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Tue
06
Feb

Humboldt girls to host Boone Saturday in Region 7 semifinal

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/06/2024 - 9:52am

Humboldt's Ava Fischer scores down low for the Wildcats in recent action. The Wildcats host Boone on Saturday, Feb. 17, in a Class 4A Region 7 semifinal round game. Independent photo.

Wildcat girls hold off Clear Lake, 65-57

The Humboldt girls' basketball team closed out their regular season Tuesday night (Feb. 6) in a 65-57 victory over the Clear Lake Lions in a North Central Conference matchup in the Humboldt gym. The Wildcats are 17-4 overall, 12-2 in the NCC. Morgan Mann scored 25 points and Ava Fischer canned in 22 to lead the Wildcats. Reagan Lee was next with seven points. Madi Ott and Taylor Schwenn each had 14 to lead the Lions.

Humboldt will be idle until Saturday Feb. 17, when they host a Class 4A Region 7 semifinal round game in the Humboldt gym at 7 p.m. The Wildcats will meet Boone, who beat Fort Dodge 42-39 in a first round game on Feb. 14. A regional final is set for Feb. 20 at a site to be hosted by the highest remaining ranked team.

In the other half of the bracket, Sioux Center (15-6) beat Spencer, 64-39. Sioux Center will play at Le Mars on Feb. 17 in a regional semifinal.

Mon
05
Feb

MANDI J. WHITE

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 10:57am

Mandi J. (Schmidt) White, 42, of Chicago, IL, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Jan. 23, 2024.

Sat
03
Feb

Wildcats place 5th in state dual wrestling

Submitted by admin on Sat, 02/03/2024 - 10:56am

The Wildcat boys’ wrestling team placed fifth at the Class 2A state dual team tournament in Coralville on Saturday, Feb. 3.

Chad Beaman’s Humboldt boys’ wrestling team never backs down, evidenced by their 5th place finish in the Class 2A state dual team tournament at Coralville on Saturday, Feb. 3 inside Xtream Arena.

Humboldt, which entered the tournament seeded eighth, beat Independence 31-30 in the fifth place match to end their day.

Top-ranked and top-seeded Osage had its hands full against the Humboldt in the opening round and held off the Wildcats, 37-33.

Humboldt took an early led but the Green Devils prevailed, 37-33, to move into the semifinals against No. 5 seeded Sergeant Bluff-Luton. SBL defeated No. 4 seed West Delaware, 41-24.

Humboldt moved into the consolation side where they whipped West Delaware, 51-22.

Independence was a 34-20 winner over Algona to send them into a fifth place match.

Humboldt’s dual record ends at 22-2.

Fri
02
Feb

Film, meeting shine light on human trafficking

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/02/2024 - 6:53pm

More than 150 people filled the hall at Zion Lutheran Church to see a screening of “Gridshock”, a documentary about human trafficking in Iowa created by Vanessa McNeal on Saturday, Jan. 20. A discussion about the issue followed the screening. Humboldt Independent photo by April Kelley.

Development Coordinator, Kelly Bucher with Wings of Refuge in Ames told the group assembled about the services offered at the non-profit residential facility for victims of Human sex trafficking. Humboldt Independent photo by April Kelley.

BY APRIL KELLEY
Human trafficking, whether labor or sexual, lives in the darkness because the people being trafficked are either ashamed or afraid to be discovered.
A presentation offered by Koinonia Bible Study Group which included a special showing of “Gridshock”, a sex trafficking documentary and information presented by several community members was offered at Zion Lutheran Church on Saturday, Jan. 20.
Human trafficking is defined as the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery or commercial sexual exploitation.
In 2021, the National Human Trafficking Hotline received 10,360 reports of suspected human trafficking cases involving 16,710 victims.
People may think they only happen in big cities, but they happen here in rural Iowa. Read about it in this week's Humboldt Independent. Subscribe by clicking on the link at the top of this page.

Fri
02
Feb

Sisters Home Style announces retail closing

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/02/2024 - 6:46pm

Sisters Home Style Entrees & Gifts will be closing its downtown retail gift store in the near future, according to a report posted on the company’s Facebook page which went viral shortly before 11 a.m. on Tuesday.
Sister’s Home Style Entrees and Gifts has operated its retail store at 605 Sumner Ave., in the former Saul Photography Studio building for a number of years.
According to Tuesday’s post, the gift store will be closing permanently in the near future when gift inventory has been liquidated. The company will be announcing dates and time for a liquidation sale in the near future.
According to the announcement, meals will continue to be available for purchase at the production facility at 1303 22nd St. N. in Humboldt from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Fri
02
Feb

Livermore News for week of Feb. 1

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/02/2024 - 6:40pm

The above artists, from left: Marlys Trauger, Linda Scott, Carol Mckenna and Helen Collins, met at the Livermore Library for the painting tutorial class to learn the basics. They learned form and technique, from choosing a palette and paint to fundamentals such as color mixing, layering and more. They were able to practice their new skills with simple exercises and projects including a monochromatic painting and full-color still life. Submitted photo.

Editor's note: Due to a page placement error in the publishing process, this week's Livermore News did not appear in the Humboldt Independent. We sincerely apologize for the mistake as we know Kirk Hundertmark diligently gathers and reports the news and photos on a weekly basis and our Livermore area readers enjoy it. We are reprinting the column here for your benefit and the report and photo will appear in the Feb. 8 edition. Again, our apologies. Kent Thompson, editor.

Fri
02
Feb

GC-B sixth grade students to West Bend

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/02/2024 - 6:34pm

A Gilmore City-Bradgate student works on meal preparation for an event last spring. Humboldt Independent file photo.

By PHIL MONSON
Starting next year, sixth grade students in the Gilmore City-Bradgate School District will be attending school at the school building in West Bend.
The move was approved by both the GC-B and West Bend-Mallard School boards at their joint meeting on Jan. 22 in West Bend. The two districts have been whole grade sharing over the last decade as GC-B has maintained an elementary school and a daycare in the Gilmore City building.
In an interview with the Independent two days later, Dr. Robert Olson, interim school superintendent for both districts, provided reasons for the change in the sharing plan.
“We’ve looked at enrollment and we’ve looked at some of the trends in how we would make the appropriate adjustments because our fifth grade, which is next year’s sixth grade, we just have six kids attending school here. By moving the sixth grade to West Bend-Mallard, we can reduce staff associated with sixth grade,” Olson said.

Fri
02
Feb

KIRK C. TELLIER

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/02/2024 - 11:40am

Kirk Tellier, son of Howard and Doris (Andersen) Tellier, died Jan. 24, 2024 at his home in Los Angeles, CA.

Thu
01
Feb

Diedrick, Robinson gain state wrestling experience

Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/01/2024 - 8:14pm

Humboldt's Brooklyn Robinson (top photo) is about to pin her opponent at 235 pounds on opening day of the girls' state wrestling tournament at Coralville on Feb. 1. In the bottom photo, Humboldt freshman 170-pounder Danica Diedrick controls her opponent before falling. Independent photos.

Humboldt High freshman 170-pounder Danica Diedrick and junior 235-pounder Brooklyn Robinson both came up short of earning a medal at the Girls' State Wrestling Tournament inside Xtream Arena at Coralville on Thursday, Feb. 1-2.

Diedrick went 0-2 on the day one to end her stellar season with a 32-17 record. Diedrick lost an 11-1 major decision to Raelene Hawkins (34-13) of Iowa Valley (Marengo) in the first round. In the consolation bracket, Diedrick was pinned in 1:57 by Grace Hammer (15-14) of Ogden.

Thu
01
Feb

LOIS D. KRAFT

Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/01/2024 - 8:02am

Lois D. Kraft died Jan. 27, 2024, at Iowa Specialty Hospitals – Clarion at the age of 84. To leave an online tribute, please visit www.oakcrestfuneralservices.com.

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