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September 2020

Thu
17
Sep

Moser and Gidel named Homecoming royalty

Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/17/2020 - 12:01am

Humboldt High School held a Homecoming parade and coronation early Sunday evening under beautiful weather conditions. It sounds like great football weather for Friday night with partly-cloudy skies and temperatures in the 60s. Humboldt Independent photo.

Humboldt High School held a Homecoming parade and coronation ceremony on Sunday evening, Sept. 13, with the coronation taking place at Bicknell Park. Kylie Moser was crowned Homecoming Queen and Gabe Gidel was crowned Homecoming King. Pictured from left to right are: Bae Arnold, Colten Goodell, Kendal Clark, Samuel Fischer, Queen Kylie Moser, King Gabe Gidel, Deni McDaniel, Quinton Orr, Sydney Savery, Zayne Smith, Emily Zaugg and Max Mason. The Wildcat football team hosts Webster City on Friday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. in the homecoming game. Check out many photos from the parade and coronation in this week's Humboldt Independent and on this website. Just click the buy a photo tab.

Wed
16
Sep

Gilmore City man in explosion is identified

Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/16/2020 - 3:44pm

On Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 12:51 p.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was notified of an explosion at a residence in the town of Gilmore City.
Emergency personnel were dispatched to 401 SE 4th St. in Gilmore City in reference to an explosion at a residence. The victim was identified as Ryan Angell, 49. Angell lives in that residence.
Angell was transported by Humboldt County EMS to Humboldt County Memorial Hospital and was later transferred by LifeFlight helicopter. He remains at a Des Moines hospital in serious condition. The force of the blast reportedly caused serious injuries to the hand, arm and torso of Angell’s body.
There was another individual in the residence at the time of the explosion, but that person was unharmed.

Wed
16
Sep

September 16, 2020

Mon
14
Sep

Wildcat boys win team title at Clear Lake

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/14/2020 - 8:54pm

Humboldt senior Eric Wittrock shown here running in a meet at Webster City in early September. Independent photo.

Led by the 1-2 finish of Quinton Orr and Eric Wittrock, the Humboldt boys' cross country team won the team title in the Clear Lake Invitational cross country meet on Sept. 17. The Wildcats totaled 34 points to run away from runner-up Clear Lake, which had 85. Orr's winning time was 15:52 while Wittrock ran 16:50. Trevor Jacobson was sixth and Nolan Jergens 10th.

Quinton Orr's school record leads Wildcat boys at Ballard

Led by Quinton Orr's first-place school record time of 15:42, the Humboldt boys cross country team finished fifth in the Class A large school field of teams in the Ballard Huxley Invitational on Monday, Sept. 14 in Huxley.

Eric Wittrock ran seventh in 17:23 and Trevor Jacobson was 19th in 18:19. Nolan Jergens was 28th in 18:41 and Andrew Theesfeld ran 43rd in 19:21. Aiden Christensen clocked 20:03 to place 57th and Cale Hundertmark was 60th in 20:16.

Mon
14
Sep

Humboldt girls 2nd in Clear Lake country meet

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/14/2020 - 8:49pm

Kali Beaman shown here in an earlier meet in September. Independent photo.

Humboldt's varsity girls' cross country team finished runner-up in the team scoring of the Clear Lake Invitational on Sept. 17.

Joslyn Orr ran eighth overall in 22:11 to pace the Humboldt girls. Allison Hoag was 10th in 22:25. Kali Beaman ran 15th and Grace Smith was 18th.

Wildcat girls 10th in Ballard cross country meet
Led by Kali Beaman's 45th place finish in 23:35, the Humboldt girls cross country team placed 10th in the Class A large school field of teams in the Ballard Huxley Invitational Monday night (Sept. 14).

Beaman finished in 23:35 while teammate Joslyn Orr was 47th in 23:40. Allison Hoag ran 52nd in 23:55 and Grace Smith was 65th in 24:42. Sophia Harris was 71st in 26:46. Lillian Holm was 74th in 27:22.

Humboldt will host their own meet on Monday, Sept. 21.

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

Sat
12
Sep

Wildcat girls win Spencer tournament, move to 16-0

Submitted by admin on Sat, 09/12/2020 - 8:17pm

Humboldt's Jayda Hoefer scored on this spike over the net in a recent home volleyball match for the Wildcats. Humboldt, ranked No. 15 in Class 3A, improved to 16-0 on the season after winning the Spencer tournament on Saturday, Sept. 12. Independent photo by Phil Monson.

Humboldt's 15th ranked volleyball team moved to 16-0 overall on the season after going 5-0 on Saturday (Sept. 12) to win the Spencer tournament.

Humboldt returns to action on Thursday, Sept. 17, when they travel to Hampton for North Central Conference action.

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Fri
11
Sep

Wildcats smack Boone in district opener, 36-0

Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 11:30am

Gabe Gidel is shown here carrying the ball for the Wildcats in their season-opening win at Algona. Humboldt began district play at Boone with a 36-0 victory on Sept. 11. Independent photo by Phil Monson.

The Humboldt football team remains unbeaten after shutting out Boone, 36-0 Friday night (Sept. 11) in Class 3A District 2 action at Boone.

Humboldt is 3-0 overall, 2-0 in district play. Humboldt hosts Webster City on Sept. 18.

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

Fri
11
Sep

DONNA M. TORGERSON

Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 7:31am

DONNA M. TORGERSON, 88 of Fairmont, MN, formerly of the Bode area, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

Thu
10
Sep

September 10, 2020

Thu
10
Sep

Homecoming Parade and Coronation will be Sunday, Sept. 13

Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 12:05am

Humboldt High School announced the 2020 Homecoming Court Thursday, Sept. 3. The Queen candidates front row left to right are: Deni McDaniel, Emily Zaugg, Bae Arnold, Kylie Moser, Sydney Savery and Kendal Clark. King candidates back row from left to right are: Quinton Orr, Max Mason, Colten Goodell, Gabe Gidel, Zayne Smith and Samuel Fischer. Humboldt will host Webster City for Homecoming on Friday, Sept. 18. Coronation will take place on Sunday, Sept. 13, at Bicknell Park following the Homecoming Parade at 6:30 p.m. Humboldt Independent photo by Kent Thompson.

Humboldt Community School District will celebrating Homecoming slightly differently this year, with an early Sunday evening Homecoming Parade and Homecoming Court Coronation to follow.

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