Algona Upper Des Moines

Seeds of friendship show your “love” for spring People anxious for spring and getting their hands dirty came to the Fenton Library on Saturday, Feb. 14, to pick up supplies and seeds to get their flower gardens started indoors. The event was sponsored by the Friends of the Fenton Library with a grant from Thrivent. It was led by Kay Luedtke […]

The Kiwanis Club of Algona and the Algona Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for the new 150-foot zipline the Kiwanis installed on the grounds south of the Tietz shelter house on State St.

Algona City Council members have approved new regulations governing secondary homes on residential lots. Known as accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, these are smaller, secondary homes built on the same lot as the main home. While Algona already had ordinances covering these structures, the new ordinance was passed Monday, July 21, to comply with changes in state law.

Locals can now access homes and businesses on a busy section of county road west of Algona. Officials say the one-mile stretch of County Road P30 between U.S. Highway 18 and County Road B40 re-opened to local traffic after crews finished resurfacing. The road had been closed at times recently in order to allow crews to do their work.

Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge is soliciting sealed bids (per harvested ton) for hay harvest on three tracts of land to be harvested in August 2025. The tracts are located in Kossuth County as follows: Portland Township: Sections 5 and 10; and Ramsey Township: Section 29.

News 23 July 2025 Lone Rock-—It’s always special whenever Blakjer Norwegian Church can host visitors from Norway. On July 12, Erik and Brit Wilberg and daughters Ingrid and Ellen toured the House of Worship of their Jensen and Wilberg ancestors who were among the church’s first members when the congregation was chartered in 1876. Cousins from the area joining in the “reunion” were Bill Blomster and extended family from Fairmont, MN. Lowell and Kathy Jensen (Swea City), Roger P.

News 23 July 2025 An Algona resident was recently the target of an online scam that seemed so real that she fell for it at first despite the uneasy feeling she had. She was on the internet when a new pop-up window appeared that looked to be from Microsoft. She assumed she had hit something by mistake and tried to get rid of the unwanted window. That prompted an alarm to sound on her computer, similar to a weather alert, but much louder than what she had her volume set to.

The Camp Algona POW Museum is doing research on farms in the local area that might have hosted German POW’s while the camp was in operation. In addition, if there are any local businesses that used POW labor, the museum would be interested in learning about the businesses and the work of the prisoners.