Vacation To the Editor: Imagine you’re an American on vacation in a foreign country. “Police” approach you and ask for your identification. You ask them why they need it. They don’t tell you and ...

1. Intent. This district is intended to provide for innovative and comprehensively planned projects in the development of residential land by permitting flexibility in design, placement of buildings, ...

Students have begun using the $13.1 million Algona Fieldhouse athletic facility. While some tasks still remain, Algona school officials planned to do a walkthrough this week to determine substantial ...

Dalton Douglas Cooper, age 24 of Buffalo Center, passed away at his home Tuesday Oct. 12, 2021. Funeral services will be held Monday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Buffalo Center ...

Julie was preceded in death by her parents, George Benjamin Means II and Mildred Martin Means, and her brother George Martin Means III, as well as Clara and Harvey Benning. She was also preceded in ...

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Cliff was born Dec. 10, 1930 in Aryshire, to Vivian and Harry Skogstrom. The family moved to Algona, where Cliff graduated from Algona High School in 1948. In high school, Cliff was a four-sport ...

Janice Joy Patton, daughter of Kenneth and Hilma (Hagen) Kickbush was born Apr. 21, 1936 in Garber, Iowa. During her childhood, Janice moved with her family to Guttenburg, Burt, and Belmond. Lastly, ...

We should not be involved in any way militarily, but offer humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine. We have done enough militarily and should not further escalate, potentially, into a war with ...

By Molly MacDonald It occurs to me that my last column might have made me sound like a grump. You may remember, I ranted a bit about people who shoot off fireworks in ...

Reflect and revisit Algona’s history By Rick Murphy Mayor Have you seen “Silent Night in Algona”? This movie is based on true events that happened right here in Algona during World War II when our ...