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

65th anniversary
David and Beverly Berkland were married on August 1, 1952 at the farm home Beverly’s parents, Alvin and Luella Potratz. The couple will be celebrating their 65th anniversary this year. Their children are encouraging family and friends to shower them with cards to help with celebrate. Cards and well wishes will reach them at 2407 College Drive, Emmetsburg, IA 50536.

Omdahl, Tzimas
 
Katie Omdahl and Steven Tzimas of Windsor, Ontario, said “I do” surrounded by their closest family at Pique Travel, a quaint, rustic travel agency turned event center in Excelsior, Minn., on May 20, 2017 with the Rev. Kaitlyn Foster officiating. 
The celebration continued well into the evening with a few close friends and extended family of the couple.

ALGONA — RAGBRAI riders and crews left their mark on Algona on Monday, July 24 as the town slowly began to fill up with trucks, trailers, food stands and bike shops throughout the day. Banners were hung, camels set out and streets blocked off in anticipation for the some odd 10,000 official riders to arrive. Despite the official figures, many estimate the numbers to be twice that much when considering support crews and nonregistered riders.

BURT — On a tract of farmland just southeast of Burt lays the site of “The Last Indian Battle in Iowa.” This little known fact was resurfaced by two individuals, Brian Mallia who researched the battle, placing a map at the Patterson Recreation Area and earning the title of eagle scout and Midge Andreasen who after reading about the battle, set about informing her fellow Daughters of the American Revolution members and memorializing this event.

Conversing between bites of food, businesspeople and leaders from across the county and state came together early in the morning on Wednesday, July 19 for the Kossuth/Palo Alto County Economic Development Corporation annual countywide breakfast.
Marked with the theme “Collaborate: Building the Bridge Together,” over 150 breakfast goers learned about a winning business trifecta from Travis Toliver. 

ALGONA — EMS, like many other services, rely heavily on agreements with neighboring agencies to be their backup or contingency plan. These agreements are referred to by multiple names, but are essentially the same thing: agreement, mutual aid agreement, memorandum of understanding or 28E.

ALGONA — Six veterans will be able to participate in the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight later this year because of the work a group of Algona sixth-graders did to raise money for the veterans.

Clayton Bradley Banwart

Jasper Austin Wolf

Edison Neal Friedrich

Jackson Alan Zittritsch

Abigail Jean Schlund
Pastor Tom and Beth (Falkner) Schlund of Algona are the proud parents of a baby girl, Abigail Jean, born Friday, July 7 at Kossuth Regional Health Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 22 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Carol and Jim Falkner of St. Louis, Mo. Paternal grandparents are Rev. Steven and Becky Schlund of Great Falls, Mont. Pastor Tom is a pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church and Beth is a nurse.