The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission has approved a new three-year contract for monitoring the water quality in the state's lakes. D-N-R environmental specialist Dan Kendall says the contract ...

Corn production in Iowa and the nation was on an upward trajectory last year, but industry leaders say there’s now a problem with declining market demand. A new study produced for two Iowa ...

Thursday’s Area Girls Basketball Scores Algona 54 Pocahontas Area 47 --Algona held Pocahontas Area to just 17 points in the 2nd half, and erased a 2-point halftime deficit with a 15-1 run to start the ...

A positive case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been confirmed in Kossuth County, the first confirmed case of 2026 in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the ...

The filmmakers behind “Silent Night in Algona” have a new movie that will be shown at the State Five Theatre this weekend. Shane Hagedorn is the Director, Co-Producer, and one of the stars in “Wild ...

The Iowa House has passed a bill that would prevent Summit Carbon from using eminent domain authority to seize land along its proposed pipeline route. Republican Representative Steven Holt of Denison ...

A bill that would give state and local law enforcement officers who stop a vehicle going over 100 MPH authority to immediately take that driver's license away is working its way through the Iowa ...

Funeral services for Dorothy Hoversten, 96, of Algona and formerly of Bode will be held Thursday at 10:30 AM at the St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Bode. Visitation will be held from 9:30-10:30 AM ...

The Iowa Lottery saw an increase in revenue through the first six months of this fiscal year, but its anchor product has been lagging in sales. Chief Revenue Officer Jon Roth says scratch ticket sales ...

Senate Republican Leader Mike Klimesh is proposing a bill to let Summit Carbon redraw its proposed pipeline route to avoid land owned by people who will not sign voluntary easements. Klimesh is ...

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An Algona man is facing charges of assaulting a peace officer following an alleged incident late last week. According to the Algona Police Department, Officers arrested 48-year-old Donald Phipps ...