Officials announced this week that Simple Mining, a Cedar Falls-based company, is operating a Bitcoin farm on land rented from Algona Municipal Utilities. The facility is on North Ridgley Street and ...

The City of Algona will host a public meeting about the new sanitary sewer connection inspection program on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. in Conference Room A of the Algona Public Library.

Algona native Dr. Erin MacDonald Slater was recently named as a finalist for Iowa Superintendent of the Year for 2025. She is Superintendent of the Fort Madison School District.

The city of Algona is considering annexing more than 50 acres of land to make way for a possible utility-scale solar facility. The land, which is in Kossuth County just outside city limits, is just ...

DES MOINES—The Professional Developers of Iowa (PDI) is proud to announce the recipients of the prestigious 2024 PDI Life Member Award. This honor recognizes individuals who have demonstrated a ...

Algona High School held their annual induction ceremony to welcome the newest members to the AHS Wall of Fame. Three individuals and one team were recognized during the ceremony. Jay Bjustrom, Larry ...

A recent re-audit of Kossuth County drainage-related actions and procedures found the county was compliant with state regulations.

In order to qualify for Nationals pullers must place in the top 3 at a local level and then in the top 4 in their state pull. Maverick and Miranda each placed 1st at the local level. Maverick placed ...

In the 5K race, the overall male winner was Brian Becker with a time of 17:48. Josi Barscz took first in the overall female race, with a time of 25:22.

Algona Pay It Forward Always and Heartland Mutual Insurance teamed up to provide custom water bottles for local students. Seton teachers Denise Hovey (left) and Michaela Creighton (right) with two of ...

WEST BEND—Having big nights from both Austin Schmidt and Cole Fehr, the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines football team rolled to a 69-26 homecoming victory over the North Iowa Bison on Friday, Oct. 4.

ALGONA—It took five grueling sets to determine a winner on Thursday, Oct. 3 in a North Central Conference volleyball match between the Algona Bulldogs and the St. Edmond Gaels as the green-and-white ...