By Phil Albers

EMS

I first began serving on a fire and ambulance crew back in 1996 and have observed a lot of changes in emergency medical care since then. Regulations and training requirements for EMS services have changed. The availability of volunteers has changed, and so have the communities we serve. 

There is one change that I’m glad to see - the ability for EMS to become an essential service.

By Jim Sloter

Out of the Past by Gene Miller

150 Years Ago

Our old friend and the former propietor of the Algona Times is about establishing a newspaper in De Soto, Wis., to be called the De Soto Leader. We wish him all manner of success. 

125 Years Ago

By Shane Goodman

April showers bring May flowers — and green grass, at least on the golf courses. I have noticed this as I drive by the courses, and I have even seen a few people swinging their clubs lately. Not me. I don’t even own a set of clubs anymore. Even so, I recognize that many people truly enjoy golfing — or truly despise it. There doesn’t seem to be many in between.

By Rev. Steve Nofel, First Presbyterian Church, Algona

Wherever we are let Christ shine

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Well, in this case, not quite everything.

At the beginning of February, taking a nice break from the winter weather, our family went to Las Vegas for the world’s biggest indoor archery tournament. Our son, Matthew competed, we had a blast.

By Shane Goodman

I haven’t lived in my hometown for 32 years, but I still feel connected because I subscribe to my hometown newspaper — the Kossuth County Advance. You should subscribe to yours, too.

By Michael Tidemann

Anyone 50 or over should remember the 1980s farm crisis that choked the nation’s heartland. Family farm after family farm fell to the auctioneer’s block. 

By Jim Sloter

By Brad Hicks, publisher

Make believers

Who cares what actors think? I mean, think about it. Why should you listen to people make their living pretending to be other people? Do you ever consider they might be pretending to believe what they are saying in order to further their careers in the world of make-believe?

By Molly MacDonald

Out of the Past by Gene Miller

150 Years Ago

Prairie chickens (when are they hens?) are very plenty this spring, notwithstanding the great slaughter of the innocents last fall.

125 Years Ago

The call of Abram

By Rev. Kent Madison, pastor First Presbyterian, Lakota

By Dar Elbert - CEO/CNO at Kossuth Regional Health Center

By Shane Goodman

By Barb Smith

City of Algona

When spring arrives, the time for planting and growing is upon us. For many people in our area, it’s time to start thinking about growing corn, flowers or maybe a few tomato plants. At City Hall, spring is also a good time to think about growing our local businesses.