February 2015

Humboldt will send six wrestlers into a Class 2A District wrestling tournament at Webster City on Saturday, Feb. 14, after hosting a 2A Sectional tournament on Feb. 7. Humboldt scored 204 points to finish third in the sectional team scoring. Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon won the team title with 223.5 points and Webster City was runner-up with 220. Greene County was fourth at 153, followed by Southeast Valley with 128.5 and East Sac County with 28.Humboldt's Austen Gargano (1st at 126), Levi Sawyer (2nd at 106), Malcolm Boyd (2nd at 152), Mike Madsen (2nd at 160), Adam Mickelson (1st at 182) and Cordes Olthoff (2nd at 220) advance into district competition which will determine entries for the state tournament in Des Moines Feb. 19-21.See complete story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe for full digital and print access to the Independent. Click the link above to begin today!

Jim Gargano, Publisher of Humboldt Newspapers, received the prestigious 2015 Master Editor-Publisher Award at the annual Iowa Newspaper Association Convention and Trade Show on Friday night, Feb. 6, in Des Moines. Gargano has been a newspaper publisher since 1979, when he owned and operated the Belmond Independent. In 1985, he purchased the Humboldt Independent and continues in his role as Publisher of the Humboldt Independent, Humboldt Reminder and Humboldt NOW magazine. He is pictured with his wife, Rosie, after receiving the award. Read more in this week's Humboldt Independent.

Humboldt's girls used a big second half effort to rip Webster City, 62-38 Tuesday night in a North Central Conference basketball game in the Humboldt gym. Kessa Kuype scored 19 points to power the Wildcats, 10-7 overall, 8-4 in the NCC.Humboldt's boys, meanwhile, suffered a 66-64 loss to the Lynx. Seth Crouthemel's tip-in just before the buzzer lifted the Lynx. Referees put eight tenths of a second back on the clock but a 30-foot shot by Jaxon Heinz of Humboldt bounced off the front of the rim as the game ended. The Wildcats are 11-5 overall, 8-3 in the NCC.Humboldt will travel to Clear Lake on Friday, Feb. 6, for another NCC night of four games involving JV and varsity girls and boys.Click the link above to subscribe today to the Humboldt Independent Newspaper for full digital and print access to the Independent.

The Humboldt Community Chorus will present “Sing A Song” Feb. 6-8 at the R. Wesley Carlson Auditorium at Humboldt High School. Show times are 7 p.m. on Feb. 6, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Feb. 7, and 2 p.m. on Feb. 8. The Big Band will play one-half hour before each show. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 18. Tickets are available at V & S Variety in downtown Humboldt or from any Chorus member.