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February 13, 2025

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Area trio ready to play football at the next level

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 1:44pm

Humboldt High School head football coach Derrick Elman (second-right) is shown with three of his players who signed letters of intent last week to play college football. Parker Sleiter (left) will attend Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Keegan Groat (second-left) will attend Grand View University in Des Moines. Mason Van Pelt (far right) will attend Wartburg College in Waverley. Independent photo.

A trio of Humboldt High School seniors last week signed national letters of intent to attend college and play football.

Mason Van Pelt signed with Wartburg College in Waverley, Parker Sleiter signed with Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs and Keegan Groat signed with Grand View University in Des Moines.

Van Pelt is projected to play outside linebacker for the Knights while Groat will be a linebacker for the Vikings. Sleiter is a long snapper.

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Wed
12
Feb

Algona trips Humboldt girls in season finale, 46-36

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 8:53am

Humboldt's Paige Nelson slashes through two Clear Lake defenders for a layup in the Wildcats' home game with the Lions back on Jan. 31. Nelson and her teammates look to do the same on Saturday, Feb. 15, when they host Garner-Hayfield/Ventura in an opening round Class 3A regional tournament game in the Humboldt gym. Opening tip is 7:00 p.m.

Humboldt's varsity girls' basketball team closed out their regular season schedule in a 46-36 loss at Algona on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Humboldt slipped to 11-10 overall, 7-5 and third in the North Central Conference standings. Algona won the conference title with a perfect 12-0 record and finished 18-3 overall.

Humboldt will begin Class 3A regional tournament play at home on Saturday, Feb. 15, in a 7:00 p.m. game with Garner-Hayfield/Ventura. The winner advances into a semifinal round game at Estherville on Feb. 19.

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February 19, 2025

Tue
11
Feb

Storm Lake tops Wildcat boys, 72-64

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/11/2025 - 9:24pm

Humboldt's Chase Flaherty drives inside in a recent home game for the Wildcats, who end their regular season at home on Feb. 20 against Storm Lake. Humboldt hosts Algona in a Class 3A Substate 2 first round game on Monday, Feb. 24. Independent photo.

The Humboldt boys’ basketball team ended their regular season in a 72-64 homecourt loss to sixth-ranked Storm Lake on Thursday night, Feb. 20 in the Humboldt gym in non-conference action. Elliot Carlson scored 23 points, Mason Van Pelt had 13 and Coen Matson 12 to lead the Wildcats, 14-7 overall. Storm Lake was led by 6-2 point guard Cayd Boyd with 30.

Late rally lifts Wildcats past Lynx, 62-57
Humboldt manufactured a fourth quarter rally to topple the Webster City Lynx, 62-57 in a boys' North Central Conference game at Webster City on Monday night, Feb. 17. Elliot Carlson scored 20 points and Coen Matson added 12 to power the Wildcats, who moved to 14-6 overall, 11-3 in conference play. The Wildcats also had Jackson Dodd with nine, Jackson Flaherty with seven and Mason Van Pelt with six. Mickelson and Tesdahl led the Lynx with 11 points apiece. Willson made 10.

Tue
11
Feb

Sleiter signs with Iowa Western

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/11/2025 - 4:54pm

Humboldt High School senior Parker Sleiter (seated-center) last week signed a national letter of intent to attend Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs and play football for the Reivers. He is shown with his father, Ross (left) and his mother (Michelle), right, along with his y0unger brother, Dawson (front-right). Grandparents Alecia and John Sleiter are pictured in back. Independent photo.

Parker Sleiter, another fast-improving Humboldt High School senior who flourished under the Wildcats and head football coach Derrick Elman and his staff, last week signed a national letter of intent to attend Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs in the fall and play football for the Reivers.

Sleiter has been recruited as a long snapper, a position he has become an intense pupil of as he honed his craft and earned accolades attending camps across the country. He was selected to play in a national all-star game back in mid-December in Dallas.
“It feels great to make my decision and sign today. It’s a lot less stress coming off a month of January where a lot happened. It’s good to get this decision out of the way and move forward,” Sleiter said.

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Tue
11
Feb

Keegan Groat signs with Grand View University

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/11/2025 - 4:52pm

Humboldt High senior Keegan Groat (front-center) signed a national letter of intent to attend Grand View University in Des Moines and play football for the Vikings. Keegan is pictured with his family, front row (l-r): Mike Groat (father), Keegan Groat, Joy Konvalinka (mother) and Griffin Groat (father). Back row: Katie Coleman, Humboldt coach Derrick Elman and Dave Konvalinka. Independent photo. To buy this photo and more from our gallery, visit our website at www.humboldtnews.com.

Keegan Groat, a two-time all-state football player at Humboldt High School has made his collegiate choice.

Last week Groat, with his family members all on hand, signed a national letter of intent to attend Grand View University in Des Moines and play football for the Vikings, a perennial NAIA national power.

“I’m super excited about signing with Grand View. I was down there for a school visit a few weeks ago and I just loved it down there. I love the coaching staff, the atmosphere, the facilities, the players and everything about it. I’m excited to get down there and get to work,” Groat said.

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Tue
11
Feb

Van Pelt signs with Wartburg

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/11/2025 - 4:51pm

Humboldt High senior Mason Van Pelt (center) is shown here with his parents, Rhonda (left) and Doug Van Pelt, after he signed a national letter of intent to attend Wartburg College in Waverly and play football for the Knights. Independent photo.

Mason Van Pelt, a standout four-sport athlete and student at Humboldt High School, last week signed a national letter of intent to attend Wartburg College in Waverly and play football for the Knights.

Van Pelt is looking forward to furthering his education and playing football for the NCAA Division III Knights.
“It’s a good feeling and definitely a huge relief to sign today, having everything decided and know what you are going to do with the next four years of your life,” Van Pelt said.

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Tue
11
Feb

Humboldt County Fair set for July 22-28

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/11/2025 - 2:42pm

By PHIL MONSON
HUMBOLDT - The Humboldt County Fair will take place July 22-28 at the fairgrounds in Humboldt.

Jeff Haselhuhn, fair board president, and Kevin Cordray, board secretary, made the announcement last week.

One of the changes that will take place this year will be the crowning of the queen along with the Little Miss and Mister Contest, which have been moved from Wednesday evening to Tuesday evening.

“This will allow for our queen to be able to be there for the whole fair,” Haselhuhn said. “We are trying to get people into the grandstand that night and so we came up with a unique thing. We are going to give away free carnival wristbands for kids, age 16 and under, that come to the queen contest.”

“When they leave, they will get a wristband for two hours of free rides that night,” Haselhuhn said. “We are going to move up the time so the queen contest will begin at 6 p.m.”

Tue
11
Feb

Humboldt Rotary celebrating 100 years

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/11/2025 - 1:56pm

The 2024-2025 Humboldt Rotary Club. (Front Row, L-R) Amber Allen, Bruce Watnem, Cheryl Rhead, Sierra Vorland, Secretary Amy Nostrom. (Top Row, L-R) Treasurer Kevin Marso, Bret Davis, Jeff Gargano, Jim Murray, President Elect Travis Sprague, Brittani Sohn and President Austin Vrzak. Submittd photo.

By KYLIE PORTZ
HUMBOLDT - It began in 1905 with a Chicago attorney named Paul Harris, who gathered a group of business acquaintances, all from different backgrounds, to share ideas and create connections amongst each other.

While the group met for the first time at one of Harris’s friends' offices, the group would rotate between each other’s offices for weekly meetings. Hence, this is where they got their name “The Rotary Club”. However, within a year the club had grown so substantially that it became necessary to find a more permanent meeting place. But the name stuck.

Word spread quickly, and soon there were Rotary Clubs established in San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle, and Los Angeles. By 1910, the National Association of Rotary Clubs in America was formed. And in November of that same year, the first international Rotary Club was founded in Canada.

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