August 2015

Humboldt's girls placed first and the boys were second in the team scoring of the Iowa Falls-Alden Invitational cross country meet held Monday, Aug. 24, at Mayne's Grove south of Hampton. Humboldt's girls, led by Maddie Kampen who was third, totaled 30 points to outdistance runner-up IFA (72). Humboldt's boys scored 45 points to finish behind Clear Lake (30). Ivan Rasmussen was second overall to pace the Wildcats.The Wildcats will run at Webster City on Sept. 1. See full story, quotes and photos in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe for full access to the digital and print editions of the Independent by clicking the link above today to get started.

The city of Humboldt is moving forward with an investigation into whether a community day care center is feasible. The location being considered is the old Humboldt Fire Station, north of Humboldt City Hall. Although no official action was taken at Monday’s Humboldt City Council meeting, the council gave a verbal approval to move forward with having Bob Mickelson, senior project manager and professional engineer with I&S Group, the city’s infrastructure engineering firm, study the building and come back to the council with a recommendation and a cost estimate. “The ad hoc day care committee has done a lot of study and consideration on the matter, reviewing locations and interviewing city leaders and day care directors and staff in other communities our size about their facilities,” Humboldt City Administrator Aaron Burnett said.

When Humboldt’s Frank Gotch was World Wrestling champion over 100 years ago, his legendary status put Humboldt on the map. Humboldt could again be back on the world map if a trio of Gotch enthusiasts have their way. Gotch author Mike Chapman of Newton visited Humboldt recently to lay groundwork on the possibility of bringing the World Catch Wrestling Championship tournament to Humboldt on July 3, 2016. Chapman was joined by Raul Ramirez of Los Angeles, labeled by Chapman as “America’s leading exponent of Catch Wrestling,” along with former Michigan State University wrestler Curran Jacobs, who competes worldwide in Catch Wrestling and is an aspiring movie actor with hopes of landing a role in a proposed movie about Gotch. Catch Wrestling, a form of wrestling similar to the style used in the Gotch era, is growing in popularity worldwide, but within new guidelines which make it attractive for audiences and wrestlers alike. The trio anticipate the tournament, a Sunday afternoon event at