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Fri
30
Dec

Education leader visits Humboldt, TR schools

Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/30/2016 - 9:11am

Dr. Ryan Wise, head of the Iowa Department of Education, is shown here reading to students at Taft Elementary School in Humboldt. Submitted photo.

Dr. Ryan Wise, head of the Iowa Department of Education, got an up close and personal look at the Humboldt and Twin Rivers Schools last week.
Wise, who visits schools on a weekly basis, made north central Iowa his stop on Dec. 20 and loved his time interacting with students, teachers and administrators.
“I had a great day visiting the Humboldt and Twin Rivers schools. I try to visit schools each week during the school year. I feel I need to do that in my role as director,” Wise told the Independent. “I feel it is a great learning opportunity for me to be able to see how policy plays out in classrooms across Iowa.”
“Each district has its own spin on statewide priorities. Across the state we are emphasizing early literacy, opportunities in science, technology engineering and math and the power of teacher leadership,” Wise said. “I saw each of those things play out interestingly here in Humboldt today.”

Fri
30
Dec

Wrestling legend Bill Smith honored

Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/30/2016 - 8:56am

Bill Smith tips his cap to the crowd after he was introduced at center mat prior to a high school wrestling meet in the Humboldt gym on Dec. 20. He was escorted by Humboldt School Superintendent Greg Darling. Other photos show Smith in the 1950s, when he was an Olympic gold medal winner for the United States wrestling team.

By Phil Monson
Wrestling fans in the Humboldt gym received an extra treat prior to the start of a home quad in the Wildcat gym on Dec. 20.
Wrestling legend Bill Smith, who now resides in Humboldt, was introduced to the crowd before the start of the meet, which included No. 1 ranked (Class 2A) New Hampton, Alta-Aurelia and Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson.
Smith, 88, is the oldest living Olympic medalist. He won the gold medal wrestling for Team USA at 160.5 pounds in the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. It was a crowning achievement for Smith, who never lost a match wrestling at Iowa Teacher’s College, now Northern Iowa. He won two National Collegiate championships and three Amateur Athletic Union titles (1949-51).
Smith went on to a long and successful coaching career at various levels

Fri
30
Dec

Woeste signs with Northwestern College

Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/30/2016 - 8:08am

Humboldt High School senior football standout Kent Woeste (center), signed a national letter of intent to play football at Northwestern College in Orange City, IA. Kent is flanked by his parents, Brian (left) and Wendy. Humboldt head coach Greg Thomas (left) and Northwestern head coach Matt McCarty are also shown. Independent photo. See this photo and more at www.humboldtnews.com.

Kent Woeste is ready to compete at the next level.
Woeste, a senior at Humboldt High School and all-district lineman on the Wildcat football team last season, signed a national letter of intent last week (Dec. 20) to play football at Northwestern College in Orange City.
The Red Raiders, who compete at the NAIA level, are coached by Matt McCarty, who was in Humboldt for the signing of the 6-foot-3, 265-pound Woeste, son of Brian and Wendy Woeste of Humboldt.

See full story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe today for print/digital access to the Independent by selecting the link on this page to get started!

Fri
30
Dec

Holly and Shelly

Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/30/2016 - 8:00am

Shelly Bickel (left) and Holly Lyons, Humboldt EMTs, share their story on an accident in 1997 which changed their lives forever. Independent photo.

By Jeff Gargano
When Shelly (Watnem) Bickel looked toward the front of the ambulance, all she could see were the wheels of a semi trailer coming at them.
When she came to, Shelly couldn’t figure out why it was so dark, wondering where the lights of the ambulance were.
“I yelled out to Holly (Lyons) and she answered. I remember hearing the sound of trickling of glass. And then it started to become difficult for me to breathe,” Bickel said.
It was Nov. 14, 1997, a night that changed their lives forever.
Holly and Shelly were volunteer EMTs with the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital Ambulance Service and were on call the night of Nov. 14. Ice coated the roadways that evening and they were paged out to a van full of wrestlers from Buena Vista University that had slid into the ditch on County Road C-49 (the Pioneer blacktop). The wrestlers were on their way home from a wrestling meet in Mason City.

Thu
29
Dec

December 29, 2016

Wed
28
Dec

January NOW

Wed
28
Dec

COOK OF THE WEEK - COWBOY CHURCH COOKS

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/28/2016 - 7:25am

This picture includes the original Trail Riders of Cowboy Church. Left to right: Steve, Dee, Ron, Pam, Rich, Dusty, Kenny and Big Slim.

This won’t be my usual Cook of the Week article. Big Slim, the leader of the Frontier Trail Riders of the Cowboy Church at Faith United Methodist Church, has helped in the writing of this article. Now if you have ever been to “Cowboy Church” you already know there is some laughter amongst the song and ministry that touches our hearts so you already know that Big Slim isn’t always “ALL SERIOUS”! I have, however, insisted that when we got to the recipes that they be real and not road-side kill as he really wanted to give me things sounding like “Opossum Stew” and stuff like that. When it came to that, I put my foot down. I wonder if Santa even bothered to come down his chimney this year!?! Big Slim, aka Gary Ehrle, has given me a little bit of history about Cowboy Church and also gave me a little background on the individual ‘trail riders’. I have called upon some of the trail riders for a recipe also, as Big Slim only gave me one recipe.

Wed
28
Dec

December 28, 2016

Tue
27
Dec

RANDY L. THOMPSON

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/27/2016 - 1:49pm

RANDY L. THOMPSON, 62, Humboldt, died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016, at Trinity Regional Health Center, 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.

Tue
27
Dec

MYRNA R. MARSO

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/27/2016 - 1:21pm

MYRNA R. MARSO, 73, Dakota City, died unexpectedly Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital. 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.

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