April 2015

LISA D. KIRKPATRICK, 50, Humboldt, died Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at Trinity Regional Hospital in 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.

Public works projects around the city were the main topic of discussion during a 55-minute meeting of the Humboldt City Council Monday night. Most of the action centered around city streets and alleys. Because there are additional funds left over from last summer’s street improvement project, the city solicited bids for additional work from Blacktop Service Company of Humboldt, the general contractor for last year’s seal coat and pavement patching projects. “We budgeted for $1.2 million, and the amount of scheduled work was well below that. We wanted to see what other areas we could target without doing a full-depth street reconstruction of two blocks. We don’t have the funds for that, but we do have monies for additional work to try to address some of these nagging issues,” Humboldt City Administrator Aaron Burnett said. Four projects totaling $64,122.25 were approved, involving two alleys and two streets. Read about them in this week's Humboldt Independent.

When Dok Stevens-Dehring volunteered to be the Cook of the Week she told me she lived in the house that was slowly turning blue. And even without the address I knew what house she was talking about and exactly where I was going to be visiting her for her interview! Dok and her husband Aaron Dehring have been renovating their Victorian home which will be 100 years old next year. Dok told me that people comment on their painting the house blue with white trim. She thinks blue is really a happy color and the white really brings out the details. I’m not positive but I think she said there is some purple there too. In their backyard they have built a raised-waist high garden in which they raised lots of vegetables and flowers last year. They have a daughter, Amelia, who is in the fourth grade in Humboldt. Dok is an Environmental Health and Safety Manager. She has her Masters from Western Michigan University.

Humboldt placed 4th in the Class B team scoring of the Fort Dodge Dodger Relays held Monday, April 6 in Fort Dodge. Jake Stockdale was second in the discus with a toss measuring 130-feet, 1-inch, to lead Humboldt. The 4x800 relay of Ivan Rasmussen, Denny Pederson, Geof Bruder and Brayden Collins also was second in 8:50.73. See complete story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Click the link above to subscribe today for full access to the digital and/or print editions of the Independent.