As Bishop Garrigan gets ready to celebrate their Homecoming for 2022, take time to enjoy a glimpse into the past at their Homecoming festivities from the October 10, 1977 issue of the Kossuth County Advance newspaper. Recognize anyone?

Blessed and Tested

By Rev. Kent Madison, Pastor, First  Presbyterian Lakota,

In the churches that I serve we have been studying the man Joseph, found in the last several chapters in Genesis.

By Shane Goodman

It was a late-1960s era Volkswagen Beetle, but this car was not owned by any hippie. Quite the contrary. This “Bug,” and several others like it, was owned by a farming family in Kossuth County where I was born and raised.

More questions than answers

I always have more questions than answers every time I drive past a Grassley campaign sign.

Grassley’s campaign slogan, “Grassley Works” is technically a grammatically correct sentence. However, it’s confusing. Not only because it has a dual message, but because both those messages highlight how ineffective Grassley is for Kossuth County. 

By Amanda Schmidt

Superintendent of West Bend-Mallard School

By Jim Sloter

Out of the Past by Gene Miller

150 Years Ago

We need leaders that are pro-life

To the Editor:

Louis Kossuth honored in Hungary to this day

By Gene Miller

Kossuth County contains some of the richest and most fertile farm ground in the world and takes its name from the Hungarian patriot Louis Kossuth.

Louis Kossuth was born in 1802 in Monok, Hungary which was then part of Austria. As an adult he long advocated for a separate Hungarian republic which for a time landed him in prison, but he was eventually released by popular demand.

Of my late-to-the-party shopping adventure 

By Molly MacDonald

Mountains above Dolomites were a beautiful sight

By Jim Sloter

Making our way back to our camper in Venice was far from straight forward. With the canals between the buildings running every which way; it was impossible to stay oriented – we had to ask directions several times.  

Reorganization Vote - 3 Items on the Ballot

By Joe Carter

Superintendent

I love a rainy song

By Shane Goodman

The recent rainfall has many of us smiling. At least it does me. A little water from the sky does wonders not only for our Iowa crops but for our yards, our plants, our wildlife and our attitudes. Some people say rain makes them sad. Not me. In fact, I happened to notice how many of my favorite songs are about rain. See if any of these ring a bell:

Labor Day and a sabbath’s rest 

By Rev. Jason Fischer

Lead Pastor, Algona Faith