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February 2020

Tue
25
Feb

CAROLYN S. GARDNER

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 10:18am

CAROLYN S. GARDNER, 82, of Humboldt, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Those wishing to send online condolences can send them to www.masonlindhart.com and we will see that it gets to the family. Be sure to put the deceased’s name in the subject line.

Mon
24
Feb

Wildcats go cold in 2nd half, sidelined by Cadets in boys 3A opener, 82-61

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 9:46pm

Humboldt's Jamison Heinz drives down the lane for a layup against Carroll on Feb. 18 in the Humboldt gym. Heinz and the Wildcats saw their season end in first round district tournament play on Feb. 24 against Iowa Falls-Alden in an 82-61 loss. Independent photo.

A cold-shooting second half spelled doom for the Humboldt boys' basketball team Monday night (Feb. 24) in Clear Lake as the Wildcats fell to Iowa Falls-Alden, 82-61 in a Class 3A first round district tournament game.

Humboldt led 20-14 after the first quarter but went ice cold after that as the Cadets warmed up from the outside with a 42-point second half to advance into Thursday's district final against Clear Lake in Clear Lake, which defeated Boone in Monday's other first round game.

Humboldt, which bows out at 13-9 overall, was led in scoring by Caden Matson with 19 points. Sam Fischer made 15 and Jamison Heinz had 10.

Iowa Falls-Alden was led by Karson Sharar with 24 points. Blake Janssen had 18, Logan Aldinger 16 and Sam Weaver made 14.

See full story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe today for print/digital access by selecting the link on this page to get started!

Mon
24
Feb

ALLAN F. WEHRSPANN

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 11:41am

ALLAN F. WEHRSPANN, 97, of Ottosen, died Friday, Feb. 21, 2020.

Mon
24
Feb

JAMES M. MYERS

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 11:35am

JAMES M. MYERS, 83, of Pocahontas, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, at the Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas.

Sat
22
Feb

NELSON 3RD IN STATE WRESTLING!

Submitted by admin on Sat, 02/22/2020 - 1:40pm

Cole Nelson at the awards stand after he received his third-place medal at 106 pounds in the Class 2A state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Independent photo.

Humboldt High senior Cole Nelson capped an outstanding final year competing for the Wildcat wrestling team by placing third at 106 pounds in the Class 2A state tournament in Des Moines on Saturday (Feb. 22).

Saturday Nelson defeated Lane Scorpil of Columbus Junction and Derrick Bass of Davenport Assumption in the consolation finals to end with a bronze medal.

Nelson closes out his senior year with a 38-7 record. Most of his losses this year have been to the two finalists in Webster City's Camron Phetxoumphone and Greene County's McKinley Robbins.

See full story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe today for print/digital access by selecting the link on this page to get started!

Thu
20
Feb

Colten Goodell falls in consolation round of state wrestling

Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 10:57pm

Humboldt's Colten Goodell puts Harlan's Jesse Schwery to his back in the consolation round at 220 pounds in the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines on Feb. 20. Independent photo.

Humboldt High junior 220-pounder Colten Goodell saw his season end in a 3-2 loss to Algona’s Andrew Hamilton in the consolation round on Friday of the Class 2A state wrestling tournament in Des Moines.

Goodell kept his season alive with hopes of earning a medal after going 1-1 on opening day of the tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.

Goodell lost his first round match to Davenport Assumption senior Seth Adrian by fall in 45 seconds. Goodell came back later in the consolation round and beat Harlan's Jesse Schwery 21-7.

See full story in the Humboldt Independent.

Thu
20
Feb

Jase Goodell falls in 2A state wrestling

Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 10:54pm

Jase Goodell (left) controls his opponent at 113 pounds in the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines on Feb. 19. Independent photo.

Humboldt High freshman Jase Goodell’s hopes of medaling in the Class 2A state wrestling tournament fell short on Friday. Goodell lost a 10-4 decision to Perry sophomore Cole Nelson in the consolation round. Goodell had bounced back from an opening round loss by winning his wrestleback match in the Class 2A state wrestling tournament on Thursday (Feb. 20) at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Goodell lost by fall in 3:05 to Carter Littlefield of Jesup in their 113-pound opener. Goodell came back strong with a pin in 1:05 over Zachry Klahsen of Aplington-Parkersburg/Grundy Center.

See full story in the Humboldt Independent.

Thu
20
Feb

Nelson gains another win in consolation round

Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 10:50pm

Humboldt's Cole Nelson looks up at the official during his opening round match in the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines on Feb. 20. Nelson went on to place third at 106 pounds in Class 2A. Independent photo.

Humboldt senior wrestler Cole Nelson gained another win in the consolation round at 106 pounds in the state tournament in Des Moines Friday night.

Nelson downed Chase Fiser of Bondurant-Farrar, 5-1, assuring himself of a 3-6 placing.

Nelson edged in quarterfinals
Humboldt High senior Cole Nelson and Webster City's Camron Phetxoumphone (40-0) have engaged in some spirited wrestling matches the last two seasons and today's quarterfinal round bout was no different at 106 pounds in the Class 2A state wrestling tournament in Des Moines. Phetxoumphone, ranked No. 1 and top-seed in the tournament, held off Nelson, 4-0, to advance into the semifinals.

Nelson bounced back by winning 10-0 in his consolation wrestle back round match with Easton O'Brien (freshman, 40-16) of Atlantic.

Thu
20
Feb

February 20, 2020

Thu
20
Feb

Board approves contracts, talks drugs

Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 12:06am

Students in Andrea Paterson's pre-school at Mease Elementary made Valentine's boxes as a classroom project on Friday, Feb. 14. Humboldt Independent photo by Phil Monson.

The Humboldt Board of Education met Monday, Feb. 17 and approved a contract with interim superintendent of schools, Mike Sherwood of Webster City. He will be employed on an as-needed basis for the next 4.5 months, at a rate of pay of $500 per day. One non-action information item the board spent considerable time discussing was district policy on drug use and possession. Board President Tate Satern asked administrators to look at policy in other districts and consider possible changes in Humboldt’s policy.
“I’ve spent a substantial amount of time looking at policies from different districts on how they handle this issue. I think we can all agree that drugs pose a very significant disruption to the educational process,” Satern said. “That being said, our current policy – I have a number of questions for the administrators. Some of my observations are that I think we can do better.”

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