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Thu
18
Nov

Bockelmann looks forward to Humboldt job

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 7:57am

The city administrator for Yutan, NE, Cole Bockelmann, has been named to the same position with the city of Humboldt. The Humboldt City Council made the unanimous choice at its meeting this week. Read more about it in this week's Humboldt Independent.

By KENT THOMPSON
The Humboldt City Council approved the hiring of Cole Bockelmann of Yutan, NE at its council meeting on Monday night.
Bockelmann has been the city administrator for the Nebraska town of 1,400 for nearly three years. In an interview with the Humboldt Independent, he said he looks forward to the opportunity and the challenge.
"The community pride and public/private partnerships were quite evident and that was another big selling point,” the new administrator said.
“The main takeaway from it all and the thing that sold me too, is that everyone seems to be on the same page and moving in the same direction and that makes my life a whole lot easier as the city administrator,” Bockelmann said.

Thu
18
Nov

Drive through light show at Sheldon and lighted parade

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 7:48am

A local tradition will be returning this season with a lighted holiday parade through downtown Humboldt on Saturday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. The route will start at Taft Elementary School and west to 8th Street, south to Sumner Avenue and east to 4th Street, north to 1st Avenue North and west to 5th Street North, where it will conclude. Entries are being accepted by calling the numbers listed. Independent file photo.

Shine on at Sheldon will take place starting Friday, Dec. 3, 4 and 5 at Upper Sheldon Park from 6-9 p.m. each night. Cost is $5 per vehicle for the drive-through display.
Shine on at Sheldon continues Dec. 10, 11 and 12, and Dec. 17, 18 and 19.
The event is sponsored by Voltage Ink.
Voltage Ink is also presenting the Hometown Christmas Parade of Lights on Saturday, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m.
Parade lineup is at 6:30 p.m.
The parade route travels from Taft Elementary to 8th Street, then south to Sumner, then east on Sumner to 4th Street, then north to 1st Avenue North, then west where it will end at 5th Street North.
For more information, contact chairpersons Cory Larson at (319) 830-7557, Deb Loss at (303) 589-4052 or Larry Loss at (303) 808-4148.

Thu
18
Nov

Christmasland readies for the season

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 7:42am

Members of the Humboldt Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts assisted Noon Kiwanis members in getting the Christmasland attraction ready for visitors last week. Kiwanis Christmasland will open on Friday Nov. 26. For the first three weeks, Christmasland will be open on weekends only and then daily/and or nightly, from Friday, Dec. 17 - Friday, Dec. 24. Humboldt Independent photo.

After a year’s hiatus, Kiwanis Christmasland, a free attraction put on by the Humboldt-Dakota City Noon Kiwanis Club, will be open for visitors again in 2021.
Because of the pandemic and Santa’s busy schedule, the attraction is scaling back open hours this holiday season, focusing on weekends for the first three weeks of the season.
Christmasland will be open the following dates and hours this year.

Thu
18
Nov

November 18, 2021

Wed
17
Nov

League champ Humboldt has 6 all-NCC VB selections

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:54am

The Humboldt volleyball team in this image, taken after they secured the conference championship last month. Independent photo.

North Central Conference champion Humboldt placed six players on the coaches’ post-season all-conference team.
Their selections were announced at the team banquet held Sunday night (Nov. 14) at the high school cafeteria.
The event paid tribute to the 2021 Wildcat volleyball team, which rolled to a 29-7 overall season record.
Humboldt posted a perfect North Central Conference match record of 7-0. And for the first time in conference history dating back to the late 1970s, the Wildcats were the only school to sweep all of their opponents 3-0 in each match.
Humboldt senior middle hitter Marissa Kaufman earned unanimous first-team honors, along with junior setter Livvy Becker and junior outside hitter Addison Thompson.
Junior Libero back row specialist Jennika Beach was selected to the second-team, along with junior middle hitter Shelbie Heinz. Humboldt junior outside hitter Gayla Gieber was chosen to the third-team.

Wed
17
Nov

Banquet honors Wildcat cross country

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:50am

This contingent of Wildcat runners received special awards at the Humboldt cross country banquet held on Nov. 9. From left: Nora Carlson, Tori Gargano, Meg Zweibohmer and Collin Vik. Independent photo.

A strong finish highlighted Humboldt’s recently completed cross country season.
Veteran Humboldt head coach Dean Clasen had praise for his squad at the team’s dinner banquet held on Nov. 9 at the high school.
The event paid tribute to the Wildcats’ 2021 season, in which the boys finished runner-up in the North Central Conference meet and the girls placed third.
The season ended with seniors Trevor Jacobson and Jackson Chambers running in the Class 3A state championship on Oct. 29. Jacobson finished 43rd in 17:28 and Chambers was 90th in 17:59.
“Overall this past season we plateaued in the middle of the season then we saw some nice improvement at the end. Any coach will tell you whatever sport it is, you want to be doing your very best at the very end,” Clasen said. “That’s pretty much what happened for us. We had a pretty good season in that respect.”

Wed
17
Nov

Katie Schuelke to lead Humboldt softball

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:46am

Katie Schuelke

When legendary Humboldt softball coach Doug Van Pelt retired as head coach three months ago, former Wildcat standout Katie (Ruby) Schuelke felt the opportunity was right to apply for the position.
A 1999 Humboldt High School graduate, Schuelke was hired to fill the position last month by the board of education.
“I’m really thrilled about this opportunity. I really didn’t see this coming along. I tried to talk coach Van Pelt to stick around for another 16 years so he can coach my own daughters,” Schuelke said. “The opportunity presented itself and I just couldn’t pass it up. It’s my passion. It’s what I’ve always wanted to do.”
Schuelke brings a good resume to the program. In addition to being an all-state performer at Humboldt, she starred two years at Iowa Central Community College, where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame a few years ago. She went on to play at Iowa State University in Ames, where she earned All Big 12 honors.

Wed
17
Nov

November 17, 2021

Mon
15
Nov

JEANNETTE A. UNDERBERG

Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/15/2021 - 1:50pm

JEANNETTE A. UNDERBERG, 92, of Livermore, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021 at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona. Online condolences may be left at www.lentzfuneralhome.com.

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