Kossuth County News

Just over 16 years ago, my son asked, 'Mom, why not retire to Iowa City?' And my daughter-in-law added, 'We have a wonderful Senior Center.' I replied, 'If I qualify for HUD housing, I'll make the move.' Having lived 23 years in the ghost town of Seneca in North Kossuth County, I was ready for a change.

With the recently announced restructuring of the Iowa State University Extension Service, Bob Behnkendorf, shared County Education Extension Director for Kossuth and Palo Alto Counties, has announced his retirement.

Emmet County Board of Supervisors will meet at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, in the Emmet County Boardroom.

The announcement of a major restructuring for Iowa State University Extension Service across the state will have an impact around the state.

A northern Iowa man accused in a murder-for-hire plot targeted at his wife has pleaded not guilty to an attempted murder charge.

An Algona man accused in a murder-for-hire plot targeted at his wife will be arraigned on May 11.

The preliminary hearing for an Algona man charged in a murder-for-hire plot targeting his wife was not held Thursday as originally set.

Northern Iowa authorities arrested an Algona man in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeted at his wife.

An Algona man has been charged with attempted murder after law enforcement officials discovered an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeted at his wife.

Northern Iowa authorities have arrested an Algona man in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeted at his wife.

After more than a month of investigation, the Kossuth County Sheriff's Office and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement arrested George Woolf Bennett, 50, of Wesley, Iowa, on a charge of attempted murder.

This newspaper has expressed concern about some aspects of the stimulus package approved by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama.

The federal stimulus package came just in time to help the Emmet County mental health budget.

Kossuth County was the top producer of corn and soybeans in 2008, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture figures.

Lawmakers on Monday dismissed an ethics complaint against a state representative accused of having a conflict of interests in her role as the chairwoman of the House Agriculture Committee.

A northwest Iowa man has died after he lost control of the pickup he was driving and it rolled into a water-filled ditch.

The driver of a pickup truck was killed Saturday in Kossuth County when he lost control and rolled into a ditch with two feet of water.

The Iowa attorney general's office has refuted a claim by Kossuth County Attorney Todd Holmes that the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors held an illegal closed meeting.

An activist organization that wants local governments to have more control over large-scale hog lots has filed an ethics complaint against the state lawmaker who has power over agriculture legislation.

North Sentral Kossuth can now add another bragging right to its list: It is the first school in Iowa to receive a grant from State Farm Insurance's Youth Advisory Board.