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Tue
15
Jun

Forest City edges HHS girls, 16-15

Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/15/2021 - 8:27am

Addison Thompson lays down a bunt which help score a run for the Wildcat softball team in action last week. Independent photo.

Forest City handed the Humboldt girls' softball team another close loss in a 16-15 contest on June 17 at Forest City. Kendal Clark went 3-for-3 at bat with two doubles to lead Humboldt, which fell to 8-8 overall. Clark, Brianna Lange and Elsie Hubbell shared the pitching for the Wildcats.

Webster City downs Wildcat girls, 11-4
In a battle of North Central Conference powers in Humboldt Wednesday night (June 16), the visiting Webster City Lynx scored eight runs over the final two innings to pull away to an 11-4 victory over Humboldt.

Kendal Clark, Alexis Hansen, Rylee Coyle and Macey Varangkounh each had two hits to lead Humboldt at the plate. Reagan Lee had one hit. Coyle hit a 3-run homer and Hansen doubled.

Humboldt fell to 3-4 in conference play.

Late rally upends Humboldt girls, 20-19
Fort Dodge St. Edmond put together a late rally to upend Humboldt, 20-19 in conference softball action in Fort Dodge on Monday, June 14.

Mon
14
Jun

Spirit Lake upends Wildcat boys, 8-5

Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 10:19pm

Humboldt senior Colby Clarken at bat for the Wildcat baseball team, which improved to 12-1 overall after beating Fort Dodge St. Edmond, 10-2 on June 14 in Fort Dodge. Independent photo.

Spirit Lake (9-4) scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning to pull out an 8-5 victory over Humboldt Thursday night (June 17) in non-conference play. Humboldt scored three runs in the third inning and added two in the sixth inning.

The Wildcats are now 12-3 overall on the season.

Webster City tops Humboldt boys in NCC showdown, 11-1
Webster City rode the pitching of Tyler Olson, who limited Humboldt to just two hits in an 11-1 Lynx victory over the Wildcats Wednesday night (June 16) in Humboldt in a battle of North Central Conference unbeatens.

Humboldt is now 5-1 in the NCC. The Lynx take sole possession of first place in the conference at 6-0.

Wildcats slug St. Edmond, 10-2
The Humboldt baseball team pushed their season record to 12-1 overall, 5-0 in the North Central Conference, after slugging Fort Dodge St. Edmond, 10-2 in seven innings Monday night (June 14) at Rogers Park in Fort Dodge.

Mon
14
Jun

LORRAINE A. RHODES

Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 9:11am

LORRAINE A. RHODES, 94, formerly of Humboldt, died Sunday, June 6, 2021.

Mon
14
Jun

BARBARA THORSON

Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 8:23am

BARBARA THORSON, 89, of Humboldt, died Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Online condolences can be left for the family at www.schroedermemorialchapel.com.

Mon
14
Jun

CAROLE D. HALSRUD

Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 8:22am

CAROLE D. HALSRUD, 72, of Rutland, died under hospice care at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital, Saturday morning, June 12, 2021. Those wishing to send online condolences can send them to www.masonlindhart.com and we will see that it gets to the family. Be sure to put the deceased’s name in the subject line.

Mon
14
Jun

RITA R. PIERCE

Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 8:20am

RITA R. PIERCE, 47, of Bode, died unexpectedly Monday morning, May 31, 2021, at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona. Those wishing to send online condolences can send them to www.masonlindhart.com and we will see that it gets to the family. Be sure to put the deceased’s name in the subject line.

Thu
10
Jun

June 10, 2021

Thu
10
Jun

Volunteers are hot at it building new trail

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:04am

Boy Scouts, leaders and other volunteers work Saturday morning, creating a new hiking trail for Humboldt County Conservation in the Lothe Woods, east of Joe Sheldon Park. Pictured from left: Pete Englund with Legacy Trails, Gerald Davis, Dave London, Joseph Keenan (shoveling dirt) and Josh Douglas. Humboldt Independent photo by Kent Thompson.

By KENT THOMPSON
“It couldn’t have gone better. We had a good turnout and got a lot done. It exceeded expectations,” Humboldt County Conservation Director Todd Lee said of a hot weekend building a new trail east of Sheldon Park.
“I want to personally thank the members of the Boy Scouts, cross country teams and volunteers from the general public. They worked hard and we were able to complete the trail building project in a day-and-a-half,” Lee said.
Lee said he was pretty apprehensive after doing prep work on the trail last Friday. “Myself, Chris Clarken and Pete Englund, with Legacy Trails, a professional trail builder, were pretty spent by the end of the day, and I wasn’t real hopeful of getting the project completed.
“Everyone worked super hard on Saturday and Sunday morning and we were able to complete the half-mile trail build by noon on Sunday,” Lee said.

Thu
10
Jun

Lifelong elementary educator Bormann is new St. Mary principal

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:03am

Sara Bormann will be transitioning from the classroom to the administrative office next month when she succeeds Cindy Edge as the principal of St. Mary School in Humboldt.

Sara Bormann will be the new Principal of St. Mary School in Humboldt, taking over for Cindy Edge who is retiring effective June 30. Bormann officially begins her new duties as Principal on July 1.
Bormann has taught second grade at St. Mary School the past six years, and has 16 years of teaching experience, all in Catholic schools.
A native of Clare, she attended elementary school at St. Matthew in Clare and graduated from St. Edmond High School in 1989. After high school she attended Iowa Central Community College and then Buena Vista University where she obtained a degree in elementary education.
Her first job teaching was at St. Mary in Humboldt in 1994, when she taught sixth grade.

Thu
10
Jun

Frost damage to crops followed by 90-degree temps

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:01am

These are what frosted beans plant look like. Iowa State Extension Service photo.

By KENT THOMPSON
Humboldt County farmers woke up to a rude awakening on Saturday morning, May 29.
The thermometer read 32 degrees and some temps may have dipped below that figure.
What resulted was frost burn to a number of plants, some severe enough on bean acres to require replanting.
“There have been some beans replanted,” Humboldt County Farm Service Agency Director David Waechter reported on Monday. “I know one farmer who had to replant 52 acres of an 80-acre field.”
What was unusual with this frost is that it wasn’t the low-lying areas of the field that were most impacted. “It was the first two-to-three or up the first five-to-seven rows, next to the grass in the ditch. It was worse the farther north you go,” Waechter said.

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