State tourism officials have included Algona on a list of the Best Small Towns in Iowa for a Relaxing Vacation, a list that includes nine other communities across the state. Jessica O’Riley serves as ...

The Iowa Senate has voted to shield farm chemical companies from lawsuits that allege the labels of products lack proper warnings about health risks. Bayer, the company that sells Roundup, faces ...

Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn says sales are up slightly through the third quarter of the fiscal year. During an update to the Lottery Board, he says there are several positives. Strawn says sales are ...

The Iowa House has -- again -- approved legislation that would provide new protections for landowners along the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline route. Representative Charley Thomson, a ...

Bishop Garrigan senior Trayton Cink's high school football career will include one more game, as Cink prepares for the 53rd annual Iowa Shrine Bowl. The Shrine Bowl is an all-star football game ...

The Kossuth County Board of supervisors held a public hearing on the proposed property tax levy for the coming fiscal year during a special session Tuesday afternoon. The board took comments for over ...

The Iowa House has passed a bill that would give the secretary of state authority to hire a vendor to check for non-citizens on Iowa voter registration lists. Representative Austin Harris, a ...

The recent snow and rain could help Iowa improve drought conditions was we move out of March and into April. Jessica McIntyre with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says she can see changes whe ...

Celebration of Life for 66 year old Kathy Johnson, of Irvington, will be held Saturday, at 2pm, at their family home. Lentz Funeral Home is in charge of services.

Iowa saw more children in foster care who were referred to a home last year than there were licensed foster families, according to Four Oaks, the state’s contractor for licensing foster and adoptive ...

An official ribbon cutting ceremony was held Friday for the new Multi-Cultural Connections Center located in the lower level of the First Congregational Church in Algona. Jennifer Davis serves as the ...

Five Iowa communities are being picked to take part in what's known as the First Impressions program, which is designed to strengthen tourism, attract new residents and cultivate a community’s quality ...