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06/12/2013 - 4:38pm

The 2013 Humboldt Arts Festival will be this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at John Brown Park in Humboldt. The rain location will be the new Humboldt Middle School.
The Humboldt Area Arts Community Board has planned a fun art-filled day under the guidance of co-chairs Marta Olson and Stacy Wempen, assisted by Shelby Beilke, 2012 HHS graduate, attending ISU.
The event...

05/16/2013 - 11:38am

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...

05/09/2013 - 12:07pm

The Humboldt City Council reviewed plans for a new sidewalk with a retaining wall and wrought iron railing on Sumner Avenue, west and south of the Sumner Avenue Bridge during its regular bi-monthly meeting Monday night.
The council reviewed a couple of options prepared by Derek Johnson, professional engineer with Schlotfeldt...

05/09/2013 - 12:01pm

A freak May snowstorm that dumped between 6-10 inches of wet, heavy snow to Humboldt County last week, caused damage to buildings in the area, including a business in Renwick and the city maintenance shed there.
The shop area of Renwick Motors, at the corner of York Avenue and Main Street collapsed because of the weight of...

05/02/2013 - 12:03pm

One hundred and fifty years and still growing is the theme for Humboldt’s Sesquicentennial celebration, planned for this summer, July 4-7.
In addition to the traditional 4th of July parade harness races and fireworks, there were be a 5k run/walk on Thursday morning. A cemetery walk at Union Cemetery on Friday, July 5, at 9:30 a.m...

05/02/2013 - 12:00pm

What began Wednesday afternoon as rain, turned to sleet and then a heavy, wet snow overnight, dumping 6 inches of snow in Humboldt County.
The combination of ice and wet snow caused many budding, mature trees to snap under the weight and also broke power lines and poles.
At 11 a.m. on Thursday, the Midland Power web site...

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