By Sonya Sellmeyer, Consumer Advocacy Officer for the Iowa Insurance Division

Individual health insurance is insurance you purchase yourself – not through an employer or provided through a government health insurance program.  Individual health insurance policies come in two main forms –they are available either on or off the federal Health Insurance Marketplace.   

Storms of Life by Rev. Kent Madison of First Presbyterian Church in Lakota, IA

from July 22, 2021

We want to hear your stories.

This series will feature reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Send to news@algona.com Do you have a favorite moment? A favorite book? A favorite librarian? A piece of information the library had that set important wheels in motion? A favorite nook? A favorite smell? An exhibit? A program? Do you love knitting with friends at the library?

150 Years Ago

We have heard it suggested that if the grasshoppers hatch out in any great numbers it will be well for farmers at the proper time to roll their fields with a heavy roller. The only objections to this course that has suggested itself to us is that it would be very irritating to the grasshoppers.

125 Years Ago

Of past airport adventures and such

Dear readers: I have just returned from my trip to Los Angeles, which I mentioned last week. I would write about it, but I’m suffering from jet lag and I’m afraid whatever I wrote would be hopelessly garbled. Therefore, I’m re-running a column from several years ago. If you remember reading it then, try to forget it, so it will be new to you.

“Let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.”

Whether you are a religious person or not, those words from 1 John 3:18 likely hit home. Saying we are going to do things right is easy. Actually doing them right requires planning and effort and accountability, and that’s not easy.

“There are people who talk and people who do. Be very cautious of the first group.”

By Jan Ricke, KCHS

Great people make for great museum history. Kossuth County is rich in history locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally.

Are We Tougher on People Than God Is?

By Rev. Russ Jacobsen, Pastor at First United Methodist Church

When God freely forgave humble pagans, Jonah complained to God:

Trent Trask, Clinical Supervisor, Prairie Ridge.  A father of now two, Jaylon (5 yrs old) and Paxton (2 yrs old), a wife, Kristine, and Goldendoodle Charlee Mae.  Head Boys Varsity Basketball coach for West Fork CSD.  I enjoy going on vacations, sports, riding my Polaris RZR, and spending time with family.  I also have been diagnosed with Bipolar Depression with spouts of anxiety that no one knows about outside my family.  I share my story because I know it’s vital I do while observing the mi

Wrong car gets decorated

150 Years Ago

HERDING.  We the undersigned will herd cattle for one dollar a head for the season.  Peter & Frederic Dormoy.

125 Years Ago

Elections do have consequences

To the Editor:

    Kyle Stecker: I’m contacting you to let you know of my disappointment regarding the Kossuth County library funding.

    Per your Facebook post in 2022, elections do have consequences.

K/PACED is Preparing for the Summer Intern Program

By Maureen Elbert, K/PACED

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned non-compete agreements. Some employees were happy. Many employers were not. If you are not familiar with a non-compete agreement, it is a legal document that often prevents an employee from leaving a company to work for another competing company in the same industry. Those who are opposed to these agreements feel they often force employees to stay in jobs.

We want to hear your stories.

This series will feature reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Send to news@algona.com

Do you have a favorite moment? A favorite book? A favorite librarian? A piece of information the library had that set important wheels in motion? A favorite nook? A favorite smell? An exhibit? A program? Do you love knitting with friends at the library?