June 2014

Storms dropping 4-6 inches of rain on Humboldt County and higher amounts to some areas of the north on Monday and Tuesday have many Humboldt County residents scrambling to keep dry. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the East Fork of the Des Moines River from Algona to Lotts Creek west of Livermore until Tuesday afternoon, June 24. At 11:15 a.m. Thursday, the river was at 17.6 feet, .6 feet above flood stage. Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. The East Fork is expected to crest at 18.5 feet or 1.5 feet above flood stage on Saturday, June 21. A flood warning was issued Wednesday for the East Fork of the Des Moines River at Dakota City, or from County Road C-26 to the Des Moines River. Late Thursday morning, the river at Dakota City was reported at 19.2 feet or .8 below flood stage.

Brenden Schnell pitched six innings with 10 strikeouts and Chris Witzke struck out three batters in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the Humboldt varsity baseball team past Fort Dodge St. Edmond, 8-1 Wednesday night (June 18) in Fort Dodge. The triumph improved Humboldt's season record to 12-3 overall, 5-2 in the North Central Conference.Humboldt improved their record to 11-3 overall on the season by shutting out Pocahontas Area, 10-0 in 5 innings on June 17 in Humboldt.Algona scored in the top of the 11th inning to nip Humboldt, 1-0 in a North Central Conference baseball game in Humboldt on Friday night (June 13).

People’s gardens are starting to produce. That means it is almost time for the Humboldt Farmer’s Market to start. When you think of the Humboldt Farmer’s Market, the name of Sherri Myers, also comes into mind. Back in the 1970s when the market first began, the small group would see each other on the street and choose which day they would begin which was usually the first Saturday after the 4th of July. Now the starting date is always the last Saturday in June. In 2004 when Main Street was torn up, the Market people were considering ending the market. Then someone had a crazy thought. They decided to move to the alley behind what was then Balloon Buddies. That worked! Since then the Market continues to grow with the pride of knowing they are still carrying on some traditions of the “olden days.” Every year there are seasoned vendors who come. And each year new vendors show up.

Tom Schill of Gowrie fired a one-over-par 109 to win the annual George Lee Memorial Golf Tournament at Humboldt Country Club on Saturday (June 14). Schill shot a 36 in the championship flight after shooting 38-35--73 in the opening two rounds. Austin Morrow, Christian Birdsell and Eddie Doyle each had 110 to tie for second. Ross Sleiter fired a 112 and Mike Worthington and Todd McDonough each had 114.See complete story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper.