Kossuth County News

It's the season of giving. "That's just great that somebody can think of the poor people in the community," said Linda Vaudt, of the Kossuth County Care Team.

Do you remember the days when you walked two miles uphill to school through a foot of snow - and two miles back home again? Members of the Emmet County Historical Society, Inc., Thursday night at the Estherville VFW Canteen recalled those days in their 45th annual meeting.

An Algona man pleads guilty to a meth charge in Sioux City federal court. At the plea hearing 39-year-old Blaine Richardson admitted to manufacturing at least 1.5 kilograms of meth between 2003 and June of 2009 in rural Kossuth County.

State and local representatives of IowaCarry.org held a rally Saturday in Library Square to promote the right to carry handguns throughout Iowa.

One person was killed in a single-vehicle accident Saturday. Dennis Hefty, 61, was the passenger in a Dodge Ram 2500 truck traveling northbound on Kossuth County Road P60 at about 3:50 a.m., when the vehicle dropped off the east shoulder, according to information from the Kossuth County Sheriff's Office.

I'm a 58 year old guy from Southern California by way of the Midwest. I've lived in Southern California for 11 years and spent the 30 years before that in Iowa, Wisconsin and North Dakota.

Two people from Algona will spend time in prison on drug convictions. The U. S. Attorney's office says 38 year old Tammy Schealler was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Funeral services for Irene Butterfield, 96, of Fort Dodge and formerly Estheville will be held 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.

18. The hearing on the Lateral B Open Ditch of Joint Drainage District One will be Tuesday, Sept.

Getting ready for the fair is a year-round labor of love for Marge Tish. She's been submitting entries in county fairs since she was 12, when she was first old enough to join 4-H. Almost 70 years later, at age 81, her enthusiasm hasn't waned.

A plane crash near the Audubon airport marked the fifth time a crop duster has gone down in Iowa this month.

There has been another crash in Iowa involving a crop dusting plane on Tuesday. Kossuth County Sheriff Steve Kollasch said Dennis Meyer, of rural Whittemore, was attempting to take off with his spray plane early Tuesday from a family owned runway when his plane suddenly lost altitude.

It's going to be a whole different drive across Emmet County about a year from now.

Authorities said 65 pounds of marijuana with a street value of nearly $160,000 were found on a railroad car at an ethanol plant near Lakota.

Authorities say 65 pounds of marijuana with a street value of nearly $160,000 have been found on a railroad car at an ethanol plant near Lakota in northern Iowa.

Authorities say 65 pounds of marijuana with a street value of nearly $160,000 have been found on a railroad car at an ethanol plant near Lakota in northern Iowa.

Authorities say 65 pounds of marijuana with a street value of nearly $160,000 have been found on a railroad car at an ethanol plant near Lakota in northern Iowa.

A West Bend man is dead after a single car accident in Kossuth County.The Kossuth County Sheriff's Department says it happened just before six Thursday afternoon southeast of West Bend.They say 77 year old Eugene Bruellman was driving the car when it went into the ditch and struck a pole.Bruellman's passenger said he experienced a medical ...

The services include scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and 24/7 remote monitoring for two wind energy projects located 40 miles apart in Dickinson and Kossuth counties of northwest Iowa.

Months of hard work and care are paying off as 4-H'ers get their opportunity to shine at the Kossuth County Fair.