July 2024

BY APRIL KELLEY
Everyone who could possibly have a say in the Rutland quarry has had their chance to talk. The townspeople affected, local businesses, the Supervisors, the attorneys, except for one person, Cole Anderson, the owner of the quarry.

Anderson, 24, bought the quarry in July of 2023 with the hopes to reopen the site. He applied for a special use permit from the Humboldt County Zoning Board and was denied in October. In November, Anderson’s lawyer Ernest Kersten found a flaw in the zoning ordinance. Zoning ordinances which changed the area around Rutland from an area for mineral extraction to farming in both 1996 and 2015 were done incorrectly, thus making those zoning ordinances unenforceable.

Humboldt finished 17-9, went 10-4 and 2nd in league

North Central Conference baseball runner-up Humboldt had eight players selected to the coaches’ post-season honors team.

First-team all-conference selections include senior first baseman Evan Hatcher, a unanimous pick, along with junior pitcher Isaiah Busick and senior centerfielder Corey Dettmann.

Wildcats earning second-team honors include junior pitcher Cyler Cirks, junior third baseman Mason Van Pelt, junior outfielder Keegan Groat and senior infielder Riley Sorensen. Coen Matson, a junior who played multiple positions, was a third-team pick.

They helped Humboldt compile an overall record of 17-9, 10-4 and runner-up in the NCC.

Hatcher, who also played catcher, batted .318 with a team-high 28 runs batted in. Hatcher belted three homers, three triples and nine doubles. He was hit by pitch five times. He had just four errors in the field and also pitched two innings.

Corey Dettmann, who was a big contributor on the Humboldt High School football team the last three years with his electrifying speed, as well as a standout in baseball, golf and basketball, represented his school one more time last weekend.

Dettmann, a recent graduate of Humboldt High School, played for the North squad last Saturday (July 20) in the annual North-South Shrine Bowl All-Star football game. It pitted top graduating seniors from across the state. The game was played inside the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

Dettmann played on the defensive secondary as the North won, 49-28.

“It was a great experience. I’m involved in a lot of sports in high school and to be able to come back and play the game that I have loved a lot while growing up was a really good experience,” Dettmann said.

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