December 2015

GARY A. SHARP, 77, Cedar Rapids, formerly of Humboldt, died Friday, Dec. 11, 2015.

Humboldt's wrestling team moved its season record to 12-0 by going 5-0 to win the Ogden duals on Saturday, Dec. 12. Humboldt defeated Carroll (57-18), Gilbert (57-21), Greene County (69-10), Woodward-Granger (54-22) and North Butler (48-30).Humboldt, also 2-0 in the North Central Conference, will host a key quad on Dec. 17 when Webster City, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows and Pocahontas Area come to the Humboldt gym. Action begins at 5 p.m.See full story, photos and results in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe today for full access to the print and/or digital edition of the Independent by clicking the link above to get started!

After a nearly two-month search, Humboldt has a new city administrator. At Monday’s Humboldt City Council meeting, the Council approved the hiring of Travis Goedken of Cherryvale, KS. Goedken is a native of Dyersville and served as the deputy city clerk for the city of Tiffin near Iowa City before accepting the city administrator job in Cherryvale in August 2013. Cherryvale is a community of about 2,300 citizens located in extreme southeast Kansas, about 17 miles from the Oklahoma border. “I’m very impressed by him. I think he’ll do an excellent job and I’m anxious for him to get started,” Humboldt Council member Darrell Rusher, who served on the search committee, said. “He was by far the most impressive candidate of the five we interviewed on Nov. 19,” Humboldt 1st Ward Councilman and Mayor-elect Dan Scholl said. As city administrator, Goedken has overseen a $4 million budget, 50 employees, 45 miles of city streets, city parks and a cemetery.

THOMAS H. CURRY, 59, Ankeny, formerly of Humboldt, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines. 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.