March 2015

Humboldt's girl-boy track teams opened their seasons by competing at the Buena Vista University indoor meet on Mar. 20 in Storm Lake. The Wildcat girls were paced by the 4x800 relay which placed second among 19 entries. Maggy Duffield was fourth in the 60-meter hurdles. For the boys, Brayden Collins ran second in the 800-meters, Tony Nielsen fourth in the 60-meters and the 1,600-meter medley relay ran fourth.See complete story in the Mar. 26 issue of the Independent. Click the link above to begin your subscription today for full digital and/or print access to the Independent

The Renwick Fire Department was called to a fire at 213 Kelling St., in the early morning hours of Monday, March 16. An apartment building that was just beginning to be constructed was burned to the ground. Eight firefighters were on the scene for about an hour and 20 minutes after being alerted of the blaze shortly after midnight on Monday morning. Read the March 26 edition of the Humboldt Independent for the latest details on the fire, which is considered suspicious in nature.

I’m not Irish. But Sunday after church I came home and baked my corned beef, potatoes and carrots. I forgot about the cabbage until everything was done. By the time it was done I was hungry so didn’t want to wait for the cabbage to cook so guess I’ll add the cabbage to a leftover another day. How many people celebrated St. Patty’s Day? If you cooked a large corned beef dinner and have leftovers are you wondering “How in the world will I ever get rid of all of this Corned Beef?” Well never fear. Recipes are near! This time I searched the internet. It really didn’t take a lot of time to find a variation of ways that people like to fix their leftover corned beef. So I collected a few of them together to give them to you today.

Kevin Bratland got out of his comfort zone to pursue a career dream and he’s not looking back. Bratland, a 1997 Humboldt High School graduate and former Wartburg College two-time national wrestling placewinner, completed his first season as head coach of Coast Guard Academy, located in Bristol, RI. The academy is coming off last weekend’s NCAA Division III National Championships in Hershey, PA, where the Coast Guard had two national qualifiers with its 133-pounder Nate Giorgio placing fifth. Bratland, who was hired last July to lead the program, previously had coached North Central College in Naperville, IL, where he led the Cardinals to a 73-41-1 dual meet record and three College Conference of Illinois/Wisconsin championships while also being named conference Coach of the Year three times.