June 2015

Severe weather moved through Humboldt County on Monday morning, downing power lines, trees and blowing around grain bins (see photos elsewhere in this issue). The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Humboldt County about 7:30 a.m. after detecting rotation on the radar. The above photo was taken northeast of Humboldt, looking north from 180th Street near the Denny Williams residence. Corn Belt Power Cooperative said four poles went down on the 69 Kilovolt transmission line due to severe thunderstorms. Corn Belt crews were dispatched with four poles to the area to begin work right away. Power to the members served by the line was rerouted so no co-op member were out of service long due to this stretch of line being hit. Poles were also down in the eastern part of the Corn Belt Power system in Wright, Franklin and Butler Counties.

The Humboldt High baseball team moved to 9-4 overall by shutting out Iowa Falls-Alden, 9-0 on June 18 behind a 1-hitter from pitcher Brenden Schnell. The win came two days after the Wildcats beat Knoxville, 6-2 in Des Moines. HHS hosts St. Edmond tonight (June 19) in NCC action.HHS fell to Valley West Des Moines 11-1 in 5 innings Friday evening (June 12) at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo. Earlier in the day HHS beat Grundy Center, 9-3. HHS topped the Webster City Lynx, 10-3 on June 10 in Humboldt. The triumph also moved the Wildcats' record to 2-2 in the North Central Conference. Chris Witzke led Humboldt's 10-hit attack with three hits, including a double and one RBI. Brenden Schnell earned the win on the mound.See full story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Click the link above to subscribe today for full access to the print and/or digital editions of the Independent.

KEVIN JOHNSTON, 56, Humboldt, died Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at the Fonda Nursing and Rehab Center. 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.