Algona Soroptimist Club members gathered April 8 for their regular meeting and to celebrate the 75th birthday of their group.
The Algona Soroptomist Club was chartered April 23, 1944. The first club met every other Wednesday noon at the Hotel Algona.
Read more in the April 18 Kossuth County Advance.

The Chocolate Season has announced plans to relocate out of Algona at the end of May.  Brad and Erika Jensen, owners of TCS, have been quietly working with several parties, including personal friends Brad and Angie Barber of Cabin Coffee, Algona Chamber of Commerce, and Kossuth County Economic Development, to aid in the transition of ownership of 16 E. State St.

“Our hope is to continue to serve and to get a view outside of Algona,” said Peter Talbot, senior pastor. “It helps us as a church not to be self-centered, to be community-minded and also God-minded.”

In the fall of 2018, the Contemporary Literature class read a book called,  "Please Stop Laughing at Me," by Jodee Blanco. The book is a true story about the author and the bullying situations she experienced as a child.
The teacher, Mrs. Spear, assigned an anti-bully project but left the details up to students. Many students in Spear’s fifth period chose to work on T-shirts for the whole school.
See more in the April 11 Kossuth County Advance.
 

Scheduling conflicts and parental pressures didn’t stop participants in the recent Strengthening Families session. A few wrinkles were just added.
Strengthening Families sessions were moved to Sunday afternoon, rather than the evenings, and snacks were served instead of a supper. Despite the changes, Schluter said there was good participation, and the kids and parents had an interest in each other.
Read more in the April 11 Kossuth County Advance.
 

When he hits 80, Kossuth County Food Pantry Director Erby Shipler may be thinking about retiring, but what he say keeps this 76-year-old going is “stubbornness. When I hit 80, if I’m still feeling as good as I feel now, who knows?”

Dr. Jerry Shey and his wife, Jean, believe in keeping history alive.
“When I talked to Jean this morning she wanted to send out the message that we need to support these organizations and these museums,” said Kossuth County Historical Society President Jan Ricke, during an interview at the Wells Fargo Museum on Monday, April 1. “This is our history. If we don’t keep the history, it will be gone.”

If three wind energy projects are constructed in Kossuth County, it could mean a $600 million to $750 million investment in the county.

A Kossuth County landowner, who has not leased land for a proposed wind project in the southern part of the county, is frustrated with damage to his field.
“I wanted to make it aware to the county and to the residents that we are having issues with trespassing going on with the current surveying happening,” Nate Voss said during the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 2. “I wanted to pass this along to you guys to kind of see what I’m up against out there.”

When Bishop Garrigan Schools President Lynn Miller opened the 30th annual Gala, he mentioned that it was okay to leave the cell phones on during the evening. The reason — it was the first time the Gala had used mobile bidding, and he wanted to make sure that the packed house in Friedmann Auditorium kept up on their bids.

Charles Legler still farms the Legler Homestead farm just outside of Lu Verne where his mother and father lived for many years. The family moved there in 1868 and last year, the homestead was listed as a Century Farm. “That was important to our mother,” said Legler. “She was pretty proud of that.”

The Gallery Etc. in downtown Algona has been sold to Tom and Judy Terwilliger of Algona. The Terwilligers purchased the business from longtime owner Lori Hanchett of Mountain Lake, Minn. The Terwilligers officially took over on Monday, April 1.

Two previous times, Kossuth Regional Health Center Adiminstrator Scott Curtis had no desire to become the vice president of Network Development for MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City.
"The previous two times there were a lot of things that I was still involved with here that I wanted to be involved with and needed to be accomplished," he said.
Read the whole story in the April 4 Kossuth County Advance.

Telemedicine efforts have been part of the health care landscape since the 1990s. Dr. Joe Behr, a Bishop Garrigan High School graduate, is taking it to the next level, incorporating telehealth for a certain group of his patients.
Read more about it in the April 4 Kossuth County Advance.

Sexual predators live in Algona. That was one of the messages Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Daux shared with those attending The Predator That You Know event held in conjunction with The Picket Fence Project: Keeping Children Safe.
Read the whole story in the April 4 Kossuth County Advance.