February 2015

Humboldt voters are faced with an important decision on Tuesday, March 3. Voters are asked to go to the polls that day to vote on a unified law enforcement levy. The levy has been on the books and paid for by Humboldt residents for the past 30 years, but there is no record of the levy ever officially being ratified by the voters. The public vote for the unified law enforcement levy will be on Tuesday, March 3. Polls will be open at Humboldt City Hall from noon to 8 p.m. that day. This is not a new tax. The law enforcement levy has been collected in the city since the mid-1980s. Because of an administrative oversight locally, the levy was not officially on the books of the Iowa Department of Management, necessitating the public referendum on the matter. Of the $17.33 city levy expected for the coming budget year, the unified law enforcement levy makes up $1.15 per $1,000.

Firefighters from Humboldt and Bode battled a fire in Rutland on Sunday afternoon that severely damaged the Rutland locker (Thul's West River Meats). See more photos and details in this week's Humboldt Independent.