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April 2019

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Apr

April 18, 2019

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Apr

City/HCDA to partner on small business development

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Local businessman Brad Duffy (second from left) speaks at a meeting about the Humboldt downtown in April 2017. Now, two years later, the city is taking action to provide a resource person to help local small business in the community. Humboldt Independent file photo.

By KENT THOMPSON
The city of Humboldt will be getting a small business development specialist. It’s still a little unclear who that person will be and whether the position will be full-time or part-time.
The matter was discussed at Monday night’s Humboldt City Council meeting. Following discussion of the matter, the Humboldt City Council members in attendance gave their consent.
“When the Downtown Resource Center was here in 2017 and came back with a report, it showed that no one in the community actually works with small businesses,” Humboldt City Administrator Travis Goedken reported.
“What we heard several times during our downtown revitalization discussions was, ‘what good does it do to spruce up the downtown if we have empty storefronts and no one helping existing small businesses,’” Goedken said.

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18
Apr

Easter Egg Hunt is Saturday at Taft Park

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:02am

Children pick up candy during the 2018 Easter Egg Hunt at Taft Park. This year's hunt will be Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m. for children ages pre-kindergarten through third grade. Humboldt Independent file photo.

The 55th annual Humboldt/Dakota City Noon Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m.
The location will be the basketball courts at Taft Park. The rain location will be the Taft Elementary School gym. Young children with their grocery bags, Easter baskets or buckets; accompanied by parents or guardians, should arrive prior to 10 a.m.
There will be three categories for youth: pre-kindergarten (can be accompanied by an adult), kindergarten/first grade, and second/third grade.

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18
Apr

Go to Taft School Day April 26

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:01am

Taft Elementary second graders traveled to Algona last month to witness tapping sugar maple trees for sap and learning how the sap is made into maple syrup. On April 26, Taft students will be inviting members of the public to a Go to School Day at Taft open house from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Submitted photo.

By KENT THOMPSON
The merging of two spring traditions will be celebrated at Taft Elementary School on Friday, April 26.
The event will be from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will be called Go to School Day at Taft.
The new event this year will combine the annual spring fling visit, where members of the public are invited to tour one of the school buildings in the district, with another Taft School tradition, the annual Lions Club Pancake Day.
On Friday, April 26, the public is invited to attend the come and go “Go to School Day at Taft.” Between the hours of 10:45 a.m. and 1 p.m., the public may come and enjoy pancakes, sausages, fruit and a drink, served by the Humboldt Lions, and then go on student-led tours of the new addition and elementary school improvements.

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April 17, 2019

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VELMA M. WOOD

Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/15/2019 - 11:47am

VELMA M. WOOD, 85, Livermore, died Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019, at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care.

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Apr

April 11, 2019

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11
Apr

Dates for junk clean up, brush and burning

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/11/2019 - 12:03am

A reminder that construction materials will not be picked up as part of junk days the week of April 29 in Dakota City and Humboldt. Humboldt Independent file photo.

The cities of Humboldt and Dakota City will once again be coordinating their junk clean up days, which are scheduled for the week beginning on Monday, April 29.
For Humboldt residents, all items are to be placed curbside by 6 a.m. that Monday.
Any appliances, TVs or other electronic equipment will need to have a sticker which is available for $10 at Humboldt City Hall or Dakota City Hall. Any unauthorized hauling of appliances and electronics by private individuals will be prosecuted under laws authorized by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
There is a limit of one truckload of junk per residence. This will be observed in both Dakota City and Humboldt.

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11
Apr

School taxes to raise slightly on $25 million budget

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/11/2019 - 12:03am

Humboldt High School Prom attendees Georgia Bolen and Trey Thomas received a special ride to last Saturday’s formal event. Georgia’s grandpa, John Bolen (right) of Runnells, drove his immaculately restored 1940 Chrysler Traveler to Humboldt to escort to the couple. Humboldt Independent photo by Kent Thompson.

By Phil Monson
After a public hearing with no objectors, the Humboldt School Board Monday night gave final approval to a proposed budget totaling $25.19 million for the 2019-20 school year.
The board finalized the budget in a special meeting with a relatively light agenda.
Maximum allowable expenditures will be $25,193,081 with a property tax rate of $12.33818 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. The rate is up slightly from the current year’s rate of $12.21434.
“Over the last 10 years our average rate has been around $12.81, so we have tried to keep the rate friendly to our local taxpayers,” Darling said.
“But do we have enough money to run the school? Not really. We are at a crossroads where we have to do some things. Our unspent balance is going down and it cannot continue to go down,” Darling said.
Read Phil Monson's exclusive report only in the Humboldt Independent. Subscribe by clicking on the link above.

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11
Apr

Humboldt woman is in 'Olympics of Quilting'

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/11/2019 - 12:03am

Humboldt's Diane Lehman is a semifinalist for the 2019 American Quilter's Society QuiltWeek in Paducah, KY later this month.

Local quilter Diane Lehman is a semifinalist for the 2019 American Quilter’s Society (AQS) QuiltWeek held in Paducah, KY, April 24-27.
Diane has been chosen to display the quilt, Dimensional Explosion, along with 409 others from around the world in the annual contest, now in its 35th year.
Three quilting authorities will judge this elite group in Paducah, awarding first, second and third place prizes in 16 categories, along with nine overall awards.
Cash awards totaling $125,000 will be granted,
Lehman said Paducah is her “Olympics in quilting.”
“People come from all over the world. If they come from that distance you know their work is outstanding,” Lehman said.
Lehman plans to go to Paducah in a few weeks for the show, where her quilt will be hanging on display. The quilt took her hundreds of hours to complete. She’s had the quilt appraised as it has significant value.

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