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Tue
31
Dec

Council approves payment for airport project

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/31/2024 - 11:07am

By PHIL MONSON

At the last Humboldt City Council meeting, the council approved another payment for the runway rehabilitation pro-ject at the Humboldt Municipal Airport.

The council approved a payment of $212,684.53 to Godbersen-Smith Construction of Ida Grove. Work at the airport began in early August and was completed in four months.

Eric Johnson, engineer with Kirkham Michael Company, and Jeff Sogge, of Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc., construction observer, gave their reports to the council. Humboldt resident Dave Dodgen, who also serves on the airport commission, provided input as well.

“We were very pleased with how everything went on the project,” Johnson said. “All the test results have come back and have exceeded all of the FAA specifications. We are very pleased overall with the project.”

Tue
31
Dec

Danny Williams receives volunteer award

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/31/2024 - 11:01am

Pictured from left to right: Humboldt Fareway Assistant Manager Tiffany Bakken, Manager Jeremy Riesselman, Humboldt-Dakota City Kiwanis President Kerry Burmeister, Fareway employee and Kiwanis Club honoree Danny Williams, Earl and Kerri McAlexander of Rockwell City, Ronald McDonald House Volunteer and Outreach Program Coordinator Maggie Fuchs and Nebraska-Iowa Kiwanis Division 2 Lieutenant Governor Mike Biedenfeld. Williams is pictured holding a plaque presented to him by the Kiwanis Club. It reads, “To Danny Williams for your dedicated and unselfish work over the years in raising funds for the children and families served by the Ronald McDonald House.” Humboldt Independent photo.

By KENT THOMPSON
In a time of the year that’s about giving and receiving, Humboldt’s Danny Williams was on the receiving end of praise and thanks for his contributions to the community and the families served by the Central Iowa Ronald McDonald Houses in Des Moines.

Williams has been collecting cans in his hometown of Humboldt since 1981. He has been a one-person environmental recycling stalwart, keeping the Humboldt County Fair-grounds and other areas of town free of recyclable aluminum beverage containers thanks to back-breaking work and his many bicycles.

In addition to recycling the cans, Danny has conscientiously removed the pop tabs from the containers and has saved them and turned them in to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald Houses. The weight of the pop tabs total in tonnage over the years, including 500 pounds of tabs in the past five years alone.

Mon
30
Dec

MARVIN R. NIELSEN

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 8:37am

The funeral service for Marvin Nielsen was held on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024 at the United Methodist Church in Renwick. Burial followed the service at Swiss Cemetery in Renwick.
Marvin Ray ‘Marv’ Nielsen was born March 8, 1954 in Fort Dodge; the son of Earl and Shirley (Shelgren) Nielsen. He grew up in Gilmore City and graduated from Gilmore City-Bradgate High school in 1973.
Following high school, he began a career as a mechanic assistant at Eggrich Chevrolet in Humboldt before moving on to Dekalb Seed and eventually spending 35 years with Pioneer/Corteva in Renwick, from which he retired in 2020. In addition to his work, beginning in high school, Marv dedicated a significant amount of time to his Sunday paper route, very seldom missing his weekly route, diligently serving the community until his route ended in 2020.

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26
Dec

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Dec

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Thu
19
Dec

Wrestlers go 2-0 at Hampton, win Fort Dodge tournament

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/19/2024 - 11:20pm

Humboldt's Brady Beers dominates his Algona opponent in a match back on Dec. 12 in the Humboldt gym. Independent photo.

The Humboldt boys’ wrestling team improved their dual record to 2-1 on the season with a pair of conference wins at Hampton on Thursday night, Dec. 19.

Humboldt whipped Fort Dodge St. Edmond 76-6 and edged Hampton-Dumont-CAL 39-30.

The Wildcats won the team title at the Don Miller Invitational in Fort Dodge on Saturday, Dec. 21. Broedy Hendricks won the 190-pound class and Cyler Cirks was second a 132 to lead the Wildcats, who totaled 217.5 points. Algona had 204.5 and Decorah finished with 170.5. Fort Dodge was fourth at 165.5. A total of 13 schools were on hand.

Thu
19
Dec

HCSD school board welcomes new High School board mem-ber

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/19/2024 - 2:59pm

The Humboldt Community School Board of Directors. (Back row L-R) Ryan Cornelius, Shane Davis, Jim Mertz. (Front row L-R) High School board member Shelby Wood, Dr. Bettie Burres Youngs, Board President Tate Satern. Independent photo.

By Kylie Portz
The Humboldt Community School District Board of Di-rectors held their monthly meeting on Dec. 16 at the Ad-ministration offices.

Also at the meeting, the board members had the op-portunity to meet the new High School Board member, Shelby Wood.

Wood will act as a liaison between the high school and the school board, attending board members and offering ideas to benefit the students.

Wood, who is a senior at Humboldt High School, has been a student in the school district her “entire life”. She is heavily involved in school ac-tivities, as the drum major for the marching band, President of the IJAG (Iowa Jobs for American Graduates) pro-gram, and a member of the girls' golf team.

She said, “I’m passionate about music, and I love help-ing others. I love trying to be a voice for others who might feel like they don’t really have one.”

Read the story in this week's issue of the Humboldt Independent!

Thu
19
Dec

Dam now up to City of Humboldt

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/19/2024 - 2:52pm

By APRIL KELLEY
The Humboldt County Con-servation Board met on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at noon to tackle the Reasoner Dam issue once again.

After an hour-long discus-sion, it was decided to allow the City of Humboldt to purchase the dam in the same way that the City of Rutland has commit-ted to doing.

Much of the arguments on both sides stemmed from a mis-understanding at the last con-servation meeting. At that meet-ing the board voted to allow the River Development Group (RDG) more time to work with the City of Humboldt to pur-chase land to be able to obtain insurance.

At the beginning of the meeting, it was revealed that much of the funding the Conservation Department would be seeking to lower or tear out Reasoner Dam would no longer be available.

Thu
19
Dec

December 19, 2024

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