March 2016

MYRTLE E. HANISCH, 101, Laurens, died Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Kossuth Regional Health Center, Algona.

In case you haven’t already found out – the Humboldt Community School District is embracing social media. The school is now officially on Twitter with the use of Facebook and other Internet media tools on the horizon. High school instructor Greg Wickett and elementary teacher Rachelle Mau, who serve as technology integrationists, gave a presentation to the Humboldt School Board Monday night (Mar. 21) on the district-wide effort to utilize social media to expand communication. “A couple of months ago we got together and started talking about ways we can use technology to reach more people, reach our students, reach more parents and generally increase our ability to let people know what’s going on,” Wickett said. To read more about how Humboldt Schools are connecting and communicating, read this week's Humboldt Independent, for all your latest news and sports. Subscribe by clicking on the link at the top of this page.

The 52nd annual Humboldt/Dakota City Noon Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, March 26, beginning at 10 a.m., on the cement playground area north of Taft Elementary School. Young children with their grocery bags, Easter baskets or buckets; accompanied by parents or guardians, should arrive prior to 10 a.m. There will be three categories for youth: pre-kindergarten (can be accompanied by an adult), kindergarten/first grade, and second/third grade. Club members will be tossing out about 120 pounds of candy that morning, thanks to the generous sponsorship of more than 80 community merchants. In addition to the candy, many of the merchants will be providing more than 800 prizes that participants can redeem at the local businesses. The club also purchased grand prizes of Easter baskets filled with prizes and games for one lucky winner in each of the age categories. There will also be three lucky great grand prizewinners, one in each of the three age categories.