ARMSTRONG—Top-ranked Bishop Garrigan stayed perfect on the year with a 54-7 eight-man district football victory on Friday, Oct. 3 over the North Union Warriors. Despite the lopsided final scores the ...

Allen J. Lillie passed away on Sept. 12, 2025, in Phoenix, Ariz. He was born on Dec. 6, 1945, in Creston, to Dorothy (Trost) and Yale Lillie. Allen graduated from Clearfield High School in 1964. He ...

A funeral Mass for Stacey Garman, 54, of Canal Winchester, OH, formerly of Algona was held 10:30 AM Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at Divine Mercy Parish St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Algona. The ...

September 30, 1942 - September 26, 2025 Lynn Edward Hansen, 82, of Breezy Point, Minnesota, formerly of Algona, Iowa passed away on September 26, 2025 at Essentia Health-St Joseph Medical Center in ...

People allergies “Some people are simply allergic to other people.” That was some of the most simple yet most insightful advice I have ever received. It came to me several years ago from the director ...

Bus Safety and You: Keeping our students safe Here’s a disturbing fact: there have been nine bus-related violations in the Algona area since school began this fall. This means that in just over a ...

A couple of columns ago, I wrote about my 12-year-old newly-adopted cat, Hemingway, transporting one of my little dolls from her perch with the other dolls to various spots around the house. I even ...

The beginning of the book of Daniel introduces us to four young men: Daniel, Hanniah, Mishael, and Azariah. In Daniel chapter 3, three of the young men (renamed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego by the ...

EMMETSBURG—Julia Swift of Bishop Garrigan was the runner-up and North Union’s Alexis Cummins took fourth to highlight the performances of the two schools girls’ cross-country squads at the Emmetsburg ...

A beautiful summer night, free horse rides and watermelon, what could be better? On Wednesday, Sept. 10, the delicious smell of hamburgers barbecuing drew crowds as Algona First United Methodist ...

ESTHERVILLE—West Bend-Mallard senior Tyra Schupbach cruised to the individual title to highlight the performances of four area girls’ cross-country squads on Tuesday, Sept. 9 in the Estherville ...

EMMETSBURG—Bishop Garrigan freshman Caiden Buckner finished in eighth place overall to highlight the performances of a pair of area boys’ cross-country teams at the Emmetsburg Invitational on Monday, ...