Seeds of Spring

By Briton Nelson, Associate Pastor at St. John's Lutheran, Burt and Trinity Lutheran, Algona

I wrote some time ago about my adventures with my Lifeline button - mainly that I bumped it accidentally, thereby setting off an alarm that had neighbor Dan rushing over to see if I was okay (he and Denise are first on the call list). When I dutifully dialed the number on the back of the Lifeline thing to say I was okay, a pleasant voice answered, “Murphy’s Pizza, may I help you?” I like pizza as well as the next person, but not so much as to have it delivered from Tyler, Texas.

Brass tacks from rural Iowa

To the Editor:

Elon’s chainsaw comes for the farm…

March is finally here, and that means we’re chomping at the bit for planting season. On my farm and those around me, we’re making sure everything—and everyone—is ready to roll as soon as the weather and the crop insurance companies give us the green light. The seed is being delivered, the grease and oil applied, the fuel tanks filled. We’re gearing up.

AMS ranks higher than state average

By Joe Carter, ACSD

Women still not allowed to vote

150 Years Ago

Town and Country. ====== New Post Office. --- A new post office has recently been established near the residence of Richard Moll, in this county, a half-mile east and a half-mile north of Burt, to be called Noebla.

125 Years Ago

To Julie, who simply wanted to know...

By Pastor David Grindberg, First Lutheran Church in Algona

I don’t know exactly what time it was. My sleep was so deep that the phone rang twice before I realized what was happening.

“Pastor?” There was urgency on the other end of the line. “It’s near. Will you come?”

“Yes, of course. I’ll be right there.”

Letter to the Editor:

By Tod Faris, Economic Director

K/PACEDC

Circuit Court to be in session

150 Years Ago

Circuit Court. ----- Next week the Circuit Court will be in session here, Judge Zuver presiding. The calendar shows about seventy cases, but doubtless many will of these will go over to the next term. This will be Judge Zuver’s first appearance here in his judicial capacity. Our attorneys who have already had occsasion to practice before him, speak in very high terms of his judicial ability.

Change isn’t easy

By Kent Madison, Pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Lakota

In the churches that I serve, we are in a series called “ How Then Shall We Live.” We are studying the life of Jesus Christ while he lived on this earth, as an example of how we as disciples should live on this earth as we await His second coming.

By Angela Burgess

The story of the Lou and Bernadette Reilly family from the Reiley family newsletter.

How Lou and Bernadette’s small acts of kindness have forever bound their family to a Dutch family. 

The Brunia Family, 1940-1948

Of long ago memories revisited

I’m being lazy this week and revisiting an old column I wrote in March 1994.

Every once in a while, when I’m cleaning in Amy’s room, I stop and talk to the dolls.

They’re my dolls, you see, not hers. They are in her room because there’s no place for them in our room, and besides, I think my roommate might object to sharing his quarters with my childhood friends.

To the Editor:

Governor Reynolds has recently laid out her proposal to promote preschool access across the state. While the governor’s plan certainly includes ideas that would benefit Iowa communities, it’s important to consider what would be lost in order to fund these initiatives.

One of the best school buildings in northern Iowa

175 Years Ago