Algona High School

Written by: Maggie Wartick Algona Community School District had to say a hard goodbye to Theresa Kuecker, as she retired on April 5th. Mrs. Kuecker has been working at AHS for al...

Written by: Lola Wolf Algona High School sophomores will be participating in Iowa Lakes Community College’s annual Career Day. On April 9th, all Algona High School sophomores wil...

Written by: Zach Duckert The end of year is approaching, which means it is almost time to take the Iowa Assessments! Attending the test dates are very important. The test allows ...

Written by: Danica VanGorkom Prom is right around the corner. Sign up ended for students on Friday, April 5th. This year the seniors got to sign up for free thanks to the junior ...

Written by: Sydney Seebecker On Saturday, the 23rd of March, a bus of 60 band and choir students from AHS left for Clear Lake. There, they participated in the class 3A Solo and ...

Written by: Jacob Schutter This week’s Senior Spotlight is Briona Ricke. Briona is the daughter of Keith and Brenda Ricke. She has three siblings: James, and Dustin, who are olde...

Written by: Devin Larsen The girls’ track team competed at the North Iowa Indoor Championship in Clear Lake on March 21. Coming into the meet the girls were ready to show that th...

Ben Helmers Superstars, with a retro theme, took place on Wednesday, March 20th. It was a great day of friendly competition and taking a little break from school work. The day...

Seth Gardalen AHS students are pumped for spring break coming up in just three school days. Spring break is going to be starting on the 27th of March and students will come back ...

Zach Duckert Graduation is on the horizon, but before you get that diploma, make sure you do your senior exit presentation! Senior exit presentations will take place on Tuesda...

Evan Posey AHS will be introducing a new event for students to get together for some friendly competition. Puzzle night will be held on Tuesday, March 26th, starting at 7:30. I...

Lola Wolf This Sunday, March 24th, is the 77th annual AHS FFA banquet. During this event, there will be an awards ceremony, a meal, and an auction, with proceeds going towards ...

Maggie Wartick The FCCLA group from AHS traveled to Cedar Rapids from Sunday, March 17th, through Tuesday, March 19th, for State FCCLA. The members who attended include Ashley...

Devin Larsen The AHS girls’ and boys’ track teams’ seasons have started. The weather has been great so far for the track teams early in the season, unlike previous years. The boy...

Sydney Seebecker Yee-haw! A week ago, band and choir students from AHS were given the opportunity to go on a trip to Nashville. They spent three full days exploring the city and ...

Danica VanGorkom This week’s Senior Spotlight is Tayler Penning. Tayler is the daughter of Greg and Michelle Penning and the younger sister of Trysta Penning. In Tayler’s fre...

Macy Knapp The 2024 Night of Academic Excellence and National Honor Society induction ceremony will take place on Tuesday, March 12. The night will begin at 7:00 pm in the Ed & B...

Devin Larsen Algona High School is wrapping up the third term, which ends Friday, March 8th. This means that the school year is coming close to an end. AHS students have now h...

Five AHS dance team members took the court one last time this past weekend as part of the All Iowa Honor Dance Team. They performed at Wells Fargo Arena for the Iowa Girls’ High...

AHS students involved in speech recently competed at individual speech Districts, which took place on February 24th, at Sioux Central Community School District. Students inv...