Algona High School

Written by Ben Helmers On February 18th, the Algona boys traveled to Clear Lake to play the #1 ranked Lions. They fell short, losing 53-78 to a solid team. Ben Helmers led the te...

Written by Luke Poeppe This 2024-2025 basketball season, the Algona Bulldogs girls’ Varsity head coach, Noel McLaughlin, was greatly inspired by colleges who have implemented wha...

Written by Brennan Kajewski A local archery club for AHS and area students is the Royal Arrow Archer’s Club. They work closely with schools, though they are not affiliated with t...

Written by Taevyn Zinnel On Wednesday, February 19th the girls’ basketball team took down Western Christian to advance to the Regional finals. The final score of the game was 68-...

Written by Mara Davis Last week, on March 18th, the Algona High School Jazz Band competed in the NCIBA Jazz Festival. They performed in the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, placing f...

Written by Maci Mallory The AHS class 3A jazz choir students performed an outstanding performance at the Shake the Lakes event in Spirit Lake on Friday, February 21, where t...

Written by Taylor VanOtterloo The 2025 track season is underway for the girls’ and boys’ teams. Practice started Monday, February 24th, for both squads. When asked about the upco...

Written by Caitlin Louscher Algona Bulldog spring sports, track, trapshooting, and golf, are starting very soon. AHS golfers will be back on the course in no time with the weathe...

Written by Jack Limbaugh Eleven Algona boys’ wrestling team qualifiers traveled to Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines to participate in the IHSAA State Wrestling Championships. This...

Written by Hayden Lara On February the 6th through the 7th, nine seniors from the AHS auto body class went to Ankeny. The auto body class went to see the John Deere factory and a...

Written by Olivia Thilges The Lady Bulldogs wrapped up their regular season with games over Hampton-Dumont-CAL and Humboldt. The boys had a strange end to their regular season wi...

Written by Josie Jennings For science fair, students must pick a research project and make a poster to present their findings to judges. The science fair competition season st...

Written by Ezra Oldenkamp On Saturday, February 8th, the Bulldogs went down to Coralville to compete in the Xtream Arena for State duals. Algona, being the first seed, wrestled ...

Written by Madi Adams It's that time of year again, for juniors and seniors to have the chance to apply for the National Honor Society. According to the National Honor Society p...

Written by Malyn Davis Three AHS girls made the trip to Coralville on February 6th, and three girls came home with medals around their necks, making them the first ever girls’ wr...

Written by Allee Carr With Valentine’s Day going by, local shops had some great gifts! Bloom Floral and Feedmill Coffee worked together on a Valentine gift. For a good price you ...

Written by Katie Ludwig The Northern Festival of Bands is an annual weekend wind band festival for high school band students that was hosted at the University of Northern Iowa i...

Written by Kaden Bormann On February 11th, several FFA members went to Forest City to compete in five events: Conduct of Meetings with Charli Dodds, Kaden Bormann, Emmet Bormann,...

Written by Megan McPeak On February 8th, the boys’ swim team traveled to Mason City High School to compete at the District meet. Algona boys’ who competed include juniors C...

Written by Gabby Venteicher The Algona FCCLA chapter celebrated National FCCLA week from February 10th through the 12th. Algona started their chapter in 2020 with 16 members. It ...