February 2016

Thu
18
Feb

WBM/GCB boys win 1A opener, 58-43

The West Bend-Mallard/Gilmore City-Bradgate boys' basketball team kept their season alive by winning their Class 1A district tournament first round game Monday night (Feb. 15) in West Bend. The Wolverines, led by 6-foot-5 senior center Jack Banwart, posted a 58-43 victory over Clay Central-Everly. Banwart scored 37 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked five shots to power the Wolverines, who improved to 3-18 on the season. Banwart was backed by Nolan Robert Dahlhauser with 18 points and Dan Riesenberg with three. The Wolverines overcame an early deficit as Banwart scored 21 of his points in the second half.WBM/GCB will move on to play Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire on Thursday, Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m. in the Algona Bishop Garrigan gym. See full story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. For full access to the print and/or digital edition of the Independent, subscribe today by clicking the link above to get started!

Thu
18
Feb

Humboldt girls down Broncos in finale, 62-39

The Humboldt varsity girls' basketball team wrapped up their regular season in easy fashion on Feb. 11 when they rolled past the Belmond-Klemme Broncos, 62-39 in the Humboldt gym. Avery Terwilliger scored 23 points to lead the Wildcats, who improved to 13-8 overall. Autumn Hauser made 14 and Talyn Larsen 11 for the Wildcats, who will host Clarion-Goldfield-Dows in a first round Class 3A regional tournament game on Saturday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m. in Humboldt.See full story 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!

Thu
18
Feb

BETTY JENSEN CHRISTENSEN

BETTY JENSEN CHRISTENSEN, 92, former postmaster at Gilmore City, died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at Veterans Hospital in 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.

Thu
18
Feb

Humboldt boys knock off Algona, 81-70

The Humboldt boys basketball team picked up a big win at home Tuesday night (Feb. 9) by beating Algona, 81-70 in a North Central Conference matchup. Thomas Orness scored 24 points and Jake Stockdale and Devon Clark each had 18 to power Humboldt. The Wildcats moved to 7-12 overall on the season, 5-9 in conference play. They'll host league leader Webster City on Friday, Feb. 12, in a JV-varsity, boys' doubleheader starting at 6:15 p.m.See full story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe today by clicking the link above to get started for full access to the print and/or digital edition of the Independent.

Thu
18
Feb

Algona girls hold off Humboldt, 44-31

A one-point second quarter drought proved to be costly for the Humboldt High girls' basketball team Tuesday night (Feb. 9) in a 44-31 loss to the Algona Bulldogs in the Humboldt gym. The loss dropped Humboldt's record to 12-8 on the season, 9-5 in North Central Conference play. Senior Talyn Larsen scored 14 points to lead Humboldt. Abby Zaugg was next with eight. The Wildcats will host Belmond-Klemme in their regular season finale on Thursday, Feb. 11.See full story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Click the link above today to subscribe for full access to the print and/or digital edition of the Independent.

Thu
18
Feb

GC-B Middle School will go to West Bend-Mallard

Gilmore City-Bradgate students in grades 7-8 next year will be attending school at West Bend-Mallard after action last week (Dec. 18) in GC-B’s monthly meeting. The board voted to add the two grades to its present whole grade sharing agreement with WB-M. The two schools are currently in the second year of a three-year agreement in which GC-B sends its students in grades 9-12 to West Bend. “In a nutshell, academically we have no concerns. We’re very happy with the education the students are receiving,” GC-B Superintendent Ron Bollmeyer said. “Our main concern is that the low numbers generates concerns for our students socially.” “For example, recently we had a girl who said she didn’t want to go out for basketball because she would be the only girl from Gilmore City out for basketball,” Bollmeyer said. “We had a lengthy discussion about all of those things at our meeting last month,” Bollmeyer said.

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Feb

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February 2016 Health Guide

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