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Jun

CAROLE D. HALSRUD

Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 8:22am

CAROLE D. HALSRUD, 72, of Rutland, died under hospice care at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital, Saturday morning, June 12, 2021. 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
14
Jun

RITA R. PIERCE

Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 8:20am

RITA R. PIERCE, 47, of Bode, died unexpectedly Monday morning, May 31, 2021, at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona. 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.

Thu
10
Jun

June 10, 2021

Thu
10
Jun

Volunteers are hot at it building new trail

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:04am

Boy Scouts, leaders and other volunteers work Saturday morning, creating a new hiking trail for Humboldt County Conservation in the Lothe Woods, east of Joe Sheldon Park. Pictured from left: Pete Englund with Legacy Trails, Gerald Davis, Dave London, Joseph Keenan (shoveling dirt) and Josh Douglas. Humboldt Independent photo by Kent Thompson.

By KENT THOMPSON
“It couldn’t have gone better. We had a good turnout and got a lot done. It exceeded expectations,” Humboldt County Conservation Director Todd Lee said of a hot weekend building a new trail east of Sheldon Park.
“I want to personally thank the members of the Boy Scouts, cross country teams and volunteers from the general public. They worked hard and we were able to complete the trail building project in a day-and-a-half,” Lee said.
Lee said he was pretty apprehensive after doing prep work on the trail last Friday. “Myself, Chris Clarken and Pete Englund, with Legacy Trails, a professional trail builder, were pretty spent by the end of the day, and I wasn’t real hopeful of getting the project completed.
“Everyone worked super hard on Saturday and Sunday morning and we were able to complete the half-mile trail build by noon on Sunday,” Lee said.

Thu
10
Jun

Lifelong elementary educator Bormann is new St. Mary principal

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:03am

Sara Bormann will be transitioning from the classroom to the administrative office next month when she succeeds Cindy Edge as the principal of St. Mary School in Humboldt.

Sara Bormann will be the new Principal of St. Mary School in Humboldt, taking over for Cindy Edge who is retiring effective June 30. Bormann officially begins her new duties as Principal on July 1.
Bormann has taught second grade at St. Mary School the past six years, and has 16 years of teaching experience, all in Catholic schools.
A native of Clare, she attended elementary school at St. Matthew in Clare and graduated from St. Edmond High School in 1989. After high school she attended Iowa Central Community College and then Buena Vista University where she obtained a degree in elementary education.
Her first job teaching was at St. Mary in Humboldt in 1994, when she taught sixth grade.

Thu
10
Jun

Frost damage to crops followed by 90-degree temps

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:01am

These are what frosted beans plant look like. Iowa State Extension Service photo.

By KENT THOMPSON
Humboldt County farmers woke up to a rude awakening on Saturday morning, May 29.
The thermometer read 32 degrees and some temps may have dipped below that figure.
What resulted was frost burn to a number of plants, some severe enough on bean acres to require replanting.
“There have been some beans replanted,” Humboldt County Farm Service Agency Director David Waechter reported on Monday. “I know one farmer who had to replant 52 acres of an 80-acre field.”
What was unusual with this frost is that it wasn’t the low-lying areas of the field that were most impacted. “It was the first two-to-three or up the first five-to-seven rows, next to the grass in the ditch. It was worse the farther north you go,” Waechter said.

Wed
09
Jun

Assistant Fire Chief's wife credited with life-saving actions

Submitted by admin on Wed, 06/09/2021 - 5:15pm

Lu Verne firefighters from left: Matt Lawson, Kevin McPeak, Assistant Chief Dave Carroll and Chief Dave McPeak. The Lu Verne Fire Department battled a house fire early Sunday morning, June 6, that destroyed a family's home at 303 Hanna Avenue. Humboldt Independent file photo.

By KENT THOMPSON
Being an assistant fire chief, Dave Carroll has had to run into a few burning buildings, but early Sunday morning, June 6, Dave’s wife, Sheryl, was also called into action.
The Carrolls were arriving home about midnight in Lu Verne and were pulling into their garage when they noticed that there was fire and smoke coming from the deck area of their neighbor’s home at 303 Hanna Ave.
Their neighbors, Bailey Anderson and Tom Stringer, were home asleep, along with their six children.
“They live directly south of us and when we pulled up we could see the back of the house and the deck on fire. Dave told me to call 911 and he went the two blocks to the fire station to get the fire truck,” Sheryl Carroll said.
Sheryl said the couple had just bought the home last November.

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