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Apr

HHS Jazz Band performs in State Jazz Championships

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/22/2026 - 10:35am

The Wildcat Jazz band during their performance at the Iowa High School State Jazz Festival on April 7. Photo courtesy of Erin Sommers.

By KYLIE PORTZ
At the start of the year, the Humboldt High School Wildcat Jazz Band set out to achieve one goal: to qualify for the Iowa High School State Jazz Championship. A feat not accomplished by the band since 2017.

Senior alto saxophonist Kayla Weinert said, “It was really exciting, it was a great opportunity for us. We hadn’t been in nine years and as seniors we thought, ‘this is our last chance, so we got to make it!’”

Seniors Turner Hansen and Ayden Fiengo explained that they had set a goal at the beginning of the school year to make it to state jazz, whatever it took to get there.

The band spent time outside of class working together to practice and perfect their pieces.

Director Emily Willadsen said, “I’m just really proud of our students. They set a goal at the beginning of the year that they wanted to go to Jazz Champs and they worked really hard for it.”

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20
Apr

RICHARD D. BEEBE

Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/20/2026 - 3:03pm

Richard D. Beebe, 96, of Humboldt, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at Rotary Ann Senior Living in Eagle Grove.
Richard was born July 25, 1929 in Humboldt, the son of Asoph and Berniece (Vinsand) Beebe. He graduated from Humboldt High School and then attended Iowa State University. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served his country. Richard had a long and extensive career as a consultant in the aerospace industry, working for NASA and the Hughes Aircraft Company, traveling the world extensively living in many countries.
Richard is survived by his sister Darlene Hellickson and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Pat Andersen, his brother Gary Beebe and an infant brother, Merlin Beebe.

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20
Apr

EUGENE C. MERTZ

Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/20/2026 - 3:02pm

Eugene Mertz, 96 of Bode, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at Divine Mercy Catholic Parish - St. Joseph Catholic Church in St. Joe. Mass will be live streamed via Lentz Funeral Home’s website: https://www.hdezwebcast.com/show/eugene-mertz. Interment will take place at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Livermore. Visitation will be held on Friday, May 1, from 4 until 7 p.m. with a Rosary starting at 3:45 p.m. at Lentz Funeral Home in Livermore. Services have been entrusted to Lentz Funeral Home of Livermore. Online condolences may be left at www.lentzfuneralhome.com.

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Apr

TEDMAR C. BRODALE JR

Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/20/2026 - 3:02pm

Tedmar “Butch” Carl Brodale Jr., 77 of Bode, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2026, at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona. A Memorial Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 1 to 3 p.m. at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Bode. Services have been entrusted to Lentz Funeral Home of Humboldt. Online condolences may be left at www.lentzfuneralhome.com.
Butch was born on Sept. 30, 1948, to Tedmar and Corrine (Lomen) Brodale in Fort Dodge. He was raised in rural Ottosen with his two sisters Mary and Margaret. Butch graduated from Twin Rivers High School with the class of 1966 and moved to Bode soon after graduation. He met Norma Sperry in Gilmore City and on Dec. 1, 1976, the couple was united in marriage. Butch and Norma made their home on an acreage outside of Bode.

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14
Apr

ROBERT L. CONNOR

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/14/2026 - 8:21am

Robert “Bob” Connor, 89 of Livermore, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2026, at his home. A celebration of Bob’s life will be held on June 27, 2026, at 11 a.m. at Victory Church located at the Humboldt County Historical Museum Church. The inurnment will take place at Rose Hill Cemetery in Eagle Grove. A visitation for Bob will be held on Friday, June 26, from 4 until 6 p.m. at Lentz Funeral Home in Livermore. Services have been entrusted to Lentz Funeral Home of Livermore. Online condolences may be left at www.lentzfuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Moffitt Animal Shelter in Humboldt or the “Victory Church Building Fund” for the Victory Church in Humboldt.
Robert L. (Bob) Connor was born on Nov. 7, 1936 in Dayton, OH. At the age of three months, he was adopted into a Christian home by Henry Edwin and Mary Edith (Fish) Connor. At the age of 6 years, this little family moved to Albuquerque, NM.

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14
Apr

KENNETH D. PRESLER

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/14/2026 - 8:17am

Kenneth D. Presler, 95, of Thor passed away Sunday, April 5, 2026 at Friendship Haven, Fort Dodge.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Ullensvang Lutheran Church, Thor. Burial was at East Ullensvang Lutheran Cemetery, Thor with military rites presented by the U.S. Army Honor Guard and the VFW Post 5240 Sather Odgaard, Dakota City.
Kenneth is survived by his children Dave (Cindy) Presler of Ankeny, Kenda (Gary) Beck of Fort Dodge, Tami (John) Parle of Thor, eight grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and sister Katherine Ersland “Kitty” of Phoenix, AZ.
He was preceded in death by his wife Doris Presler, parents Leslie and Anna (Ekstrom) Presler, sister Donna Moklebust and her husband Keith Moklebust, brother Keith Presler and his wife Esther Presler and brother-in-law Ben Ersland.

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