By Lily Terhark, Kossuth County Extension

The 2023-2024 school year is wrapped up and summer is finally here!  That means it’s time to explore and have some much-deserved fun! The weather is nice and sunny, and it’s the best time of year to get outside, be active, and enjoy nice weather. Youth don’t always want to do the same thing, day in and day out and we are here to help with that!

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?

Endurance vs. Perseverance

By Rev. Walt Reemtsma, Burt and Lone Rock Lutheran Churches

Not only so but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance and perseverance character and character hope. Romans 5: 3-5

Today’s throwback comes from Ben F. Reed’s book History of Kossuth County, Vol. 1.

The town has an abundance of churches to support. There were five, but one has gone out of existence. The United Brethren church, which was organized in 1898, has disbanded and the edifice is now used as an opera house.

We watched the sun go down on Galway Bay

Congress and Senate

To the Editor:

In some countries and our country, our armies are fighting terrorist’s organizations who ruthlessly rape, torture, destroy and murder the good people of their country.

In these countries there are hundreds of men, women, and families who have willingly, behind the lines, given useful information and fought side-by-side with weapons.

The Stinson Prairie Arts Council (SPAC) has some wonderful events coming up this summer.

SPAC will be hosting a Summer Solstice party at the Plum Creek Winery again this year with music, food and beverages. Emma Elsbecker will be performing. Weather permitting this event will take place out on the lawn so bring a lawnchair.

Stop the mosquitos with screen doors

150 Years Ago

Our Cornet Band is favoring the people of the town with some very fine music during these bright evenings.  They have blowed so much for us we feel compelled to “blow” a little for them.  And we think we may safely say that no other band in Northern Iowa can furnish as good music as our own.  They may be assured that their efforts are appreciated.

125 Years Ago

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?

Does anything surprise people anymore?

By Rev. John Heille, Good Hope, Immanuel and St. John Lutheran Churches

I heard that question a while back.  It feels like a good question for our days. We live in a world of instant information and global news coverage. Artificial intelligence and fast internet searches give quick ready answers for many everyday questions.

The Algona city park board has named its proposed new park complex along the Des Moines river north of town “North Park,” and plans to start construction this spring. Bob Engstrom, assistant superintendent of Public Improvement for the City of Algona said the park will be constructed in two phases, the first being the upcoming warm weather building season, and the second coming a year from now.

Shrimp, Manufactured Homes, Prices

Letter to the Editor:

Several recent news items seem unrelated but have a common foundation, corporate greed.

Remember the boy who cried wolf

With the severe weather lately, I was thinking about how we make ourselves aware of dangerous situations today and how that process has changed.

Many of us rely on the emergency siren alerts, which, for the most part, continue to be a reliable source. Of course, most all of us have read or heard about rare situations when the sirens did not go off, and a town was leveled by a tornado.

Burt makes it to the state baseball semi-finals

150 Years Ago

LOCAL NOTICES.  --- STRAY. --- Taken up by me at my residence seven miles north of Algona (Sec. 3-96-29), a red steer with white stripe in face and left hind leg lame.  Fred Kopka.

125 Years Ago

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?