August 2021

By Phil Monson

Jamison Heinz is hoping his move to the defensive side of the ball will result in playing time before his career is up at the University of Iowa.

Heinz, a 2020 Humboldt High School graduate, begins his second year on the Hawkeye football team. After playing wide receiver on the scout team last year as a true freshman, Heinz moved over to free safety on defense during spring ball and is happy with his transition.

“The competition down here is fierce. On offense at wide receiver, we had guys like Ihmir Smith-Marsette and Brandon Smith, both great guys to look up to who did very well in their careers at Iowa. And then we have guys coming back like Tyrone Tracy and Nico Ragaini, who both will play significant roles this year for the offense,” Heinz said.

By PHIL MONSON
The highly anticipated district facilities study was unveiled at the Humboldt School Board meeting Monday night (Aug. 16).
In the board’s monthly meeting, Ryan Ellsworth of Estes Construction of Davenport, who serves the Iowa Association of School Boards which provides a service to districts in Iowa, said the district’s high school building has the most pressing needs but is structurally in great shape.
Ellsworth said the good news is that overall the district’s percentage of infrastructure and improvement needs in the “urgent” category are quite low.
Ellsworth said both Mease and Taft Schools have areas that do not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act requirements and the Taft building has asbestos in the existing flooring. He reported that HVAC controls and boilers have reached the end of their useful life at both centers.

By Phil Monson
Debbie Bahr of Livermore believes in taking time out to share special moments with her grandchildren.
And did she ever last week – taking 6 year old grandson Lawton Thompson to the Field of Dreams major league baseball game in Dyersville on Aug. 12.
Famed after the 1989 movie filmed in Iowa starring Kevin Costner, it proved to be a memorable night on a picturesque setting and topped off with the Chicago White Sox beating the New York Yankees on a walkoff home run for a 9-8 White Sox victory.
“The game was well worth it. It was an amazing finish,” Bahr said.
Read more about her journey to the cornfield in this week's Humboldt Independent, your trusted source for local news and sports.

By KENT THOMPSON
Two Humboldt women were injured and transported for treatment Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 17, at 3:52 p.m.
Humboldt Police were called to the intersection of 5th Avenue North and 11th Street North for a report of a personal injury accident.
According to the report, a 2013 GMC Terrain Denali LL sport utility vehicle driven by Jessica Huete Maradiaga, 38, of Humboldt, was northbound on 11th North when a 2005 Ford 150 SuperCrew cab pickup driven by Andrew Owen Zinnel, 34, of Bode, failed to yield while traveling eastbound on 5th Avenue North. The Zinnel vehicle struck Huete Maradiaga’s SUV, forcing it into the residential yard at the northeast corner of the intersection, damaging a tree and a child’s swing/playset. The Ford pickup also jumped the curb and struck an internet/telephone box and flattened a city street sign.