Outs, not clocks, determine the end of baseball games, but Iowa Lakes Community College players needed time. They needed time for bruises to fade, scrapes to heal and muscles to stop aching. They ...

It is July, and you know what that means. Thousands of otherwise rational adults voluntarily climb onto bicycles and decide that pedaling across Iowa during the hottest part of summer sounds like the ...

150 Years Ago Owing to the humid showers that gathered and spilled large quantities of very wet water all over Algona and vicinity on the Fourth of July, driving people under shelters and drenching ...

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When I was a middle schooler, my hometown enacted a curfew for people under age 18. Basically, one had to be home or inside someone else’s home by 10 on week nights and 11 on Friday and Saturday ...

The Kossuth Childcare Coalition has awarded funds to local daycare providers and projects to help sustain and expand childcare options in the Kossuth County area. Applicants could apply for a grant, ...

The Algona Soroptimist have given donations to various entities around Algona/Kossuth County. Proceeds from the checks will be used to assist women and girls in Algona and Kossuth County through the ...

LAKE MILLS—Lake Mills scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning rallying to stun Bishop Garrigan 5-4 in the Class 1A district semi-finals played on Tuesday, July 7. The home team plated four ...

SHEFFIELD—West Hancock scored three early runs and made them hold up in a 4-2 victory over the North Union Warriors’ baseball team in the opening round of the Class 1A District No. 3 tournament played ...

LAKE MILLS—Bishop Garrigan scored in every at bat in a 10-0, five-inning win over the North Iowa Bison in the opening round of the Class 1A District No. 3 baseball tournament played here on Friday, ...

North Central Conference Overall Conference Team Overall Conference Algona 20-10 12-2 Webster City 21-8 12-2 Humboldt 19-8 10-4 Clear Lake 16-11 9-5 St. Edmond 13-11 5-9 Hampton-Dumont 6-19 4-10 ...

SWEA CITY—Estherville-Lincoln Central had two big innings as they shocked the North Union Warriors’ softball squad 9-5 on Tuesday, July 7 in the regular season finale for both teams. The Warriors had ...