February 2013

FLORENCE E. MADSEN, 92, Algona, formerly of Bradgate, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Home in Algona. Those wishing to send online condolences can send them to mason@goldfieldaccess.net and we will see that it gets to the family. Be sure to put the deceased’s name in the sub-ject line.

SPENCER – Humboldt qualified five wrestlers into this week's Class 2A State Championships in Des Moines after competing in a district at Spencer on Saturday (Feb. 9). Humboldt's contingent at state will include senior Kylie Zender at 113, Thaylan Bowman at 138, Nikko Wheeler at 182, Reed Dreyer at 195 and Dylan Hendricks at 285. The Wildcats finished second in the team scoring with 105 points. Spencer totaled 112.5 to win the title.Zender won his weight class while Bowman, Wheeler, Dreyer and Hendricks were all runners-up at their weights. Wildcats who came up short in their state meet bids were sophomore Austen Gargano at 120 pounds (third), senior Tyler Rutz at 152 (third), sophomore Adam Mickelson at 170 (third) and senior Colton Schnetzer (third) at 160. The top two placewinners at each weight advance to state.First round action will begin on Thursday, Feb. 14, 7 p.m. inside Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. First round state pairings are listed below.

The No. 6 ranked Humboldt wrestling team saw their season come to an end Tuesday night (Feb. 5) and suffered their first loss of the season in the process, falling to Ballard Huxley, 33-28 in a Class 2A Regional Dual final in the Humboldt gym.The loss ends Humboldt's dual season with a sparkling record of 23-1. The Wildcats defeated Woodward-Granger 57-21 in the semifinal round while Ballard topped Greene County of Jefferson, 49-27.In the final match of the night, Ballard jumped out to a 30-9 lead before Humboldt came roaring back to pull within 30-28 with the final match of the night pitting Wildcat junior Reed Dreyer against Ballard's Alex Macki at 195 pounds. Dreyer led 1-0 in the final seconds when Macki scored a two-point reversal with 2 seconds left to pull out a 2-1 triumph and send the Bombers into the state dual team tournament Feb. 13 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.Ballard 33, Humboldt 28 220–Alex Macki (B) dec. Cordes Olthoff, 5-1.

A group of citizens interested in planning and coordinating activities for Humboldt’s 150th sesquicentennial celebration met informally Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Humboldt City Hall. Persons in attendance included Aaron Burnett, Walter Jensen, Gloria Christensen, Susan Rutz, Sandra Back, Pat Baker, Michelle McKenna, Ben Harper, Kent Thompson, Chuck Carlson, Mike Worthington, Jenny Boswell, Jennifer Hansen and Rick Goettlich. Worthington briefed the group about the community’s centennial celebration in 1963, and Carlson talked about the activities for the quasquicentennial in 1988. It was generally agreed by the group, that with a late start to planning and fundraising, and so many strong organizations already in place, to utilize those groups for sesquicentennial activities and events. People attending the meeting agreed to reach out to their organizations and contacts to inquire about possible interest in participating.