September 2021

EDWARD L. MASON, 79, of Lu Verne, died at his home on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 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.

MICHAEL P. COLWELL, 43, of Story City, formerly of Humboldt, died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Condolences may be left at www.lentzfuneralhome.com.

For the 10th straight year, Humboldt is the winner of the North Central Conference All Sports points race.

Humboldt activities director Greg Thomas made the announcement last week.

Based on its placing in the conference standings in league competition, Humboldt totaled 74.5 points. Clear Lake was second at 64, followed by Webster City at 63, Iowa Falls-Alden (54), Algona (52.5), Fort Dodge St. Edmond (43), Clarion-Goldfield-Dows (41) and Hampton-Dumont-CAL at 37.

“Congratulations to all our athletes and coaches in earning the North Central Conference sports all points race for the 10th year in a row,” Thomas said.

A Rolfe man has died from injuries sustained in a tractor accident at his farm.
On Wednesday, Sept. 1, at 3:52 p.m., the Pocahontas County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a farm tractor accident with a serious injury located at 26475 440th St., northwest of Rolfe. The farm is located on a diagonal between Plover and Rolfe.
When deputies arrived at the scene, they determined that LeRoy L. Simonson, 83, of Rolfe, had been operating his tractor when an attachment to the loader came apart. The tractor ran over the attachment causing Simonson to be ejected from the tractor. Simonson subsequently went under one of the rear wheels of the tractor.
He was later pronounced deceased at the scene by the Pocahontas County Medical Examiner.
The Pocahontas County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Rolfe Ambulance and the Rolfe Fire Department.