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Go and Do: July 17, 2026

Around the area LAKE CITY — Village Square Theatre is presenting “The Misadventures of Romeo and Juliet,” a Summer Children’s Theatre production, at 7 p.m. TODAY and 2 p.m. SUNDAY at the South Central Calhoun High School Auditorium, 709 W. Main St., in Lake City. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the door. During this performance, the audience will witness the final dress rehearsal for “Romeo and Juliet” where the director is trying to direct egos, stagehands, stage managers and lost actors moseying into the wrong ...

USDA to support project at Algona hospital

ALGONA — The radiology department of Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona will be updated with a boost from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program. That financial support is coming in an indirect way, however. USDA Rural Development Iowa Director Mike Sexton reported that the agency is making two $300,000 grants to two local entities which will in turn loan money to the hospital. Cornbelt Power Cooperative in Humboldt will receive one of the grants. That money will be used to replenish an existing revolving loan fund it administers. Once the ...

Teens hospitalized after crash with train

LAKOTA — Two teenagers were hospitalized Tuesday following a crash with a train in rural Kossuth County. According to the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office, shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, a 2004 Chevrolet Impala was southbound on 190th Avenue near Lakota when it collided with an eastbound train at a railroad crossing. Alex Horak, of Lakota, saw the collision and called 911, deputies reported. He then pulled both occupants from the vehicle before it became fully engulfed in flames. According to the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle was also just a few feet from rail ...

Health care funding to be focus of training sessions

POCAHONTAS — The Iowa Primary Care Association will host two technical assistance sessions on July 28 at the Hinde Community Center in Pocahontas to help organizations prepare for upcoming Iowa Department of Health and Human Services funding opportunities focused on improving access to coordinated care in rural communities. The sessions are part of Iowa’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Healthy Hometowns initiative, which aims to support models that bring health care and related services together under one roof to make care more accessible and connected for rural Iowans. ...

From our files: July 2011

Heat wave greets 2026 Webster County Fair

As the heat index climbed to 95 degrees Wednesday afternoon, Webster County Fair Manager Heather Stewart wasn’t watching the thermometer, she was hauling fans into the goat barn, angling them toward the stalls as the first livestock arrived. The 2026 Webster County Fair opened amid high ...