer

Lloyd and Barbara (Thilges) Schilmoeller were married May 11, 1968 at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Algona by Monsignor Percy P. Gearen, and they will celebrate their 50th anniversary this year. They have resided in Algona their entire lives. Lloyd is a former mechanic and auto repair business owner, and Barbara is a former legal secretary and judicial clerk. They were both involved with the environment committee at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church.

Robert and Nita Boleneus’s 40th wedding anniversary is this year. Come help them celebrate at an open house in their honor! The open house will take place Saturday, May 19 from 1 p.m. – 9 p.m. at their home, located at 2604 200th Avenue, Wesley, IA 50483. The couple is requesting no gifts.
 

ALGONA – Emily (Eimers) Moser and Annie (Klepper) Neubauer began running races together when they were attending Algona High School. Their love of running continued in college, continued after both were married, and last week continued on the historic streets of Boston in that city's famous marathon.

ALGONA — Tom Nugent has spent the majority of his professional career in education. That is the major reason he felt that he would make a good candidate to replace Floyd Lavrenz on the Algona Community School District Board of Directors.
“I believe in a quality education,” he said. “I believe it prepares kids for the future that our society needs. I look at it as a way of giving back and maybe taking my talents or my desires to improve education.”

ALGONA – For a few hours on a sunny Wednesday in late April, Tom Wilhite had to accept the fact that other people are going to miss his presence at, and management of, the Fareway Grocery Store in Algona.

ALGONA — In the first 10 minutes of the National Drug Take Back Day in the HyVee parking lot on Saturday, one tall box was almost filled from the drugs that had been dropped off.

Madison Diane Diers
Nick and Brandi (Roethler) Diers of Algona are the proud parents of a baby girl, Madison Diane, born Saturday, April 28 at Kossuth Regional Health Center. She weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces and was 21 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Lowell and Vicki Roethler of Algona. Paternal grandparents are Richard and Cecelia Diers of Algona. Great grandparent is Delores Roethler. Welcoming baby Madison home is big brother Landon.
 

Everly Elizabeth Meyer
Randy and Janae (Tyler) Meyer of Whittemore are the proud parents of a baby girl, Everly Elizabeth, born Wednesday, April 25 at Kossuth Regional Health Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20.5 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparent is Cheryl Johnson of Algona. Paternal grandparents are Rod and Ellen Meyer. Randy is a farmer and Janae is a stay at home mom. Welcoming baby Everly home are older siblings Jayda, Porter and Riley.
 

Micah Clifford Escobar
Matthew and Rachel (Winter) Escobar of Whittemore are the proud parents of a baby boy, Micah Clifford, born Friday, April 20 at Kossuth Regional Health Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 21.5 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Herb and Mary Winter of Armstrong. Paternal grandparents are Cliff and Nancy Axness of Titonka. Matthew and Rachel both work in Insurance Claims.
 

Dennis Armstrong was born May 10, 1938 and will celebrate his 80th birthday this year. His family, including his wife Mary, his children, Joe, Ron, Colleen, Tim, Tom, and Amy, as well as eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild, encourage family and friends to shower him with cards to help him celebrate. Cards and well wishes will reach him at 1220 East Lucas Street, Algona, IA 50511.
 

Scott, Yunginger

The ducks came charging down the slide and into the pool at the Algona Family YMCA – all 831 of them. Within a couple of minutes, students from Seton Grade School had circled them around Becky Kuper, representing the Algona Morwens Kiwanis Club. Young Addison Kuper was blindfolded, and she started selecting ducks from the collection, handing them to Becky Kuper, who read the number, ending speculation over who would be the winners in the Morwens' seven annual duck drop.

Bryant first grade students in Dianna Haynes class were learning all about the farm connection during an Ag in the Classroom activity on Friday, April 20.
“This is about awareness for the students,” Haynes said. “A lot of them who are in agriculture are able to talk to the other students about it.”
For more on this story, please see the April 26th issue of the Kossuth County Advance.