22+ hour, 50+ min ago  (182+ words) Anyone driving over the Kossuth County railroad crossing damaged by a train derailment last month is going to want to slow down. The crossing on 150th Street southeast of Algona was destroyed when several grain cars derailed on Friday, June 12. The…...

22+ hour, 50+ min ago  (169+ words) The afternoon of Thursday, March 12, was too damp and too cold for the Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team to practice at Hess Limberg Field in Estherville. The Lakers had a pair of games in Minneapolis the next day, so…...

22+ hour, 50+ min ago  (174+ words) America is smart enough for hybrids To the Editor: Many people are throwing u201cismu201d terms around these days without fully knowing what they mean. And this isnu2019t as simple as just quickly looking up a word in the dictionary. There is a…...

22+ hour, 50+ min ago  (187+ words) FORT DODGEu2014 Algona overcame a pair of grand-slam homeruns to win a wild 15-14 North Central Conference softball contest played on Monday, June 29 at Harlan Rogers Sports Complex for their 10th straight win of the season. It was the first time since 2017 that…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (361+ words) 1936 " June 24, 2026 Joy and her husband, C. Leroy Johnson were united in marriage June 24, 1956, sharing 51 wonderful years together until Leroy's death in 2007. They had three children: Merilee, Tim and Gayle. Since 1968, they made their home in Mount Pleasant. Together the couple enjoyed…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (194+ words) GARNERu2014 Bishop Garrigan was involved in another high scoring Top of Iowa Conference softball contest on Wednesday, June 24 and came home with a wild 13-11 victory over the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals. The black-and-gold scored two runs in the first, fourth, fifth and…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (198+ words) FORT DODGEu2014 North Union dropped a pair of softball contests on Saturday, June 27 at the Harlan Rogers Sports Complex in the St. Edmond Softball Classic. In their opening contest the green-black-and-silver had no answers for the fifth-ranked team in Class 3 A…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (178+ words) Long time Kossuth County resident Marion Knoll will be celebrating her 103rd birthday on July 9. Born in 1923 on a farm outside Liberty, Saskatchewan, her parents were Arthur Leo Morgan Jackman and Grace Cruikshank Jackman. Marion lived with her parents and three…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (199+ words) Community Vacation Bible School is right around the corner July 28, 29, 30 Burt Presbyterian Church is ready to host this great opportunity for the families and children of the area, 4 years old " 6th grade. Tuesday's Coin Carnival runs from 4: 15 to 4: 45 p. m. Bring your spare…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (195+ words) GARNERu2014 Bishop Garrigan held off a late Garner-Hayfield/Ventura rally to take a hard-fought 9-7 Top of Iowa Conference road baseball victory on Wednesday, June 24. The black-and-gold scored single runs in the first, second, third and fourth innings along with two more…...