The Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears girls basketball team is going back to the class 1A state championship game after putting the clamps on the Dunkerton Raiders in a 49-38 state semifinal round win ...

Funeral Service for 82 year old Dennis Hanson, of Algona, will be held Thursday, at 10:30am, at Grace Church in Algona. Visitation is Wednesday, from 5-7pm, at Oakcrest Funeral Services in Algona.

Funeral Service for 91 year old Karen Mortensen, of Swea City, will be held Friday, at 11am, at Swea City Community Church. Visitation is the same day, at the church, from 9:30am until time of service ...

An Algona man received a suspended prison sentence this week after he was charged with multiple counts of credit card fraud in Cerro Gordo County last year. A criminal complaint filed in Cerro Gordo C ...

The Iowa House has voted to toughen Iowa's law on habitual offenders and set a minimum 20-year prison sentence for people convicted of several serious crimes. Representative Steve Holt, a Republican ...

Iowans are seeing higher gas prices this week after hostilities between the United States and Iran started last weekend, but one industry expert says there's a lot more to the situation. AAA-Iowa ...

The American Red Cross reports a welcome boost in volunteerism, both nationwide and in Iowa, though more helpers are needed to join the ranks. Emily Holley, spokeswoman for the agency's Iowa-Nebraska ...

The Algona Cornbelt Chorus announced this week that after 66-years, the group is officially ceasing all operations. The final decision was reached at a meeting of members and former members is ...

Five of Iowa's community colleges would be able to offer a limited number of four-year degrees if a bill that cleared the Iowa House Wednesday night becomes law. Representative Taylor Collins, a ...

A Swea City man who announced last summer he would seek a seat on the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors has officially turned in his nomination papers. Barry Boland submitted his paperwork this week ...

A pair of North Central Iowa men were killed, and two others were injured following early morning crash Wednesday along Highway 18 in rural Hancock County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, ...

A Michigan man was arrested on a pair of assault charges following an alleged incident in rural Palo Alto County Tuesday afternoon. According to the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office, Deputies ...