–As the holiday season approaches, the Algona Parks and Recreation Department is offering area youngsters a chance to hear directly from jolly old St. Nick. City officials say special arrangements ...

The USDA has rejected Governor Kim Reynolds’ plan to provide monthly boxes of food to low-income households with school-aged children, rather than a monthly stipend for purchasing groceries next ...

With winter weather in the forecasts for parts of the Midwest this week, travel experts are reminding the public to plan ahead as they set out for Thanksgiving ...

–The annual Hospice of the Heartland Lights of Life service and tree-lighting ceremony is quickly approaching, and there is still time to order a memorial bulb. Kathy Dearchs serves as the Social ...

Celebration of Life for 91 year old Benjamin Rittgers, of West Bend, will be held Saturday, at 11:30am, at Lentz Funeral Home in West Bend. Visitation is the same day, at Lentz, from 10am until time ...

The Algona Community Thanksgiving Meal will return this week after a one-year absence, this time in a different location and a slightly different format.

Researchers at Iowa State University suggest an earlier planting date for soybeans could help reduce the amount of nitrous oxide emissions from Iowa's fields ...

Iowa’s busiest and largest hunting seasons will be kicking off shortly, as the first of the state’s two shotgun seasons for deer will open in about two weeks. Nate Carr, an Iowa DNR conservation ...

Fort Dodge Early Bird Team Standings Algona 224.5 Des Moines Hoover 130 Humboldt 97 Fort Dodge 79 Boone 43.5 Eagle Grove 43 Algona Top Placers Mara Davis placed 1st at 100 Reese Taylor placed 2nd at 1 ...

The Iowa Supreme Court has sided with Summit Carbon Solutions after a Hardin County landowner sued to keep surveyors for the pipeline company off of their land.

It will cost a little bit less to purchase your Thanksgiving meal this year, as a survey from the Iowa Farm Bureau shows prices down slightly from a year ago ...