April 2015

PEGGY A. DANIELSON, 65, Humboldt, died Thursday, April 16, 2015, at the Paula J. Baber Hospice House, Fort Dodge. Those wishing to send online condolences can send them to masonlindhart@gmail.com and we will see that it gets to the family. Be sure to put the deceased’s name in the subject line.

Jake Mohling, head varsity boys' basketball coach at Humboldt High School the last two years, has rescinded his resignation from his teaching and basketball coaching positions which he submitted last week.Mohling has decided to stay after originally accepting a science teaching position in Dallas Center-Grimes.

Humboldt won five events and placed third in Algona's Hannover Relays on Tuesday night (April 14). The Wildcats' Maggy Duffield won the 100-meter hurdles and Beth Duffield took the 200-meters title while Maddie Kampen claimed the 800-meters. Humboldt also won the 4x800, 4x400 and distance medley relays. The Wildcats ran at Fort Dodge on April 16 and placed fourth. Ankeny Centennial and Waukee led the field. Humboldt's first place finishes came in the 800 (Maddie Kampen), the 4x400 and 4x800 relays.Next action for Humboldt is April 21 at Pocahontas.See complete story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe for full digital and print access to the Independent by clicking the link above today.

With state law requiring school districts in Iowa to pass their budget by April 15, the Humboldt School Board met the deadline by approving its 2015-16 budget Monday night (April 13) in a special meeting. After a public hearing, the board approved a budget totaling $22,978,142. The figure is based on a property tax rate of $13.73808 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Since the Iowa Legislature has yet to pass a school funding bill, Humboldt went the route that many other districts in Iowa are taking, passing a budget before the legal date with enough wiggle room to bring the final spending figure down when lawmakers finally approve the amount to be distributed in state aid.