January 2018

Tue
16
Jan

Humboldt girls in 33-28 victory over St. Edmond


Humboldt senior guard Rachel Darling drives past an opponent in a recent home basketball game for the Wildcats. Independent photo.

Humboldt's varsity girls' basketball team avenged a December loss to Fort Dodge St. Edmond Friday night in Fort Dodge with a 33-28 victory. Humboldt improved to 5-10 overall, 4-5 in the North Central Conference.

Humboldt traveled to Algona on Jan. 16 to face the Bulldogs in a North Central Conference game and ended up falling 72-23. Sydney Lane scored 10 points to lead Humboldt.

Humboldt returns to action on Tuesday, Jan. 23, against Webster City.

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Tue
16
Jan

2nd half sinks HHS boys at St. Edmond, 71-55


Humboldt guard Jamison Heinz looks to set up a play in the Wildcats' victory over Clarion-Goldfield-Dows last week in the Humboldt gym. Independent photo.

Humboldt's varsity boys basketball team couldn’t stop a strong second half effort by Fort Dodge St Edmond Friday night in Fort Dodge as the Wildcats fell by a final score of 71-55. Humboldt trailed by five at halftime, 27-22, but couldn’t get any closer. Humboldt falls to 5-8 overall, 3-5 in the NCC. They’ll host Webster City on Jan. 23.

Humboldt saw their win streak end at three games Tuesday night (Jan. 16) in a North Central Conference game in Algona. Algona pulled away late for a 50-38 victory over the Wildcats. Humboldt falls to 5-7 overall, 3-4 in the NCC. Algona improves to 5-7.

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Tue
16
Jan

Swanson finished 23rd nationally in points


Afton Swanson, who grew up in Humboldt County and began drag racing at the Humboldt County Speedway with her father, Tom Harvey, finished 23rd nationally out of 495 competitors in the NHRA Lucas Oil Racing Series in Top Dragster. The 26-year-old has been approached about racing at the next level in selected races in 2018. Submitted photo.

Receives offer to move up to next level

By Phil Monson
Goldfield native Afton Swanson continues to make her mark on the national professional drag racing scene.
Swanson, formerly Afton Harvey, who grew up between Humboldt and Goldfield and raced with her father (Tom Harvey) at the Humboldt County Dragway starting at the age of nine, finished the 2017 racing season 23rd in points out of 495 competitors in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Lucas Oil Racing Series in Top Dragster.
The success of the 26-year-old woman who now lives in Denver, IA, and works for DENSO in Waterloo, caught the attention of major teams within the NHRA.
In December, while attending the Performance Racing Industry show in Indianapolis, the premier trade show within motorsports in the world, Swanson was approached by the owner of a soon-to-be-announced Top Alcohol Dragster team, to become their driver at selected events.

Mon
15
Jan

MARILYN R. ANKENBAUER

MARILYN R. (COLEMAN) ANKENBAUER, 82, Belton, TX, formerly of Livermore, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, in Belton, TX. Those wishing to send online condolences can send them to masonlindhart@gmail.com and we will see that it gets to the family. Be sure to put the deceased’s name in the sub-ject line.

Mon
15
Jan

JOHN N. GALES

JOHN N. GALES, 81, Livermore, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, at Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona.

Sat
13
Jan

Humboldt wrestlers sweep EG, MNW


Humboldt heavyweight Justin Jones (top) controls Algona's Dominick Etherington in a match last month in the Humboldt gym. Jones will be part of a strong class of heavyweight competing in the North Central Conference Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 20. Independent photo.

Humboldt’s varsity wrestling team improved its overall season dual record to 20-6 after sweeping Eagle Grove (44-21) and Manson-Northwest Webster (66-12) in non-conference action in Manson on Jan. 18.

Humboldt split a North Central Conference triangular at Fort Dodge St. Edmond Tuesday night (Jan. 16), falling 42-29 to the Webster City Lynx and crushing St. Edmond, 72-12. In a marquee match at heavyweight with the Lynx, top-ranked Cooper Lawson defeated Humboldt's Justin Jones, 6-2.

The split moved Humboldt to 18-6 overall, 4-3 in the NCC.

GO 3-2 IN OSAGE DUALS
Humboldt went 3-2 in the Osage Duals on Saturday, Jan. 13. The Wildcats defeated Osage (45-34), Dike-New Hartford (48-23), Clear Lake (33-32) and lost to Kasson-Mantorville (63-6) and Independence (36-34).

Humboldt will host the North Central Conference tournament on Saturday, Jan. 20, starting at 10 a.m.

Thu
11
Jan

Larson ends ISU career in bowl victory


BRYAN LARSON

By Phil Monson
Bryan Larson’s journey as an Iowa State University football player came to an exciting and fulfilling end 12 days ago when the Cyclones defeated Memphis 21-20 in the Liberty Bowl.
Larson, who joined the team as a regular walk-on as a freshman in August of 2013, just three months after graduating from Humboldt High School, is glad he stuck with it over the last four years.
“In some ways it hasn’t totally sunk in yet. It is such a tremendous feeling. I wasn’t sure until that last game how much it really mattered, win or lose, until it happened. It was the most fantastic feeling to win that last game,” Larson said.
ISU’s victory over high-scoring Memphis capped an 8-5 season for the Cyclones and head coach Matt Campbell, who arrived just two years ago.

Thu
11
Jan

JACKIE M. OPPERMAN

JACKIE M. OPPERMAN, 57, of Michigan, formerly of Dakota City and Humboldt, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018.

Thu
11
Jan
Thu
11
Jan

Supervisors to appeal DNR ruling on hog finisher permit


Kiersten Beilke (front), 4-H Youth Coordinator in Humboldt County, scans the eye of a beef entry for identification purposes during the beef weigh-in at the fairgrounds last Saturday, Jan. 6. Beilke was assisted by Amy Craven (top) and Holly Frerk (hidden). Temperatures were eight-below zero at the time. It should be much warmer when the entries return for the fair in late-July. The forecast is for another deep freeze this weekend. Independent photo by Phil Monson.

In November, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors denied a building permit application by Iowa Select Farms of Iowa Falls for a two-unit (5,000 head) swine finisher barn on 240th Street, just west of Texas Avenue, less than two miles from the town of Thor.
At Monday’s meeting it was reported that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) had approved the application, overruling the action by the local Board of Supervisors.
In a letter to the Board and Board secretary Peggy Rice, the IDNR states that it has found criteria to be met under the master matrix grading system to allow the applicant (Iowa Select Farms) to construct a confinement feeding operation at the site.
Supervisor Erik Underberg said the county should fight the DNR’s ruling and both he and Supervisor Bruce Reimers said the county should have all facts in hand and be prepared to present its case to the Environmental Protection Commission.

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