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March 2021

Wed
10
Mar

Wrestling team holds season ending awards banquet

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/10/2021 - 8:58am

Jase Goodell (left) and Kendal Clark (right) were presented the David Musselman Award as the most outstanding wrestlers at Humboldt High School this past season. Wildcat assistant coach Justin McDaniel made the presentation at the banquet on March 1. Independent photo.

Last week’s Humboldt High School wrestling banquet was an opportunity to look back on a strong season and also focus on a promising future.

Wildcat head coach Chad Beaman and his assistants handed out numerous individual awards and took time out to recognize each athlete in the event held at the high school cafeteria on March 1.

The Wildcat girls’ wrestling program, which completed its second year of existence, finished runner-up in the team scoring of the state tournament held on Jan. 22-23 in Coralville.
The Wildcat girls had a state runner-up in senior Kendal Clark and a third-place finisher in junior Maria Elizondo.

Wed
10
Mar

March 10th, 2021

Mon
08
Mar

SCOTT LERDAL

Submitted by admin on Mon, 03/08/2021 - 10:44am

SCOTT LERDAL, 70, of Humboldt, died Friday, March 5, 2021, at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. 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
08
Mar

DONALD BARNES

Submitted by admin on Mon, 03/08/2021 - 10:43am

DONALD BARNES, 77, of Bode, died Saturday, March 6, 2021, at home surrounded by family following a lengthy illness. 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.

Fri
05
Mar

New vaccines for essential workers; Hy-Vee also has vaccines

Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/05/2021 - 6:37pm

Humboldt County Public Health would like to extend its sincerest thank you to our 65 and older community and our educators for their flexibility and patience at our COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week.
This week the department provided vaccines to 449 individuals between first time and second dose vaccinations.
Public Health has confirmation of 120 doses, which will arrive early next week. With this limited supply, the department will begin to vaccinate essential workers in food processing, agricultural production, distribution and manufacturing, that cannot properly socially distance in the workplace. Public Health will be working with the employers to get dates and times scheduled.

Fri
05
Mar

MICHAEL L. KEHOE

Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/05/2021 - 7:38am

MICHAEL L. KEHOE, 52, of Humboldt, died Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at Trinity Regional Medical Center.

Thu
04
Mar

March 4, 2021

Thu
04
Mar

County looks at additional paving in 2021

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 12:05am

The county is looking at adding to five paving projects already set for this summer, by adding sizeable sections of County Road C-20, north and west of Bode and east of Livermore. Submitted photo.

By KENT THOMPSON
Humboldt County Secondary Roads will be receiving improvements according to the county’s five-year plan and action taken at Monday’s weekly meeting of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors.

Thu
04
Mar

Speech students excel in competitions

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 12:02am

Nearly 30 Humboldt High School students have participated in district and state group speech competitions recently. Humboldt Independent photo.

Nearly 30 Humboldt High School students participated in district and state speech competitions during recent Saturdays. State I ratings included Short Film - "The Date" with Luke Sievers, Jacob Pedersen, Ryder Wickett, Sam Numedahl, Brody Paterson, Allison Lynch, and Nathan Kuehnast. Short Film - "The Return" with Aiden Christensen, Quinton Orr, and Eric Wittrock. The Ensemble Acting team scored a I rating with "Keeping Score, featuring Jayda Vitzthum, Grace Smith, Nora Carlson, and Lillian Holm. The Mime Group of Adalyn Lawman and Leah Johnson scored a I with their performance "The Ultimate Cure." Receiving a I rating and All-State Nomination was the Group Mime performance "Ritual of Friendship" with Chloe Carlson, Cassondra Ruzicka and Sydney Savery. Students also performed well at district speech. Read the full story in this week's Humboldt Independent, your trusted source for local news and sports.

Thu
04
Mar

Three named to All-Iowa Honor Dance Team

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 12:01am

Humboldt High School students, Morgan Smith, senior; Lydia Witzke, junior; and Aneisha Sritharan, senior, were selected for the All-Iowa Honor Dance Team. The performance by the All-Iowa Honor Dance Team will take place during the 4A girls’ basketball championship game Saturday, March 6. (Game time is 1:30 p.m.) The halftime performance will be aired on Iowa PBS at approximately 2 p.m.

Three Humboldt High School students, seniors Morgan Smith and Aneisha Sritharan and junior Lydia Witzke, were selected for the All-Iowa Honor Dance Team. The girls will be among 238 dancers representing 90 schools at this weekend's Iowa Girls' High School Basketball Tournament. The All-Iowa Honor Dance Team will perform during halftime of Saturday's 4A championship game, which begins at 1:30 p.m. and is being aired on Iowa PBS channel 11. All dance teams represented are members of the Iowa State Dance Team Association, and the dancers were chosen based on ability, attitude, dedication and leadership qualities. Five hundred twenty dancers auditioned virtually last fall.

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