Algona City Council meets today.

The Algona City Council meets this afternoon at City Hall.
(4:30 start time.) City Clerk Rexanne McEnroe says council will work through an agenda that is 13 items in length. There is an opportunity for the public to speak to Council at the beginning and toward the end of the meeting just before adjournment. This will be the first meeting of the new year for Council.

News from the Algona Police Department.

The Algona Police Department made an arrest last night at 7:51 P-M. Arrested was 19 year old Edward Joseph Dailey who was wanted on an arrest warrant out of
Kossuth County.

The Algona Police Department reported a two vehicle accident at Nebraska and Minnesota Streets yesterday morning at 8:59 A.M. No full names of the drivers involved released by the Police Department, there was some two thousand dollars worth of estimated damage.

Politics.

Another potential political candidate to through his hat in the political ring. The Kossuth County Auditor`s office reports that Roger Tjarks with a home address listed at Titonka has taken out nomination papers to run for the District 5 Kossuth County Board of Supervisors seat on the Republican ticket. The seat is presently held by incumbent Eugene Elsbecker of the Bancroft area.

Caucusing on the G.O.P. side.

Republican Candidate Mike Huckabee won in Kossuth, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Hancock and Winnebago Counties.

Huckabee won by a landslide in Kossuth County getting 51.9 percent of the vote in a straw poll using real numbers. Mitt Romney got 16.8 percent of the vote, Fred Thompson was 3rd with 12.4% of the vote, John Mc Cain got 12.2%, Ron Paul got 4 percent of the vote.

County Democratic Caucus Breakdown.

Taking a look of Democratic Caucus results for the Counties in the listening area:

Senator Barack Obama won in Kossuth County getting 47 delegates to the County Convention, Senator John Edwards was second with 40 and Senator Hillary Clinton was 3rd with 36.

Senator Hillary Clinton won in Palo Alto County picking up 62 County Covention Delegates, Senator Barack Obama picked up 52 and Senator John Edwards got 40.

Senators Hillary Clinton and John Edwards finished in a tie in Emmet County getting 17 delegates to the County Convention apiece, Seantor Barack Obama got 16.

Senator John Edwards won in Pocahontas County picking up 18 County Convention Delegates, Senator Hillary Clinton picked up 16 and Senator Barack Obama 9.

Senator Hillary Clinton won in Hancock County getting 22 delegates to the County Convention, Senator Barack Obama picked up 20 and Senator John Edwards picked up 19.

Senator John Edwards won in Humboldt County picking up 17 delegates to the County Convention, Senator Hillary Clinton picked up 15 and Senator Barack Obama picked up 13.

Senator Hillary Clinton won in Winnebago County picking up 35 County Convention Delegates, Senator Barack Obama picked up 31 and Senator John Edwards picked up
29 delegates.

Kossuth Counties Auditor will not run again.

Amber Garman of Algona who works in the Kossuth County Auditors office took out nomination papers to run for County Auditor this fall. Incumbent County Auditor Joann Bormann says she will not run again.

Poltical News.

From the Kossuth County Auditor`s office:

Richard Miller of Algona has taken out nomination papers with the
intention of running as a Democrat for the second district Kossuth County Board of
Supervisor seat presently held by Democrat Jack Plathe of Algona.
Miller resides in rural Algona, this is not his first attempt to run
for public office.