The Algona Municipal Airport’s concrete runway has closed this week for a project to address potential safety issues flagged by the Federal Aviation Administration. An FAA Flight Obstruction study identified U.S. Highway 18 as an obstruction to planes approaching from the north. Barb Smith, Algona’s Deputy City Administrator, says the south end of the runway […]

Bill makes smuggling undocumented immigrants a crime in Iowa
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a






