Children invited someone special to attend the West Bend Public Library Story Hour Valentine Party with them. Miya Fehr and her mom Kelsey create a cute love bug. Cora Virkler made a snow family from ...

A 21-Gun Salute Bingo Fundraiser, sponsored by Moving Veteran’s Forward of North Central Iowa, was held at the Whittemore Community Center on Saturday, Feb. 1. More than 300 people showed up to show ...

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC Lakota Plant has completed a draft antidegradation alternatives analysis to use five new chemical additives. Valero Lakota is proposing to use four new chemical ...

The Algona City Council on Feb. 19 voted unanimously to approve bids by Kingland Construction Services of Forest City for work on the outside of the library, 210 N. Phillips St. Kingland submitted a ...

Registration is now open for youth soccer, softball and baseball available through the Algona Recreation Department.

The City will host a public informational meeting on Thursday, March 13 at 6 p.m. at the Algona Public Library in Conference Room A. This meeting is for residents in the blue, yellow and green sectors ...

Fourteen rescue vehicles in Kossuth County will be outfitted with child safety restraints. The Kossuth County EMS plans to purchase 13 ACR4 ambulance child restraints with funds from a grant and money ...

The Kossuth County Pork Producers donated $1,000 worth of pork to the Kossuth County Food Pantry. This is the fourth year they have helped to make sure no one goes hungry in Kossuth County.

The West Bend Knights of Columbus will be holding their 36th annual Fish Fry at the West Bend Golf & Country Club on the following Fridays: For drive up or carryout call 515-320-3600. Shut-in delivers ...

The story of the Lou and Bernadette Reilly family from the Reilly family newsletter. How Lou and Bernadette’s small acts of kindness have forever bound their family to a Dutch family.

The Algona City Council received an update in December about construction progress at the wastewater treatment facility. This historic and complex project is aimed at meeting the new standards of the ...

A ribbon cutting was held for RS Home during the chamber coffee on Friday, Feb. 28. The building was once home to Diamonds and later Osweiler’s. Kimberly Kollasch and her husband, Ron purchased the ...