Year: 2024

State Auditor Rob Sand says he’s worked with a non-profit group and identified more than two dozen state job classifications that could be rewritten to widen the pool of applicants. Sand, a Democrat, says Opportunity […]

The man accused of killing an Algona Police Officer last September is asking for his trial to be moved out of Kossuth County. Forty-three-year-old Kyle Lou Ricke is asking for a change of venue for […]

The Iowa Department of Agriculture has distributed $3.6 million in grants to support 14 water quality projects in urban areas. One of the projects is designed to limit runoff into Smith Lake in Algona. Kossuth […]

It’s prom season in Iowa, time for tuxedos, gowns and corsages — as well as after-prom parties. Trooper Paul Gardner, with the Iowa State Patrol in Fort Dodge, says those late-night bashes can be a […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has directed a lower court to do more fact finding to determine if State Auditor Rob Sand violated Iowa’s public records law. The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously reversed a district court […]

An Iowan is now the holder of the “Order of the Gray Dragon” recognizing the person with the earliest entry date into the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program. Navy veteran Robert Mowry was given the award […]

Farmers made a lot of progress planting corn and beans last week. The U.S.D.A. report says the amount of corn planted reached 39% complete — up from 13% the week before. That is four days […]

The University of Iowa is moving forward with plans to construct a new hydraulic modeling facility for the College of Engineering. U-I Vice President, Rod Lenhertz, in a presentation to the Regents, says the facility […]