May 2024, the DAR Algona Chapter celebrated their 100th Anniversary. As the 100th year closes in May 2025, the chapter reflects on their history.

The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors plans to meet with landowners from the county’s largest drainage district to answer questions about drainage assessments and repairs. Landowners requested the ...

Butter Braid advances in 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa contest ...

Danica VanGorkom will be this year’s summer news intern for Kossuth County Advance. She will be helping with the 2025 Progress Edition as well as helping around the newsroom. She said she is excited ...

Area students attend agricultural field trip, “EPAK” ...

Officials say three stretches of Kossuth County road will soon be under construction for resurfacing projects.

Algona Municipal Utilities (AMU) has received a $2 million Grid Resilience Grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) for an Electric Grid Resiliency Project. The total project cost is ...

As part of their National Nurses Week and National Hospital Week celebration, Kossuth Regional Health Center awarded Ashley Thompson, RN, with the 2025 DAISY Award for extraordinary nurses.

The First Presbyterian Church of Algona has two new co-pastors, Bob and Tamara EnTin. They have been married for 43 years and in the ministry for the same amount of time. Bob and Tamara are bringing ...

North Union FFA students and their advisor Sarah Proctor brought a petting zoo to the North Union Elementary students. The NU High school FFA kids blocked the wind with their trailers and the students ...

Algona city officials added $19.5 million in street construction, infrastructure and utility improvement projects to its urban renewal plan. Adding the proposed projects to the plan makes them ...

The Haag-Turner Post 90 presented Jim Buscher with a 70 Year membership certificate to at the Active Seniors Center. In front from left: Jim Buscher, Bahne Struecker and Ray Nielsen. In back row from ...