March 2014

March 13, 2014 by humboldtnews

As with most of us, Kristi Russell will certainly be happy to see the nice weather finally arrive, as Kristi and her husband Todd both enjoy riding motorcycle. They try to take at least one short trip on motorcycle each summer. Kristi and Todd met when she was working a part time job in Humboldt. They were married on Oct. 3, 1998. Kristi grew up in Algona and graduated from the Algona High School. Her parents are Judy and the late Larry Evers from Algona. Todd grew up in Humboldt and graduated from the Humboldt High School. His parents are Carol and the late Roger Russell of Humboldt. Kristi is employed at the Humboldt Newspaper, working in customer service. Todd works in sales at R and J Material Handling. They have three children. Their daughter is Myndi Gorham (fiancé Jake Hilsabeck). They have two sons, both attending Humboldt High School. Drake is a senior and Zane is a sophomore. They have one granddaughter, Willow, who is 2 years old.

March 12, 2014 by humboldtnews

The Sumner Avenue Bridge construction project is a go after official action by the Humboldt City Council at their meeting Monday. The council approved a bid of $2,064,472.71 for construction of the bridge. The low bid of the four received came from Godbersen-Smith Construction of Ida Grove. The total project is expected to cost $2.3 million. Humboldt City Administrator Aaron Burnett is hopeful that work can begin on the bridge project by early next month. Still at issue are utilities that are contained within the existing bridge or in close proximity to the bridge. Burnett reported that MidAmerican Energy is ready to relocate gas lines. Work has been bid to remove phone lines buried in conduit under the existing sidewalk. “We have not heard back from Century Link on when they plan to do that,” Burnett said.