Kent Thompson
The walls came tumbling down, and it didn’t take that long.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 8, part of Humboldt’s history as a downtown came to a crashing end. Workers and machines from Midwest Construction Services of Fort Dodge, a sub-contractor for general contractor Sande Construction of Humboldt, demolished the Parley Finch buildings, 611-615 Sumner Avenue. Most of the...
A Humboldt native competed in his first Boston Marathon on Monday, but finished about 50 minutes ahead of the explosions that rocked the finish line of the race, killing three and wounding more than 170 people.
Trent Biederman, 34, Aurora, IL, is the son of Dave and Mary Biederman of Humboldt. Trent and his wife, Megan, were safe...
The Humboldt City Council on Monday unanimously agreed to a resolution approving a supplement to the professional services agreement with WHKS of Mason City for final design engineering services for the Sumner Avenue Bridge.
The work will include a final design of the new Sumner Avenue Bridge and the engineer’s probable cost for...
It’s hard to believe, but the third annual Meals from the Heartland meal raising surpassed even the organizers’ expectations.
A total of 90,720 meals were packaged by nearly 500 local volunteers on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. More than $18,000 was donated toward the humanitarian effort, according to Pastor Gene...
County drainage, secondary road matters and social services were the main topics of discussion during a morning-long session of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Monday in Dakota City.
The board approved the secondary road budget for fiscal 2014, the year beginning July 1, this year, and ending June 30, 2014.
The...
Humboldt and Dakota City residents will have a big bill to get rid of water, something that has been in short supply for the past 18 months.
During Monday night’s Humboldt City Council meeting, the council, acting as drainage district trustees for Drainage District No. 13A, heard from Drainage Engineer Rick Hopper with Jacobson-...
