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Water rate adjustment approved following AMU public hearing

By Kim Wegener

Features Writer

 

ALGONA—There were no written objections received or verbal objections made at a public hearing held on Wednesday, June 28 pertaining to the proposed water rate adjustment for Algona Municipal Utilities customers. Matt Oedekoven, with DGR Engineering in Rock Rapids, presented the water rate study analysis at the beginning of the public hearing.

KRHC purchases portion of Algona Medical Clinic

By Kim Wegener

Features Writer

 

ALGONA—Kossuth Regional Heath Center has purchased the portion of the Algona Medical Clinic currently owned by Algona Medical Clinic I for $3.225 million as outlined in the lease agreement dated 2018.

Signing planned for book on farm families

EMMETSBURG—Pamela Riney-Kehrberg will hold a book signing for her book, When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s, in the one room schoolhouse on the Palo Alto County Fairgrounds on Friday, July 21 at 2 p.m.

Burt Presbyterian to host VBS

BURT—Burt Presbyterian Church will host a community Vacation Bible School on August 15-17 from 5 to 8 p.m. for children 4 years old through 6th grade. Lessons and activities will be based on the theme of “Twists and Turns- Following Jesus Changes The Game.” There is no fee to attend.

College Notes

Engelby awarded doctorate from  Drake University

DES MOINES—Emma Engelby of Ledyard graduated from Drake University in Des Moines at the end of the 2023 spring semester.

Engelby earned an occupational therapy doctorate degree.

Community Calendar

Thursday, July 13

Kossuth County Democrats, 7 p.m., Reebs in Titonka, monthly meeting, planning for county fair on the agenda.

A Morning At The Movies, 10 a.m., weekly free movies for all ages, Algona Public Library.

Conversations Connect: Practice English and Spanish, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Algona Public Library, adults and older students.

3-2-DO

Learn about healthy cooking

Fresh Conversations will meet Monday, July 17 at 5:30 p.m. at the Algona Public Library. Registration required. Fresh Conservations is a summer series for adults devoted to healthy cooking and physical activity on a budget.   

Nature’s music

Carol Jane Meyer

 

October 12, 1936 - July 10, 2023

 

Visitation for Carol J. Meyer will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Ringsted from 9 - 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 14, 2023. Funeral service will be at the First Presbyterian Church in Ringsted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 14 with Pastor Suzanne Wobig officiating. She will be laid to rest at Ringsted Memorial Cemetery in Ringsted.

Patricia Hardcopf

 

August 24, 1935 - July 2, 2023

 

Funeral Mass for Patricia Hardcopf was held on Friday, July 7, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at the Divine Mercy Parish - St. Joseph Catholic Church in St. Joe. Burial was in the Lu Verne Township Cemetery in Lu Verne.

Eloise Clara Christie

 

January 5, 1932 - June 28, 2023

 

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