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By JAYNEE DEPUE

“Hey, hey baby! I wanna

know…” about the new tradition within the Humboldt High

School Pep Band.

A new spin on Humboldt’s

pep band sparked last Friday

night (Jan. 5) during the doubleheader basketball game between the hometown Wildcats

and visiting Webster City.

Community members,

young and old, were asked to

join the band to play and revel

in the joys of pep band.

“It was a tradition for my

high school, South Hamilton

Humboldt High School’s new

band director, Emily Willadsen said. I enjoyed playing with

my hometown community and

wanted to share the feeling

The Humboldt High School Pep Band was joined by community members for their performance at the home basketball doubleheader on Jan. 5. Independent

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Getting into TREBLE with the HHS pep band

New tradition

starting in the

Humboldt

pep band

Local school administrators were among the community members who joined the Humboldt

High School Pep Band for their performance on Jan. 5 in the high school gym. Pictured, from

left: Jessica Goodenow, assistant high school principal; Emily Wiebke, literary instructor; Travis

Sprague (back), high school principal; Jim Murray (front), Humboldt school superintendent;

and Sara Bormann, St. Mary Catholic School Principal. Independent photo by Jaynee Depue.

with my students,” she said.

Jordan Kahl, a current member and leader of several high

school bands, loved the idea.

“I love it. I love getting to

meet the community members,” said Kahl, who also said

she didn’t know most community-based musicians but was

excited to get to know them,

further.

Music is said to be the gateway to the soul and is a way of

connecting and reconnecting

people.

Sydney Savery, a 2021 graduate of Humboldt High School,

had the opportunity to rejoin

her band.

“I’m so happy to be here. It’s

just so good to be back playing

songs I used to play and reconnecting with my community.

It’s amazing,” Savery said. Sydney shared that in her recollection of her high school music

career, she may have teared up

a little bit.

SEE BAND, 2A

BY APRIL KELLEY

The Humboldt County

Compensation Board met on

Wednesday, Jan 3 in the Board

of Supervisors Room to discuss

salaries for elected officials.

The Compensation Board

members along with the elected officials they represent are:

Ashley Emick, Attorney; Dustin

Scott, Auditor; Jean Bunz, Recorder; Brandon Dodgen, Sheriff; Jill Rhead, Supervisor; Donnell Skow, Supervisor; Dwight

Bormann, Treasurer.

Ashley Emick started the

meeting by stating “We are

lucky to have the great elected officials serving in the roles

they have, some for a very long

time. We are fortunate and appreciate all they do.”

Dwight Bormann stated the

cost of living had increased

dramatically as well as the cost

of healthcare.

“I would like to personally

recommend a 9 percent increase. We have good people,

I don’t want to see them leave.

I like the stability of seeing the

same faces every time I come

in,” Bormann said.

“I would agree with what

Dwight said. I looked at the

surrounding counties and

you have Pocahontas which is

about 3 percent higher right

now. Wright County is 19 percent higher right now,” Scott

said.

“The problem with an 8

percent raise (from last year)

is that you only kept up with

inflation. You didn’t gain anything. They didn’t actually get

a raise, they just broke even,”

Scott said.

“If you look at our average,

with similar population counties, we are below average incomes for all of our offices in

all except for the County Attorney,” Skow said.

Jean Bunz reminded the

group that the wages of elected

officials are barely competing

with the private sector.

“Everyone looks at this in

the public and it seems like a

lot but compared to the private sector, it’s not. We want to

keep good people,” Bunz said.

Brandon Dodgen, who represents the Sheriff’s office, told

the board that there are specific guidelines the state has set

forth on how the sheriffs salaries are set.

“The recommendations I

make, I have to help Sheriff

Kruger’s salary match officers

in similar roles and other counties and departments as well

as police chiefs in other towns

whose populations are similar,” Dodgen said.

He recommended 12 percent

for the sheriff, but stated he

was good with that being the

recommendation for all.

The Board members discussed the fact that the Supervisors generally cut the

Compensation Board’s recommendations for salary increases.

“I know there have been

years where they have accepted

it (the board’s recommendation) and there have been years

they have cut it. I know when

we recommended 3 percent,

they didn’t cut it,” Emick said.

“My personal opinion is a 3

percent increase is like a slap in

the face. It’s like we don’t value

what you do and the stress you

have,” Bormann said.

The last couple of years, the

board has been attempting to

get the wages of Humboldt

County elected officials closer to the wages of counties of

similar sizes as well as the surrounding counties.

The board voted to recommend a 12 percent raise for the

sheriff, along with a 9 percent

raise for all other offices.

Present salary for Elected

Officials:

Attorney–$120,116.03

Auditor–$71,727.04

Recorder–$71,727.04

Sheriff–$109,412.97

Supervisors–$38,325.22

Treasurer–$71,727.04

Compensation board

makes salary

recommendations

After a difficult decision to

leave Faith United Methodist

Church, the Victory Church of

Humboldt celebrated the first

induction into its new congregation with 116 members in November.

The new church, which holds

its Sunday worship services at

The Hardy Church in the Humboldt County Historical Museum in Dakota City, has been

meeting with about 140 attendees since services started in July.

The church, formed in July

by former Faith United Methodist Church (FUMC) members,

comes after a majority of memThe Reverends Jennifer and Cris Decious had a faith altering 2023, resigning as pastors of the Faith

United Methodist Churches in the county and starting the non-denominational Victory Church. The

pastors report 116 members and a weekly attendance at church of about 140. Submitted photo.

Victory Church inducts first members after departure from Faith

United Methodist Church

bers voted to leave the Iowa

Conference of the United Methodist Church in June. While 62

percent of the congregation

voted to become independent of

the United Methodist Church,

the measure fell short of the 67

percent supermajority required

for passage.

“The people of Victory

Church sought to bring the

body of believers back to a Biblically-grounded founda-tion,”

said the Rev. Cris Decious, pastor of the Victory Church and

former pastor of Faith United

Methodist Church in the county. “Too many (people)

felt the leadership of the United

Methodist Church was taking

them away from their foundational understandings of repentance, salvation through Jesus

Christ, the second coming of

Christ, the resurrection of the

dead and eternal life,” he said.

Rev. C. Decious said that

Victory is a nondenominational church and is not associated with the Global Methodist

Church or any other denominations.

“Our Victory members and

attendees have come from variSEE CHURCH, 3A

Downtown business owners want

information on Sumner Avenue project

Council members lukewarm

on chicken ordinance

By KENT THOMPSON

Members of the downtown Humboldt business

community attended the Humboldt City Council’s

Jan. 2 meeting and wanted some answers on the

Sumner Avenue repaving project.

Jim Crabtree, owner of V&S Variety Store, 616

Sumner Ave., in Humboldt, started off the conversation. Crabtree said he is glad the Sumner Avenue Hill is being fixed but has concerns about the

length of time the project will take, when it will

start and how it will impact his retail business.

“I’m concerned about being limited to traffic for

a three-month period or whatever it is. I need an

understanding if you are going to do it in sections

or are doing the whole thing at once?

“This is the fourth time since I’ve owned the

store (40 years) that we have done this. The last

time when the bump outs were put in we had

meetings (between the city and the downtown

businesses) and were told one thing and it turned

out to be something else,” Crabtree said. “That

didn’t set well with me.”

He did say he applauded the city for getting a

grant to pay for a large part of the repaving project.

Humboldt City Administrator Cole Bockelmann

addressed the concerns.

“This was a Department of Transportation contract and we did that at our Dec. 18 meeting. It

took a little longer to award because of that. We

will be meeting with our contractor, Blacktop Service Company and a lot of it [staging and timeline] will depend on their schedule,” Bockelmann

said. He said the project is expected to be done in

stages as first reported in the Dec. 21, Humboldt

Independent. “The plan right now is to do four

phases,” the city administrator said.

“The project is set up as 70 working days. Those

count when the weather is nice, regardless if it is

a weekend or not,” Bockelmann said. There is no

fixed start or end date as yet but the work will be

done this summer.

The current plan is to do 9th Street to 4th Street

and have the north side of the street open and then

the south side. The second phase of the downtown

portion would be from 4th Street on to the Dakota

City limits.

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career, she may have teared up

a little bit.

Several alumni, like Sydney,

expressed their enthusiasm

for returning. Including the

following: Katherine Tierney, a

2010 graduate, Jared Knapp, a

2018 graduate, and Jen Larson,

a 1996 graduate, along with

many more.

Carrie Spellmeyer is a musician who falls under the alumni category as a graduate of

Humboldt High in 2001. She

was in the band throughout her

middle school and high school

years and found that rejoining the band was seemingly a

“blast from the past.” She even

had the chance to play with her

son, Drew Spellmeyer, a freshman in the band.

Spellmeyer also said she was

dedicating Friday night’s performance to Tim Miller, her

former director.

Many musicians came to

support their student musicians. Jean Culver, grandmother to Shelby Wood, a junior, also made an appearance.

Culver was expecting very few

interactions with her section

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but instead, she faced a “delightful surprise.”

At first, she feared that her

being much older and her

granddaughter being in another section would combat her

inclusion. However, she was

wrong, stating, “these kids are

awesome and so very welcoming.”

The band embraced the 27

community musicians and invited those with an abundance

or little to no musical experience. In 2006, Judy Konecne,

a musician of 58 years, played

with her daughter in the Humboldt High Community Pep

Band.

“It’s great to see this tradition revived,” Konecne said.

Judy was very experienced in

the musical craft but a few were

not. Emily Wiebke, the high

school theatrics director and

literary teacher, brought her

very best by playing the triangle. Humboldt High assistant

principal, Jessica Goodenow,

had little music experience but

enjoyed learning.

Jared Knapp and Laura Paterson, middle school band directors with chock-full music

experience, played with the

band.

“It’s lovely to see my previous students enjoying themselves. It’s exhilarating to play

with them,” Paterson said.

The pep band also had the

honor of Travis Sprague, HHS

principal, and Mr. Jim Murray,

the school district’s superintendent, to join in and play.

Sprague played the tambourine

and Murray was on the cowbell.

“I love it. I love our students

here. They are amazing at what

they do,” Murray said. “It’s a

privilege to play with them and

I’m glad I was invited.”

The community pep band experience is perhaps the missing

piece, connecting the community to the music department.

This tradition will endure,

thanks to Emily Willadsen and

her colleagues at the school.

Find out when the next community pep band is playing by

visiting the Humboldt music

department Facebook page.

Everyone is welcome to become a Wildcat.

Humboldt High School band

director Emily Willadsen (left)

leads the community pep

during a practice session

prior to their performance at

the home basketball doubleheader on Jan. 5. Independent photo by Jaynee Depue.

The Humboldt High School

Pep Band was joined by community members for their

performance on Jan. 5 at the

home basketball doubleheader. Independent photo

by Jaynee Depue.

Humboldt County Democrats will caucus on Monday,

Jan. 15, at Taft Elementary

School, 612 2nd Ave. North in

Humboldt. The caucus starts at

7 p.m. with doors open at 6:30

p.m.

The purpose of this year’s

caucus is to:

1. Discuss and adopt

proposed resolutions to be

added to the county platform.

2. Elect unbound delegates and alternates to the

County Convention.

3. Elect precinct committeepersons to the County

Central Committee.

The precinct caucus is a

great way to get involved in

grassroots activities with the

Iowa Democratic Party. All

Iowa Democrats are encouraged to attend. If you are an

Independent voter or simply

unsure of your party affiliation,

you can register as a Democrat

at your precinct caucus.

Please call Joe Hadar at (515)

890-1586 if you have any questions.

The Humboldt County Republican Central Committee

has announced that the 2024

Humboldt County Republican

Caucus will be Monday, Jan.

15, at the Humboldt County

Events Center at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds.

The caucus is for all precincts in Humboldt County.

The doors will open at 5:30

p.m. for advance registration.

Democratic Party Caucus at Taft school

Republican Party Caucus at Events Center

The caucus will begin at 7 p.m.

It is a big year for Republicans as they will be selecting a

presidential candidate for the

2024 general election.

Caucusgoers will also be

electing delegates for the

county convention. As the

convention process moves

forward, Iowa Republicans

will confirm 40 delegates from

the state to represent Iowa at

the Republic National Convention.

The committee reports that

everyone is welcome to attend,

but people participating in the

caucus must be of voting age

(18) by next Nov. 5 and must

be registered as a Republican.

People may register the night

of the caucus, necessitating

the reason for arriving early.

struction meeting with Blacktop Service,” he said.

“The downtown business

owners will be involved. We

will be having meetings when

we have more information.”

Crabtree mentioned that

when sewer and water lines

were redone, the contractor

Sumner CONTINUED FROM FRONT

was also working in Algona

and left the Humboldt job for

nearly 30 days to finish there.

Bockelmann assured those

in attendance that there are

liquidated damages that click

in if projects are not completed on time.

Crabtree also asked about

business interruption insurance or some type of indemnity fund.

Bockelmann said he had no

knowledge of such a fund and

would have to check in to see

if any monies would be available and under what specified

circumstances.

Renae Dreyer, who operates Humboldt Engraving and

Gifts, The Biz, also in the 600

block of Sumner, asked about

the assessment of the street

and the need for the project.

“I just wish when you are

doing your infrastructure, you

would consider the small businesses. We pay our property

taxes and our business insurance. We have a stake in the

game,” Dreyer said.

“What was the data based

on?” she said.

“You drive Sumner Avenue

Hill everyday,” Mayor Dan

Scholl responded.

“Sumner Avenue Hill has

sucked forever. But now we’re

tearing up Sumner Avenue

downtown too. I don’t see the

need,” Dreyer said. “We work

hard to keep our downtown

rockin’ and now this is going

to come.”

It was pointed out in earlier discussions that it has been

20 years since the downtown

area was repaved.

Humboldt second Ward

Council member John Sleiter

pointed out that this will be a

mill and place overlay and not

a complete street reconstruction. “There will be no infrastructure work except the

street.”

Bockelmann said the need

for the improvement is based

on the Condition Pavement

Index, a tool the state uses to

determine the condition of

roadways and their useful life.

“Until the design is done

and the contract is awarded

then we can go to you and get

your concerns and relay those

to the contractor,” Bockelmann said.

“I hope you do,” Dreyer

said. “We didn’t know anything about this. It’s all hearsay and we have to come to

a meeting to find out what’s

going on. It’s frustrating as a

small business owner. It’s going to have a huge impact on

us.”

Mayor Scholl explained

that because the street serves

NEW Cooperative customers,

Sumner Avenue is considered

a farm-to-market road and

therefore was available for

grant funds to make the slated

improvements.

No Chamber

Third Ward Council member Joel Goodell said an issue

that could help solve such possible communications gaps

would be to have a liaison person between city hall and the

small business community.

“It’s really frustrating to

me that a community smaller

than ours, I’ll use Manson as

an example, has a Chamber

of Commerce. It’s sad they

can have a vibrant (for them)

main street and can support a

Chamber and we can’t. It’s a

shame.

“We’ve got volunteers doing the 4th of July Parade and

what if they decide they don’t

want to do it anymore? I think

we should be looking at something to get a Chamber going

again,” Goodell said.

“We’ve looked at a small

business developer, it didn’t

quite work out like we

thought, but we are open to

it,” Scholl said.

The downtown business

group normally meets the first

Monday of the month at 8 a.m.

Goodell indicated he would

try to attend the next meeting. It has been set for Jan. 15

because of the Jan. 1 holiday.

Urban chicken ordinance

Bockelmann brought up the

Council’s consideration of an

urban chicken ordinance.

The matter was first

broached at the Council’s

Dec. 18 meeting. Jeff Christensen, who lives on Hall

Street, was one of the citizens

in attendance who wants to

raise chickens. He pointed out

a number of towns that have

ordinances.

Bockelmann said he conducted research since the last

meeting and is still working

on a final ordinance for the

Council’s consideration.

Most communities have a

limit on the number of birds,

the pen or building size and

the restriction of no roosters.

“We would only allow

(chickens) in residential

zoned neighborhoods. No

commercial operations. We

would need to have setbacks

(25 feet from an inhabitable

structure) and determine if

we would allow butchering of

chickens in the city limits,”

the city administrator said.

“There would be a coop size

limitation. Most cities require

a permit. There would also be

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ous churches in the community

of Humboldt and the surrounding area,” Rev. Decious said. “We

are also pleased to report that

we have people attending Victory who did not have any home

church.”

“After a vote that left the

majority of the Faith United

Methodist congregation dissatisfied about their ability to

separate from the United Methodist Church, a group of people

met to talk about separating and

starting a new, non-denominational conger-gation in Humboldt,” Rev. C. Decious said. It

all happened fairly quickly.

Victory Church’s reformation

comes on the heels of a prominent split in the United Methodist Church. As of Nov. 18, 2023,

142 United Methodist churches in Iowa — nearly one in five

— have been released from the

largest mainline Protestant

denomination in the state and

country.

The Rev. Cris and Jennifer Decious resigned from their former

positions as pastors of FUMC

after struggling to comport their

own theological convictions

with the rapidly-changing theology of the United Methodist

Church and its Iowa leadership.

The couple, who started their

ministry in 1990, have spent all

but six years in the United Methodist Church, during which they

briefly left to plant a non-denominational church in California.

“We are amazed at the way

the Lord has pulled together

a wonderful, family-centered

church that focuses on the Bible as our base of beliefs. God

has used our gifts, abilities and

graces to create an atmosphere

of love, joy and excitement as we

move into our future,” said Rev.

Jennifer Decious. “Our church is

not a building, but a body of believers.”

With church offices based

in Humboldt, Victory Church

will continue to meet in Dakota City at the Hardy Church on

the Humboldt County Historical

Museum grounds until the congregation finds a more permanent property to suit its needs.

The two pastors said people

are satisfied with meeting in

Dakota City, while the congregation conducts research and

looks for a permanent church

home.

In addition to Sunday services, the church hosts Victory

Family night every Wednesday

with prayer, family meals, Bible

studies and youth programs.

“We have a vibrant and active Victory women’s group; we

meet on the fourth Thursday of

the month at 6:30 p.m. for Bible

study and community action

mission work. We are currently

collecting food items and working closely with, and supporting the Humboldt Community

School FUEL program,” the two

reverends said.

“Our ladies have been on-call

and quick to provide for emergency needs for students, such

as snow boots, coats, hats and

other clothing needs,” noting

that church outreach to help

others is part of God’s mission.

“Our mission at Victory

Church comes directly from the

scripture in Matthew chapter 28

where Jesus directs his followers

how to continue in his absence.”

He said, “All authority has been

given to Me in heaven, and on

earth. Go, therefore, and make

disciples of all nations, baptizing

them, in the name of the Father,

and of the Son, and of the Holy

Spirit, teaching them to observe

all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you,

always, even to the end of the

age.”

The husband and wife ministers said that Victory Church

strongly believes in Jesus’ calling to bring the good news of

Jesus Christ to all people. “We

also believe in the divine authority and inspiration of all scripture as written in 2 Timothy

3:16 which says, “all scripture is

given by inspiration of God, and

is profitable for doctrine, for

reproof, for correction, and for

instruction in righteousness.”

Members of the community

are welcome to attend Sunday

services, held at 10 a.m., with

Sunday school following each

service. To learn more about

Victory Church, visit victoryhumboldt.com or call (515) 423-

6421.

Rev. Cris Decious talks to children during a story time segment of Sunday’s services. Submitted

photo.

[Church CONTINUED FROM FRONT ]

Humboldt City Clerk Gloria

Christensen (left) administers

the oath of office to Humboldt City Council members

who were re-elected in last

November’s general election.

Standing from left to right

are: Matt Dominick (Ward

1), Joel Goodell (Ward 3)

and John Sleiter (Ward 2). At

large member Jeff Harklau

was sworn in at an earlier

meeting. Looking on second

from left is Council member

Kirk Whittlesey, who was not

up for election. See this and

other photos at www.humboldtnews.com. Humboldt

Independent photo by Kent

Thompson.

Humboldt Mayor Dan Scholl

(left) recites the oath of office,

accepting a two-year term

as mayor, which began last

week. Humboldt Independent photo by Kent Thompson.

[More City FROM 2A ]

Due to a scheduling oversight, the Mini Cats Track Clinic has updated its clinic dates

to Mar 2 and Mar. 9, the first

two Saturdays of the month.

The clinic is for youth in

grades 3-6 and will be led by

Humboldt High head girls’

track coach Spencer Ross and

his staff. The Wildcat girls’

track team will also assist.

Cost is $20 per child. UDMO

assistance is available. Register

by Feb. 13 to secure your t-shirt

size. Register in person at the

Humboldt recreation center.

You can also register online:

https://tinyurl.com/HRegister

Mini Cats track clinic Mar. 2, 9

a waste storage limit. Algona

is the only community I’ve

found that requires that a

class be taken regarding animal husbandry.”

Bockelmann said the typical

bird limit is between six and

eight. Mason City is the highest at 25. Council Bluffs allows

10 birds.

Council members said they

have received a mixed reaction from members of the

public about the process.

“I’ve got a couple of concerns,” Sleiter said. “I’ve probably polled or talked to 10-15

people and they said, ‘are you

kidding me? You are going to

allow chickens in city limits?

I don’t want chickens in my

neighbor’s back yard.’”

“I told them we haven’t

done anything yet, but that’s

the response I’ve gotten from

everyone I’ve talked to.

“My second concern is how

do we enforce it?” Sleiter

asked.

“If we put in a six-bird limit,

some fool is going to have 10.

Do we have our police officers

pull permits and check every

month?”

Both Goodell and Sleiter

said they felt the ordinance

would “open a big can of

worms.”

Mayor Scholl echoed those

thoughts. “No one I talked to

was in favor of having chickens in their neighbor’s back

yard.”

At large Council member

Jeff Harklau said he had spoken to seven persons and only

one of them was in favor.

At large Council member

Kirk Whittlesey asked if permission would be obtained

from neighboring property

owners?

“That would have to be

something decided with the

ordinance,” Bockelmann said.

“Some cities do, some don’t.”

Whittlesey said most of the

people he had visited with did

not have a problem.

Goodell said his main concern is legal issues because

poultry is a form of livestock.

“I don’t want to be revisiting

this down the road because

someone says, hey, you allowed chickens, what about

my goats?”

Bockelmann felt that could

be handled with the language

in the ordinance.

Christensen said he does

some work at the Rec Center

and after being on the radio, no

one has said anything against

having an ordinance to him. A

couple of people have said they

hope it passes.

“Sixty or 70 cities in Iowa

have it and they somehow

manage it,” he said.

Kelsey Flot moved back

to the area from Waterloo.

They have an ordinance and

there haven’t been problems.

“They’re not worse than dogs.

Dogs are a problem because

they are noisy,” she said. “If

people are cleaning their bedding it shouldn’t be a smell issue,” she added.

The Council took no action

but Bockelmann said he would

finalize an ordinance for the

Council to consider at its Jan. 1

Other matters

The Council heard from

Amy Donahe a, member of

the Humboldt County Housing Development Corp. The

organization is seeking $7,500

from both the city and the

county for 2024 funding.

“Our goal is to help with affordable housing in Humboldt

and to work toward increasing

housing in the county. We are

currently working with the

cities of Livermore and Gilmore City in their Homes for

Iowa houses, which are close

to completion. We use funds

for engineering studies, housing needs assessments and

other needs,” Donahe said.

The Council approved a

payment to Rasch Construction of Fort Dodge for work

on the Three Rivers Industrial

Park Phase 1 in the amount of

$15,183.85 for staging and materials.

The Council also approved

a resolution establishing

fees and service charges. The

Council also approved a resolution appointing city officials

and representatives to various

city boards and commissions

with no changes from 2023.

It was reported that the Planning and Zoning Commission

was looking for a new member

and the Humboldt Historic

Preservation Commission has

three openings.

The Council also approved

official depositories for the

coming year.

Bockelmann reported that

himself, an employment consultant and Police Chief Joel

Sanders interviewed three

candidates for the assistant

police chief position on Jan.

5. One is an internal candidate

and two others are candidates

from outside the department.

Sanders said on Tuesday that

an offer has been made and an

announcement on the hiring

is expected soon.

Bockelmann said the city is

working on 28E agreements

with the school for the soccer

field and tennis courts. The

Park Board will be reviewing

the information this week.

The city administrator said

the layout for the new city

website is finished and information will be transferred

over.

The county auditor has

provided property valuation

information and city will be

scheduling budget workshops

in the near future. Bockelmann said the Council set

strategic goals in January

2022 for two years, so it is

time to review and update

those again.

Editor’s note: The Dec. 21

Humboldt Independent had a

large front page story explaining

the Sumner Avenue project, one

in a series of city progress stories outlining work to be done in

2024.

Today, Thursday, Jan. 11, the

Iowa Network Against Human

Trafficking (NAHT) will host

a public proclamation signing

by Governor Kim Reynolds,

designating January 2024 as

“Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.” The

proclamation declaration will

take place at 11:30 a.m. in the

rotunda of the State Capitol

Building in Des Moines.

During “Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention

Month,” the network asks all

modern abolitionists to recommit themselves to eradicating the evil of enslavement.

Human trafficking is a modern

form of the oldest and most

barbaric type of human exploitation. The term human

trafficking encompasses both

labor and sex exploitation.

Worldwide, an estimated 50

million people are currently

victims of human trafficking.

That is an increase of 10 million since 2019. Human traffickers prey on their victims

by promising a life of hope

and greater opportunity while

delivering only enslavement.

Instead of delivering people

to better lives, traffickers profit from the labor and toil of

their victims, who they force

- through violence, drugs and

intimidation - to work in the

sex trade in hotels/motels and

illicit massage businesses, and

as slave laborers, in factories,

on farms and fishing vessels, in private homes, and in

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countless other industries.

According to the NAHT

website, every 30 seconds, another person becomes a victim of human trafficking.

Filmmaker Vanessa McNeal,

a graduate of Iowa State University, wrote and produced

the film “Gridshock.” This is

a documentary exposing the

hidden and disturbing reality

behind sex trafficking in Iowa

and the often-overlooked reality about why the industry

thrives – because there is a

demand for it. McNeal’s film

features survivors of sex trafficking, local and federal law

enforcement, advocates, politicians, and a recovering sex

addict.

As troubling as it is to know

that human trafficking happens in our state, it is shocking to learn that it happens

in our county. According to

Humboldt County Sheriff

Dean Kruger, “It is happening

in Humboldt County.”

During this month, advocates of change and local religious and political leaders are

asking citizens to not simply

reflect on this appalling reality, but to pledge to do everything in our power to end

the horrific practice of human

trafficking/modern slavery

that plagues innocent victims.

There are many organizations

that provide information and

resources.

Iowa Network Against Human Trafficking (iowanaht.

org) and Safe House Project

(safehouseproject.org) are

two excellent websites.

There are legislators advocating for stronger laws, and

more rigorous enforcement

of those laws. Iowa Representative Mark I. Thompson,

(the representative for our

district) is leading this fight.

He states that legislative initiatives are effective if they

have the funding needed for

additional detectives, safe

houses and victim rehabilitation services. Judges assigned

specifically to sex crime cases

are needed.

Concerned citizens can join

the fight by urging their legislators to support these new

laws with proper funding and

personnel.

Become educated on this

issue to protect yourself and

those you love. The documentary film “Gridshock” will be

shown at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20 at Zion Lutheran

Church in Humboldt. Doors

open at 9:30 a.m.

The public is invited to attend, but because of the gravity of this topic, parental discretion is advised.

Following the film, a question and answer session will

follow with the following presenters: Representative Mark

I. Thompson, Sheriff Dean

Kruger, Detective Greg Hall,

Stacy Besch of Team Iowa and

Wings of Refuge Director Kelly Butcher.

The “Gridshock” showing is

hosted by the Koinonia Tuesday Night Bible Study. For

more information, call Judy

Gronbach or Sharon Tammen

(515) 824-3318.

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TEN YEARS AGO

2014

The Two Rivers Timber

Ghosts Chapter of the National

Wild Turkey Federation used

the opportunity of the Women

in the Outdoors event to make

two donations to Humboldt’s

Shooting Sports teams.

The Humboldt High School

Trapshooting Team and the

Humboldt County Safety and

Education in Shooting Sports

Team both received funds

from the local wildlife conservation organization.

2014

In the Humboldt High

School girls North Central

Conference game at Iowa

Falls, the Wildcats pushed the

envelope off the floor in the

form of a 38-19 victory over the

cadets. Kessa Kuyper scored

13 points and Lauren Friesth

added 10 to lead Humboldt,

which improved its record to

4-4 overall on the season, 4-3

in league play.

2014

Interior design senior, Adam

Thilges of Bode, received one

of five honorable mentions in

the Steelcase NEXT Student

Design Competition, with

over 600 designs entered in

the competition.

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

2009

Jim Van Horn was one

of three winners awarded a

2008 Can-Am Outlander 400

HD ATV from Arnold Motor

Supply.

2009

Alex Vitzthum and Tre’

Rutz both finished second

and Justin Carlson was third

to lead Humboldt in the

Clarion-Goldfield Glen Brand

Invitational wrestling tournaHUMBOLDT COUNTY

DISTRICT COURT

JUDGMENTS

Hauge Associates, Inc.

vs. Corey White, account

$6,356.42 plus costs.

Thomas Harold Rokes,

Gilmore City, criminal mischief, 5th degree, interference

with official acts, sentenced to

1 day jail.

Shandra Marie Cheevers,

Algona, interference with official acts, fine $105.00 plus

costs and surcharge.

SMALL CLAIMS

JUDGMENTS

ment in Clarion.

2009

Winners in Team

Livermore’s third annual

“Soup Spoons on the East

Fork” Cookoff contest fundraiser included: Gayle Foth,

first place; Kirk Hundertmark,

second place and best presentation; JoAnn Landolt, third

place; and Gregg Jensen, most

unusual.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

2004

Karla Rasmussen, formerly

of Humboldt, received a grant

from the P.E.O. Program for

Continuing Education. She

will use the grant to continue

her education in the Certified

Occupational Therapy

Assistant program at Anoke

Tech in Minnesota. Making the

presentation was Lori Curran,

president of P.E.O. Chapter

BV and Kathy Rhode, chair of

P.E.O. International Projects.

2004

Copies of the books

“Woodrow the White House

Mouse” and “Woodrow for

President,” by Peter Barnes

and Cheryl Shaw Barnes, were

donated to the children’s library by Humboldt County

Republican Women in honor of the Mamie Eisenhower

Library Project. Mary Reedy,

Humboldt County Republican

Women Chairman and Yvonne

Stockseth, Achievement

Awards Chairman, made the

presentation to Jean Holste,

Children’s Librarian at the

Humboldt Public Library.

2004

Humboldt’s junior varsity

girls’ basketball squad upped

their season record to 8-1 with

victories over Fort Dodge St.

Edmond (34-29) at home and

at Hampton-Dumont (28-18).

Brittany Beekman was the

leading scorer for the Wildcats

in both games.

T WENT Y-FIVE YEARS

AGO

1999

Humboldt High head football coach Dan McClannahan

was named ‘Coach of the Year’

in the northwest 3A-4A district

by the Iowa Football Coaches

Association.

1999

Trimark Physicans Group

has announced another

new physician will be joining the professional staff in

Humboldt, Dr. Anne Moser,

M.D.

1999

Ellen Holste of Humboldt

was among the 29 high

school seniors who participated in Wartburg College’s

Cedar Valley Symposium that

won a $2,000 CVSS Honor

Scholarship.

FORTY YEARS AGO

1984

Del Bickel of Humboldt has

been appointed vice president

of John Morrel and Co. He has

been in charge of Morrel’s dry

sausage sales and marketing

functions being produced for

John Morrell by Crest-Pak,

Inc., of Humboldt.

1984

Geoffrey and Cathy

Michelson of Rutland have

been named Volunteer Alumni

Counselors by the University

of Iowa in Iowa City in a program to relay information

about the university, its programs and facilities to students in the Humboldt County

area.

Midland Credit

Management, Inc. vs. Yesenia

Zamudio Salazar, Humboldt,

account $848.90 plus costs

and interest.

LVNV Funding LLC. vs.

Savanna Hilton, Humboldt,

account $638.88 plus costs

and interest.

Midland Credit

Management, Inc. vs. Jeffery

Alan Kroeger, Renwick, account $1,127.86 plus costs and

interest.

Portfolio Recovery

Associates, LLC. vs. Dustin

Sierra, Dakota City, account

$4,298.43 plus costs and interest.

Portfolio Recovery

Associates, LLC. vs. Chantelle

Heiskell, Humboldt, account

$1,614.57 plus costs and interest.

Greenstate Credit Union

FKA University of Iowa

vs. Jonathan W. Duncan,

Renwick, account $1,410.99.

PROBATES

Estate of George R. Jensen,

deceased, Julie A. Zeman,

Executor.

DISSOLUTIONS

OF MARRIAGE

Marsha Lea Hanson vs.

Craig Allen Habben.

COUNTY RECORDER

WARRANTY DEEDS

Gayle Lemmon to Adam N.

Mickelson, Lot 18, Block 31,

College Heights Subdivision,

Humboldt.

Robert G. Faber, Robert

Faber, Rodney M. Faber,

Rogney Faber, Randy J. Faber,

Randy Faber, Diane K. Faber,

Olga O. Guzman to Randy J.

Faber, Land in N2 Sec. 4, Twp.

93, Rng. 29.

Larry E. Rasmussen, Jina R.

Rasmussen, Jina Rasmussen to

Larry E. Rasmussen, Trustee,

Larry E Rasmussen, Trust,

Jina Rasmussen, Trustee, Jina

Rasmussen Trust, Land in

SW Sec. 22, Twp. 92, Rng. 27,

Land in NW, Sec. 27, Twp. 92,

Rng. 27, Land in SW Sec. 33,

Twp. 92, Rng. 27, S2 NW Sec.

33, Twp. 92, Rng. 27, Land in

E2 NE Sec. 28, Twp. 92, Rng.

27, Lot 4, Willow Ridge Addn,

Humboldt, Pt. of Lot 5, Willow

Ridge Addn., Humboldt.

Kellie Jo Eichler, Kellie Jo

Anderson to Davila Sammy

Baez, Sammy Baez Davilia,

Angiemar Baez, Pt. of Lot

6, Block 44, Original Town,

Humboldt.

COURT OFFICER

DEEDS

Dianna L. Helland

Esstate, Angela G. Helland,

Co-Executor, Asheley R.

Rechkemmer, Co-Executor to

John Reding, W2 SE Sec. 9,

1984

Kirsten Lehman, rural

Badger, and Jim Thoden, rural Humboldt, have been

awarded the national “I Dare

You” Leadership Award by

the Humboldt County 4-H

organization. The honor was

presented by Jerry L. Vincent,

Extension 4-H and Youth leader, at ceremonies held at the

4-H Family and Award Night.

FORT Y-FIVE YEARS

AGO

1979

Sande Construction Co. of

Humboldt was the low bidder on 40 apartments to be

constructed for Humboldt

Homes, Ltd. Sande’s general

construction bid was $740,690

and the offsite utilities bid for

water, sewers and street work

was $153,223. Phase III, as the

project is called, consists of

40 apartments and a community room. It will be located

across the creek west of Phase

I and Phase II projects. Phase I

consists of 31 apartments and

Phase II, 28 apartments.

1979

Three Iowa Public Service

Company employees in

Humboldt were honored for

their 30 years of service with

the company. Donald Eck,

Howard Lockwood and Donald

McFarland shared the honors

at the annual IPS award banquet held at the Humboldt

Country Club.

1979

Thelma Newell, described as

a real “spark plug” of the local

senior citizens group, has been

selected by them as the 1978

Senior Citizen of the Year.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

1974

Pocahontas – Twin Rivers

rolled to an easy Twin Lakes

conference wrestling victory as the Pirates doubled

Pocahontas’ score, 42-21. The

Pirates scored two pin victories and won four by forfeit

to take the team victory, according to Coach Pat Janssen.

Tom Barton took the first fall

at 98, pinning Mike Carlson

in 2:38. The other pin went to

Jeff Loken at 138 as he dropped

Mike Eggan’s shoulders to the

mat in 1:53.

1974

An ad by Melvin R. Bailey

stated that he moved his State

Farm Insurance office from

his home on Rainbow Drive

to the south one-half of Dr.

Dunscombe’s dentist office

building. He also announced

that an experienced agent

Twp. 93, Rng. 29.

Donald Kruse Estate,

William Bohan Executor to

Keith Bohan, Joseph Bohan,

W2 NW, Sec. 7, Twp. 93, Rng.

27, N2 SW, Sec. 7, Twp. 93,

Rng. 27, NW SE Sec. 7, Twp.

93, Rng. 27, NE Sec. 7, Twp. 93,

Rng. 27.

CONTRACTS

Max E. Redenius, Max

Redenius, Sally Redenius, to

Michael T. Pederson, Lori A.

Pederson, Land in NW Sec. 24,

Twp. 92, Rng. 30.

Fred Stensland, Leny

Stensland, Fred Stensland,

Atty in Fact to Van Diest

Family LLC, Land in SE NE

Sec. 19, Twp. 91, Rng. 27.

PA&L Properties LLC

to Terry Bass, Lot 5, Block

9, Original Town, Gilmore

City, Lot 6, Block 9, Original

Town, Gilmore City, Pt of

Lot 7, Block 9, Original Town,

Gilmore City.

QUIT CLAIM DEEDS

Audrey A. Ricklefs

Schwartz, Audrey A. Ricklefs

Schwartz, Kent J. Schwartz to

Audrey A. Ricklefs Schwartz,

Trustee, Audrey A. Ricklefts

Schwartz Revocable Trust,

Audrey A. Ricklefs Schwartz

Revocable Trust, Audrey A.

Ricklefs Schwartz, Trustee,

E2 NE Sec. 1, Twp. 91, Rng. 28,

Land in W2 SE, Sec. 1, Twp. 91,

Rng. 28, Land in W2 NE Sec. 1,

Twp. 91, Rng. 28.

Sally Cuthbertson, Sally

Redenius, Max Redenius to

Sally Redenius, Land in Sec.

31, Twp. 92, Rng. 30.

Landover Inc. to John G.

Dunphy, Teri L. Dunphy, Land

in SE NE Sec. 35, Twp. 92, Rng.

29, Land in Humboldt.

Stephanie Engman to David

M. Engman, Lot 2, Country

Club Addn., Humboldt, Sec. 3,

Twp. 91, Rng. 29.

TRUSTEE’S DEEDS

Jennifer Kapsch, CoTrustee, Angela J. Paulson,

Co-Trustee, Jerry Helmke

Revocable Trust, Mardelle

Helmke Revocable Trust to

Paul M. Larson, N2 N2 SE Sec.

30, Twp. 93, Rng. 27.

MAGISTRATE COURT

Alejandro Duran, Fort

Worth, TX, speeding, $92.25.

Jesse Legrant Edwards,

Rockingham, NC, no valid

driver’s license, $503.50.

Jesse Legrant Edwards,

Rockingham, NC, speeding,

$262.00.

Elijah James Collins,

Humboldt, failure to maintain or use safety belts - adult,

$175.75.

Kashdon Bormann,

Humboldt, speeding, $382.75.

Salvador Marruffo,

Shorewood, WI, speeding,

$149.88.

Matthew John Woolridge,

Coon Rapids, MN, speeding,

$175.75.

Lionel Deshawnte James,

Jr., Park Forest, IL, failure to

maintain or use safety belts -

adult $175.75.

Lionel Deshawnte James,

Jr., Park Forest, IL, no valid

driver’s license, $503.50.

Bwemere Joshua Byamungu,

Cedar Rapids, failure to comply with safety regulations

and rules, $175.75.

Lucas Martin Yoder, Fort

Dodge, speeding, $262.00.

Michael Edward Dunlavey,

failure to maintain or use safety belts - adult $175.75.

Jacob Steven Behounek,

Algona, speeding, $193.00.

Thomas James Ocken, Des

Moines, speeding, $149.88.

Diosmar Leyet Imar,

Arlington, TX, no valid driver’s license, $503.50.

Diosmar Leyet Imar,

Arlington, TX, following too

close, $287.88.

Alejandro Amadeo Trevino,

Fort Dodge, speeding, $175.75.

Marty Anne Klaassen,

Tampa, FL, fail to obey stop

sign and yield right of way,

$210.25.

Jennifer Ann Askvig,

whose name is Arlee Waring

will share the office and service part of his policy holders.

1974

County Public Hospital

Revenue Bonds totaling $450,000 were sold by

Humboldt County Treasurer

Phyllis Christensen to

Humboldt Trust and Savings

Bank and First National Bank,

Humboldt. The bonds were

sold at 4.6974 percent interest to finance the 40-bed

Skilled Nursing Care Addition

(SNCA) for Humboldt County

Memorial Hospital.

SIXTY YEARS AGO

1964

Jerry’s Smoke Shop in

Humboldt reports that the

largest catfish caught in

Humboldt County during 1963

was a 19-pound channel cat.

It was caught by Mrs. Miller

Klein of Humboldt. The fish

was caught near the Murray

Bridge on the west branch of

the Des Moines River in northwest Humboldt County.

1964

The construction of a

new telephone dial equipment building is underway in

Humboldt. Located at 6th St

and 1st Ave S, the building is

part of Northwestern Bell’s

$1,500,000 improvement

and expansion program for

Humboldt, according to Mr.

K.C. Farrell, manager. The

general contractor for the

project is Sande Construction

Company of Humboldt.

Electrical work will be handled by the Dewey Electric

Company of Ventura and the

mechanical contractor is the

Ray E. Pauley Company, Inc.

of Mason City.

1964

A group of 65-70 people

heard Miss Nellie Pinney

tell of early-day activities

of Humboldt at a meeting

of the Humboldt Historical

Association. Miss Pinney reviewed Rev. S.H. Taft’s desire

to found a colony in the new

west, a colony which would

be based on the cultural, religious and educational aspects

of life. Rev. Taft looked upon

a beautiful sight between the

forks of the Des Moines River

in September of 1862, and

soon took the necessary steps

to acquire the land on which

Humboldt now stands.

Bradgate, speeding, $149.88.

Colletta Rae Gomel, Kansas

City, MO, speeding, $89.50.

Samson Dominic Mooney,

Humboldt, operating a

non-registered vehicle,

$135.50.

Amber Marie Breitigan, Fort

Dodge, speeding, $118.25.

Wes Evan Banwart, West

Bend, speeding, $118.25.

Jeffrey B. Poutre, Humboldt,

speeding, $118.25.

William Darren Pert,

Humboldt, fail to obey stop

sign and yield right of way,

$210.25.

Travis Lee Holmes,

Harcourt, speeding, $175.75.

Steven Anthony Kvale,

Humboldt, speeding, $175.75.

Troy Andrew Johnson,

Humboldt, improper brake

light, $106. 75.

Lukas Jay Hanson, Hardy,

speeding, $118.25.

Eric Jonathon Evink,

Hospers, speeding, $233.25.

Lee Ann Banwart,

Morrisville, NC, speeding,

$118.25.

Patricia Darlene Wessel,

Congregate

Weekly Menu

MEALS

Menu subject to change.

Crab Alfredo

Peas & Carrots

Roll

Fruit

2% Milk

Beef & Noodles

Green Beans

Roll

Snack Bar

2% Milk

Breaded Chicken Patty

Hashbrown

Mixed Veggies

Snack Bar

2% Milk

Chicken Stir Fry

Vegetable Eggrolls

Raisins

2% Milk

BBQ Meatballs

Diced Redskin Potatoes

Peas & Carrots

Fruit

2% Milk

MONDAY, JAN. 15

TUESDAY, JAN. 16

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17

THURSDAY, JAN. 18

FRIDAY, JAN. 19

If interested in starting

home-delivered meals, call

Devin at Sister’s Home Style

Entrees at 515-332-1928.

Manson, speeding, $175.75.

Lennie Dan Dean, Fort

Worth, TX, speeding, $175.75.

Kyle Alexander Keithely,

Humboldt, unlawful passing

of school bus – first offense,

$456.75.

Knights of Columbus

Free-Throw Championship:

Humboldt Local Competition

All boys and girls ages 9-14 are invited to participate in the local level of

competition for the 2024 Knights of

Columbus Free Throw Championship.  The

Knights of Columbus Free-Throw

Championship is sponsored annually; with

winners progressing through local, district

and state competitions.

This year’s competition will take

place on Sunday, Jan. 21 at the St.

Mary School Gym-Humboldt (enter southeast Parish Center door near

southeast parking lot).

Eligible participants are boys and girls ages

9-14, as of Jan. 1, 2024. Parental consent is

required at time of competition to verify

participant’s age.

Winners will advance to the regional competition.

Registration starts at 12 p.m., with competition beginning at 12:30 p.m. There is no

cost for the competition.

Questions: Contact Elliot Carlson 515-

890-3582.

8 a.m. Tuesday,

JAN. 9, 2024

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ATLAS LEE BRIESE

Courtney and George Briese of Rutland announce the birth of

their son, Atlas Lee Briese. He was born on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024,

at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion. He weighed 8 pounds and 11.1

ounces.

He is joined at home by siblings Athena, 7, and Axel, 3.

Grandparents are Lisa Campfield and Linn Martin of Charles City,

Nick and Erica Graves of Fort Dodge, George and Mistee Briese of

Eagle Grove and Melanie and Darrin Thompson of Rutland.

Great grandparents are Margaret and John McKee of Thor.

The Clare Public Library is sponsoring their annual Pancake

Breakfast and bake sale fundraiser on Sunday, Jan. 14 from 8:30-

11:30 a.m.  at the Clare Community Center. Please join them, as

they will be serving pancakes, sausage, loaded and plain scrambled eggs, juice and coffee.

Adults $7, children $6, children age 3 and under free. All proceeds will go to the library. The Clare Public Library will gladly

accept any monetary donations or donations to the bake sale.

Clare Public Library to

host annual Pancake

Breakfast and Bake

Sale Fundraiser,

Sunday, Jan. 14

BIRTH

ANNOUNCEMENT

BY APRIL KELLEY

The Humboldt County

Board of Supervisors rang in

the new year by approving

several resolutions and approving board assignments.

The Supervisors met for

their regular meeting on

Tuesday, Jan. 2 due to the New

Year holiday to work through

the ordinary tasks that need

to be completed to keep the

county government on track.

The meeting began with

Supervisor Sandy Loney’s last

duty as chairperson by calling

for the approval to hire Shelly

Renken as Drainage Clerk.

Renken’s employment with

the Auditor’s office will begin

immediately at the rate of $20

per hour.

The reigns were then turned

over to Supervisor Dave Lee

as chairman and Supervisor

Erik Underberg as vice-chair

by a unanimous vote.

“I do want to thank you

for your work, Sandy, as the

Chairperson. I know it’s not

much different other than

your phone never seems to

stop ringing,” Supervisor

Bruce Reimers said.

The board then voted to approve that meeting operations

will be conducted according

to Robert’s Rules of Order.

Once that was established,

the board voted on the calendar for slate of supervisors’

meetings for the coming year

along with the official holiday

closings.

The board will meet on the

first Monday of every week

except for those weeks where

a holiday falls on a Monday.

They have agreed to Tuesdays

for those weeks.

The board also set the hours

of operation of the courthouse

to remain Monday through

Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

except for federal holidays.

Reimers requested that any

changes to the regular schedule of any office be posted well

in advance of the office closure.

“I think they would know at

least two days in advance that

they have training and I think

it needs to be put on the website and posted on the front

door,” Loney said.

Underberg requested the

holiday closing schedule be

posted on the website at the

beginning of the year so there

are not any surprises for people wanting to visit the courthouse.

The Supervisors discussed

the reimbursement rate for

Humboldt County Employees’

travel for food and mileage.

After much discussion, the

Board voted to approve the

mileage rate to remain at 5

cents below the federal mileage rate which is 67 cents per

mile at this time.

Reimbursement for meals

will be raised to $70 per day

with itemized receipts.

The Humboldt Independent

was approved as the official

newspaper for 2024.

The Board then moved into

committee appointments for

Supervisors.

Dave Lee was appointed to the Bill Payer and

Representative Payee Board,

Board of Health/Public

Health, Humboldt County

Housing Development,

MIDAS Executive Regional,

Moffitt Animal Shelter, Region

V HAZMAT Team and Safety

and Security Committee.

He is also an alternate on

the Central Iowa Juvenile

Detention Center Board,

the Heart of Iowa Regional

Housing Trust Fund, Iowa

Governmental Health Care

Plan Committee, Rolling Hills

Mental Health and the Second

Judicial District Correctional

Service.

Erik Underburg was appointed to the 911 Commission,

Building Families, Concerned

Citizens, Decategorization,

Department of Human

Services Governance,

Emergency Management

Commission (EMA), LEPC,

Public Safety Commission and

the Second Judicial District

Correctional Service.

Rick Pedersen was appointed to the County

Health Insurance

Committee, Enterprise Zone

Commission, Heart of Iowa

Regional Housing Trust

Fund, Humboldt County

Development Association,

Humboldt County Housing

Development, Humboldt

County Landfill Commission,

Iowa Drainage District

Association (IDDA), Iowa

Governmental Health Care

Plan Commission, Moffitt

Animal Shelter, Public

Safety Commission, Region

V Transportation Advisory

Committee and Supported

Employment Admissions.

He will serve as an alternate

on the North Central Iowa

Regional Landfill Board.

Bruce Reimers was appointed to the Central Iowa

Juvenile Detention Center

Board, Community & Family

Resources, Enterprise

Zone Commission and the

Humboldt County Advisory

(UDMO). He serves as an

alternate on the Humboldt

County Landfill Commission

and the Region V HAZMAT

Team.

Sandy Loney was appointed to the Daycare Advisory

Commission (Kiddie

Cats), HIPAA Committee,

Ministerial Association/

Hunger Task Force, Rolling

Hills Mental Health, Small

Business Development and

Workforce Development.

Humboldt County Engineer

Ben Loots was appointed to

the Region V Transportation

Advisory Committee along

with Pedersen.

The only board with a member up for reappointment was

the Conservation Board.

The board was split on

approving Tate Satern for

another five-year term on

the Conservation Board

with Loney, Pedersen and

Underberg voting aye, and Lee

and Reimers voting nay.

“I have a problem with the

one that’s being reappointed,

that’s my opinion,” Reimers

said.

“He’s the one who causes most of the troubles over

there,” Lee added.

“I think that board in general is probably one of our better

service boards in the county,”

Underberg said.

Loney made a motion to accept the conservation board

as printed, with Tate Satern

being reappointed and Will

Spellmeyer, Bob Rasmussen,

Mary Miner and T.C. Loving

continuing their terms.

Underberg seconded the motion.

The zoning and planning

board, Public Health Board,

Veterans Affairs Board and

Eminent Domain Boards were

all approved. Those Board

members are listed at the end

of this story.

The Supervisors appointed Erick Underberg as Weed

Commissioner, Dr. Benjamin

Paul as Medical Examiner,

Kyle Bissell as EMA Director

and Wilson Echevarria as

Veterans Affairs Director.

The board adopted the following resolutions:

Resolution 2024-01-01 –

Authorizing County Engineer

to execute certificate of completion and final acceptance

in connection with Farm-toMarket and Federal or State

aid construction projects.

Resolution 2024-01-02 –

Authorizing County Engineer

to close roads.

Resolution 2024-01-03 –

Construction evaluation resolution for Humboldt County

(relating to the construction

of a confinement feeding operation structure)

Resolution 2024-01-04 –

Authorize County Auditor to

issue warrants.

Resolution 2024-01-5 –

Resolution naming depositories.

Resolution 2024-01-06 –

Precinct Election Official

compensation.

Humboldt County Housing

Development

Amy Donahe with

Humboldt County Housing

Development (HCHD) presented a request to the board

to again commit to $7,500 in

support.

HCHD has been instrumental in helping to get two new

homes built in Gilmore City

and Livermore.

These homes are built

through prison industries and

moved onto the grounds keeping the costs down.

“We worked closely with

those two city councils. They

recognized the need for the

housing not only in the city

here but countywide,” Donahe

said.

The HCHD uses the funds

also to conduct engineering

studies, provide matching

funds for federal grants, provide low interest loans and

conduct housing needs and

assessments.

Resolution 2024-01-07

The Supervisors passed a

resolution placing a one-year

moratorium on receiving, reviewing, considering or approving any application of any

commercial wind energy conversion systems, private and

commercial pipeline transmission systems, commercial solar energy systems and

commercial electrical energy

transmission systems.

The moratorium is in effect

for one year while Humboldt

County is in the process of

creating its new comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance.

In other action:

Approved the hiring of

Shelly Renken for the drainage clerk position at $20 per

hour.

Appointed JacobsonWestergard & Associates, Inc.

to prepare pre-classification

lands for proposed improvement project no. E23094.

Accepted and placed on file

the Treasurer’s Semi-Annual

Report.

Eminent Domain Board

Owner-Operator of

Agricultural property: Alvin

John Berte, Livermore. Tom

Hundertmark, Rutland.

Gaylen Engstrom, Renwick.

Randy Pedersen, Renwick.

George Hanselman, Lu Verne.

Gary Strachan, Humboldt.

Owner of City or Town

Property: Jim Crabtree,

Humboldt. Jerry Haverly,

Humboldt. Kirk Whittlesey,

Humboldt. Billy Fort,

Dakota City. Steve Samuels,

Humboldt. Harley Friesleben,

Renwick. Billie Scott,

Livermore.

Real Estate Salesperson

or Broker: Joshua Harklau,

Humboldt. Dan Scholl,

Humboldt. Chris Wergeland,

Humboldt. Judy Oberhelman,

Renwick. Kevin Skow,

Humboldt. Mandy Zwiefel,

Humboldt. Madelyn

Riles, Humboldt. Marlene

Thompson, Humboldt.

Person with knowledge

of property values by reason of occupation: David

Boswell, Humboldt. Corey

Matson, Humboldt. Martin

Zaugg, Ottosen. Linda

Fallesen, Humboldt. Thad

Naeve, Humboldt. David

Hundertmark, Rutland. Brian

Skow, Humboldt.

County Personnel Policy

Committee: Assessor,

Auditor’s Payroll Deputy,

Sheriff, Treasurer, Attorney,

Conservation Director,

Secondary Roads Engineer,

Auditor, Recorder, Safety

Director.

Zoning and Planning Board

Kevin Cordray, Luke

Erpelding, Dave Hundertmark,

Chris Wergeland. Ben Loots

(advisory position)

Public Health Board

Deanne Nervig, Thad

Naeve, Dr. Cody Olson, Dave

Lee, Linda Lynch.

Veterans Affairs

Dean Ewoldt, Dave Lee,

Supervisors approve resolutions for the new year

The Humboldt Community Chorus, directed by Terry

Nelson, will be presenting

their annual variety show,

“Music – A Timeless Treasure,” on February 9-11 at

the R. Wesley Carlson Auditorium at the Humboldt

High School. Show times are

Friday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. and

Sunday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $12 for adults

and $5 for children under

18 and can be purchased at

Humboldt Hy-Vee, V&S Variety in downtown Humboldt,

from Chorus members, or

online at www.humboldtchorus.com or by calling (515)

379-1072.

Some of our “Timeless”

selections this year include

“Everything’s Coming Up

Roses,” “Ain’t No Mountain

High Enough,” “Fly Like An

Eagle” and a fun medley of

ever-popular Beatles songs

called “Love is All You Need.”

The gospel and patriotic

songs will include “Sing and

Rejoice,” “How Beautiful,”

“Because He Lives,” “Strike

Up the Band” and “My Country Tis of Thee.”

The women will perform

“Holding Out For A Hero,”

the men will sing “Take Me

Home Country Roads,” and

various small groups will be

adding light-hearted songs to

the production.

The 20-piece Big Band will

accompany all of the Chorus pieces as well as play 30

minutes before each show

and during intermission.

The Community Chorus and

Band pride themselves on

providing a very high energy

show with something for everyone.

For more information

about the upcoming show,

look for Humboldt Community Chorus on Facebook

or call (515) 379-1072. Don’t

miss this family-friendly

show! It’s sure to leave you

smiling!

Community Chorus and

Big Band present ‘Music – A

Timeless Treasure’ Feb. 9-11

BY APRIL KELLEY

The Humboldt Board of Supervisors made

quick work of their regular meeting on Monday, Jan. 8, before beginning the budget work

session.

Supervisor Bruce Reimers informed the

board that he had gotten a call from a concerned individual in the Rutland area.

The caller informed Reimers that a large

piece of equipment with tracks had been

moved down the road. Reimers went to the

area where the equipment had been moved

and took pictures of damage done to the

shoulder of the road on 205th Street.

Reimers also shared the pictures with

Humboldt County Engineer Ben Loots. Loots

informed the board that there wasn’t a lot of

damage to the shoulder, but that the machine

had crossed the blacktop and he was still

looking at that damage.

“Anytime a machine with tracks crosses a

blacktop they put something down to prevent

the equipment from doing any kind of surface

damage,” Loots said.

According to Loots, it doesn’t appear this

was done with this piece of equipment.

“There are enough people out there who

are upset that when things happen, someone’s going to get a phone call and they are

going to want someone to drive out by there,

and I’m fine with doing that,” Reimers said.

“Pictures are the best thing. I got a report

that one of the off road Euclid trucks was on

the roadway. For that one, give me a picture,

I’ll turn it in, it will be a big fine,” Loots said.

“Anyone in the county that sees heavy

equipment on the roadway or the right-ofway, take a picture and let us know. We got

to see the proof of who it is,” Chairman Dave

Lee said.

Jailer Resignation

Chief Deputy Sheriff, Cory Lampe, requested approval for Natasha Magee’s resignation.

Magee had been with the Humboldt County

Jail as a jailer for just over two years.

Magee’s resignation was approved. Lampe

informed the board he has already placed ad

for a replacement jailer.

Compensation Board

The Humboldt County Compensation

Board had presented their recommendation

for the FY 2024- 2025 for elected officials.

The Compensation board had requested an

increase of 9 percent for all elected officials

except for the Sheriff, who they requested a

12 percent increase for.

The Supervisors took the report under advisement and tabled further discussion until

after the budget workshop.

Official Current Proposed

Attorney $120,116.03 $130,926.47

Auditor $71,727.04 $78,182.47

Recorder $71,727.04 $78,182.47

Sheriff $109,412.97 $122,542.53

Supervisors $38,325.22 $41,774.47

Treasurer $71,727.04 $78,182.47

In other action:

Accepted and placed on file recorder’s quarterly report for Dec. 31, 2023

Loney reported that she is working with opioid task force to identify areas of concern and

places that

they can do

the most

good with

the money

they have.

Supervisors hear updates,

accept resignation

In print or online

anytime, anyplace

humboldtnews.com

6A • THE HUMBOLDT INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2024

2024 Humboldt County Republican Caucus

January 15, 2024

All County Precincts will be meeting at the

EVENT CENTER, HUMBOLDT FAIRGROUNDS

Come early-Registration begins @ 5:30PM

Caucusing begins @ 7:00PM

All are welcome, but you

“Must be a Registered Republican to vote.”

(Need to register? Do it that night....onsite.)

Advertising paid for by Humboldt County Republicans.

Arlene M. Jacobson, 86, of Humboldt,

passed away unexpectedly at her home on

Friday morning, Dec. 29, 2023.

Arlene Mary Jacobson was born Aug.

5, 1937, the eldest of three daughters of

Gordon and Louise (Leitl) Larson of Bode.

She graduated from Bode High School

in 1955. On Nov. 3, 1956 she married Jim

Jacobson. Together Jim and Arlene spent

their life together working on the farm

and raising four children Michael, Teresa,

Kelly and Joe.

Arlene was very active. When she was done with field work,

she enjoyed clerking sales for Hundertmark Auction, she valued education and was on the school board at Twin Rivers.

She also managed a beautiful flower garden and a huge vegetable garden for most of her life. In her spare time Arlene

enjoyed playing bridge with her friends, visiting with family,

and playing the piano and organ.

In 1999, Jim and Arlene stepped back from the hectic farm

life and moved to Humboldt. Although she remained engaged in the farming operation, she had more time to devote

to friends, family, and bridge. The town welcomed both and

she was able to play in several clubs, as well as play the organ

for Ullensvang Lutheran Church in Thor.

Arlene is survived by husband Jim, sons Mike (Ramona)

Jacobson and Joe (Trish) Jacobson and daughters Teresa

Jacobson and Kelly (George) Streit; grandchildren Jenni

(Dustin) Pierce, Marc Jacobson, Megan (Luke) Watson and

Ben (Karlee) Jacobson, Rachel and Logan Lursen, Christina

(Daniel) Foth, Amber (Garrett) Elbert, Spencer Streit,

Ellie and Trevor Jacobson, sisters Marlys Larson and Diane

Redenius and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services were held Wednesday, Jan. 3 at St. Olaf

Lutheran Church in Bode. Burial took place in St. Olaf

Cemetery, Bode.

www.masonlindhart.com

ARLENE M. JACOBSON

1937-2023

Anita M. Hinners, 85, formerly of

Humboldt, passed away on Tuesday

morning, Jan. 2, 2024, at Methodist West

Hospital in West Des Moines.

Anita was born on April 20, 1938, in

Humboldt, the daughter of George and

Grace (Day) Solbeck. She grew up and

received her education in Humboldt,

graduating from Humboldt High School

in 1956. After graduation, she began her

career as a teller at 1st National Bank in

Humboldt, where she worked many years.

On Aug. 6, 1961, Anita was united in marriage to Harold H.

Hinners. The couple made their first home on a farm near

Gilmore City. In 1966, they moved to their farm near Rutland.

The couple enjoyed traveling around the United States and

Canada, attending Blue Grass Festivals and a took a special

trip to Norway and Denmark in 1994. She was always very

proud of her Danish ancestry. Anita actively participated in

various community organizations, including being a member

at Oak Hill Church, 4-H in Rutland, the Humboldt County

Historical Association, We Weavers Club and the Humboldt

County Genealogy Association.

She is survived by her children; Julie Hinners, Joan (Dan)

Noack, and Wade (Lauri) Hinners, her grandchildren;

Brittani (Matt), Rebekah (Lucas), Bethany, Ben and Sarah

and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by

her parents and her husband of 52 years, Harold, her brother

Bob, and sisters Marilyn and Donna.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 6 at Oak Hill

Church in Humboldt. Burial took place in Union Cemetery,

Humboldt. The Mason-Lindhart Funeral & Cremation

Service of Humboldt is in charge of the arrangements.

ANITA M. HINNERS

1938-2024

Dec. 29

6:55 a.m. – An officer conducted a traffic stop in the 300

block of 2nd Avenue South.

7:39 a.m. – An officer was

dispatched to the 1300 block

of Elmhurst Avenue for a disabled vehicle.

8:42 a.m. – An officer was

dispatched to the 1600 block

of Sullivan Avenue to keep the

peace.

11:02 a.m. – An officer conducted a welfare check in the

700 block of 13th Street South.

11:44 a.m. – An officer was

dispatched to Forest Blvd for

a civil complaint.

12:35 p.m. – A hit-and-run

occurred in the 1200 block of

10th Avenue North.

1:11 p.m. – An officer assisted with a vehicle unlock in the

100 block of Monterey Circle.

5:34 p.m. – An officer was

dispatched to the 1700 block

of Wildcat Road to meet with

an individual wanting to leave

the residence.

6:02 p.m. – An officer met

with an individual about lost

and found property.

8:41 p.m. – An officer received information about a

man sending harassing and

threating text messages to an

ex-wife.

Dec. 30

3:27 a.m. – An officer was

dispatched to a residence in

the 100 block of Sumner Avenue for a report of kids tampering with their home.

6:04 a.m. – An officer was

dispatched to the 1700 block

of Wildcat Road for a disturbance.

7:23 a.m. – An officer provided a lift assist in the 700 block

of 11th Street North.

8:09 a.m. – An officer was

dispatched to the 100 block of

Sumner Avenue for a report of

vandalism.

8:59 a.m. – An officer provided a funeral escort for Mason –Lindhart Funeral Home.

9:01 a.m. – An officer provided a funeral escort for St.

Mary’s Catholic Church.

9:28 a.m. – An officer was

dispatched to the 400 block of

2nd Street North in reference

to lost and found property.

10:21 a.m. – An officer provided a lift assist in the 400

block of 6th Street North.

3:55 p.m. – An officer was

dispatched to the 300 block

of 2nd Avenue North for a lost

dog.

4:30 p.m. – An officer was

dispatched to the 1100 block

of 15th Street North to assist

the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital (HCMH) Ambulance.

5:52 p.m. – An officer was

dispatched to a vechicle in

a ditch in the 1800 block of

Wildcat Road.

6:04 p.m. – A car vs. deer

accident occurred in the 1700

block of 13th Street North.

8:43 p.m. – An officer conducted a traffic stop in the 400

block of Taft Street South.

9:01 p.m. – An individual

in the 100 block of 3rd Street

South asked to speak to an officer.

Dec. 31

8:24 a.m. – An officer was

dispatched to the 1700 block

of 10th Avenue North for an

unresponsive individual.

9:19 a.m. – An officer provided a life assist in the 1600

block of Sassy Lane.

1:28 p.m. – An officer conducted a traffic stop in the 600

block of 10th Avenue North.

7:33 p.m. – An officer conducted a traffic stop in the 800

block of 13th Street North.

9:08 p.m. – An officer conducted a traffic stop on Monterey Circle.

Jan. 1

12:35 a.m. – An officer was

dispatched to the 200 block of

Sumner Avenue to speak to an

individual.

2:54 a.m. – An officer was

dispatched to 6th Street South

for a report of a domestic.

10:25 a.m. – An officer took

a report of a burglary that

occurred Dec. 28 to a storage

closet at a local apartment

complex in the 200 block of

Sumner Avenue. The burglary

is under investigation at this

time.

10:42 a.m. – An animal problem was reported in the 1000

block of 8th Street South.

11:33 a.m. – An officer assisted an individual with a vehicle

unlock in the 100 block of 3rd

Street North.

2:18 p.m. – An individual

reported damage to a vehicle

that occurred sometime within the past five to six days.

Jan. 2

10:25 a.m. – A dog was found

running at large in the 800

block of 11th Street North.

The owner was located and

the dog was returned home.

2:24 p.m. – An officer conducted a follow-up in the 300

block of 13th Street North.

Jan. 3

6:25 p.m. – An officer was

dispatched to a 911 hang –up

in the 1700 block of 10th Avenue North.

9:15 p.m. – An officer was

dispatched to a home in the

300 block of 2nd Avenue

South for a potential burglary.

Jan. 4

7:42 a.m. – An officer was

dispatched to the 1200 block

of Riverview Circle in reference to an alarm.

5:21 p.m. – An individual requested to speak to an officer

in the 900 block of 13th Street

North.

5:49 p.m. – An officer was

dispatched to remove a deer

from the roadway in the 1000

block of 13th Street South.

10:39 p.m. – An officer was

dispatched to HCMH to assist

with a disgruntled patient.

POLICE REPORT OBITUARIES

SHERIFF REPORT

BY APRIL KELLEY

Running deer continue to

cause havoc on area roads. On

Monday, Jan. 8 at approximately 7:13 a.m., Alyssa B. Reekers,

33 of Fort Dodge was traveling northbound on Highway

169 in the 2500 mile driving a

2015 Honda Odyssey when she

struck a deer.

The accident caused approximately $5,000 worth of damage to the vehicle but none of

the three occupants were injured. The vehicle did need to

be towed from the scene

Jan. 1

2:54 a.m. – Deputies from

the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) assisted

an officer with the Humboldt

Police Department (HPD) on

a call in the 200 block of 6th

Street South Humboldt involving an intoxicated individual

who ultimately went to jail.

10:42 a.m. – An animal problem was reported in the 1000

block of 8th Street South,

Humboldt.

1:20 p.m. – An individual

requested to have people removed from their property in

the 2400 block of Hawaii Avenue in Humboldt. The individual called back and stated they

had left the property.

3:05 p.m. – A deputy conducted a traffic stop in the

1600 block of Lincoln Avenue

for speeding. A citation was issued.

4:12 p.m. – Rodney Huffman, Jr., 38, Fort Dodge, was

cited and released in the 2700

block of Lincoln Avenue, Humboldt, with a promise to appear

on a charge of driving while

suspended.

Jan. 2

10:19 a.m. – A dog running at

large was reported in the 2500

block of Lincoln Avenue. The

owner was contacted and their

neighbor came and got the

dog.

6:07 p.m. – A deputy was dispatched to the 100 block of 5th

Street South in Dakota City for

a vehicle unlock.

Jan. 3

8:08 p.m. – A deputy spoke

with an individual at the Humboldt County Law Enforcement Center (LEC) in reference to a hit-and-run.

Jan. 4

1:40 a.m. – A burglary was

reported in the 800 block of K

Road, Livermore.

9:02 a.m. – A deputy conducted a traffic stop in the

2400 mile of Gotch Park Road,

Humboldt.

1:27 p.m. – A deputy was

dispatched to the 1600 mile

of Utah Avenue in Hardy for a

welfare check. The deputy was

unable to locate the individual.

1:37 p.m. – An inmate was

transported to the clinic at

Humboldt County Memorial

Hospital (HCMH) for a medical appointment.

3:06 p.m. – A deputy was

dispatched to the 2000 mile of

Lincoln Avenue for a welfare

check. The deputy was unable to locate the individual.

3:53 p.m. – A deputy conducted a follow-up investigation in the 2500 mile of Delaware Avenue, Gilmore City.

5:44 p.m. – A hang-up call

was received in the 400 block

of Martin Street, Renwick. A

deputy made contact with the

residents and no emergency

services were required.

6:23 p.m. – The HCSO received a request from an outside agency to check on a local

resident in the 200 block of

Kelling Street in Renwick.

Jan. 5

8:45 a.m. – A deputy provided a law enforcement presence at the Humboldt Middle

School (HMS) as students arrived for school.

8:46 a.m. – A deputy provide

a law enforcement presence at

the school in Gilmore City for

the beginning of the day.

8:46 a.m. – A deputy provide

a law enforcement presence at

the school in Bode as students

arrived for class.

9:56 a.m. – A deputy received

information of a situation in

the 200 block of Kelling Street

in Renwick that had been resolved the previous night.

12:07 p.m. – Michael Vanhoff, 48, Ames, was arrested

for public intoxication, a simple misdemeanor, possession

of controlled substance, a serious misdemeanor, possession

of drug paraphernalia, a simple

misdemeanor, and possession

or carrying of dangerous weapons while intoxicated, a serious misdemeanor.

12:24 p.m. – Bert Ellison, 45

of Gilmore City was arrested

following a traffic stop on 9th

Street North and Sumner Avenue, Humboldt. He was arrested for driving while revoked, a

serious misdemeanor. Ellison

was placed in jail to await his

initial appearance before the

judge.

7:08 p.m. – A deputy assisted

a motorist at 180th Street and

Highway 169, Humboldt.

Jan. 6

12:19 p.m. – A deputy received a report of two vehicles

trespassing in the 1000 block

of 270th Street, Gilmore City.

1:14 p.m. – A deputy transported an individual from the

law enforcement center to the

bus station in Fort Dodge.

2:31 p.m. – A deputy received

a report of a sick raccoon in the

500 block of 2nd Street North

in Dakota City.

4:02 p.m. – An individual in

the 3200 block of 190th Street,

Goldfield was referred to Animal Control.

4:05 p.m. – A vehicle was

discovered in the 1600 block

of York Avenue, Renwick. The

renter of the property did not

recognize the vehicle.

4:18 p.m. – A resident turned

over property to the HCSO

that is in dispute.

Jan. 7

3:27 a.m. – A deputy assisted

the HPD with a traffic stop in

the 900 block of 13th Street

North.

10:30 a.m. – A deputy conducted a traffic stop in the 1100

mile of 270th Street, Gilmore

City.

1:37 p.m. – A deputy conducted a traffic stop in the

2600 mile of 220th Street,

Humboldt.

2:45 p.m. – A deputy received

a request from a help line to

contact a juvenile on West

Fork Drive, Humboldt.

Jan. 8

7:32 a.m. – A vehicle vs. deer

accident occurred in the 2500

mile of Lincoln Avenue, Humboldt.

8:07 a.m. – A deputy was

dispatched to Twin Rivers Elementary School, Bode.

BY JARED STRONG

Iowa Capital Dispatch

Summit Carbon Solutions has filed a

federal lawsuit against Kossuth County for

its new ordinance that restricts where the

company’s proposed carbon dioxide pipeline system can be located.

It is the fourth lawsuit the company has

brought against Iowa counties that have

sought to impose new restrictions on the

project. Summit argues that those provisions are beyond the authority of the counties because federal regulators are charged

with governing the safety aspects of such

pipelines and the Iowa Utilities Board approves their routes.

Summit seeks to build a pipeline network

that would span more than 2,000 miles in

five states to transport captured carbon dioxide from ethanol plants to North Dakota

for underground storage. It would traverse

about 30 counties in Iowa.

The company’s permit process with the

IUB — which has been ongoing for more

than two years — is in its final throes. Summit says its project would be a boon to ethanol producers by making them eligible for

federal tax credits and by reclassifying their

products as low-carbon fuels.

Opponents of the project worry about

the safety of people and livestock if there is

a catastrophic pipeline breach and the damage to farmland from construction. They

further argue that the project does not

benefit the public sufficiently to merit the

use of eminent domain to force unwilling

landowners to provide easements for the

construction and operation of the pipeline

system on their properties.

Summit has so far been successful with

its litigation against the counties. A federal

judge granted the company permanent injunctions against Shelby and Story counties

that bar them from enforcing their ordinances. Those counties recently appealed

the judge’s decisions, according to federal

court records.

Those ordinances have minimum distances that a carbon dioxide pipeline can be

located near cities, houses and other facilities.

Another lawsuit against Emmet County

is pending.

Kossuth County Supervisors adopted their ordinance last month despite the

judge’s decisions in favor of Summit, with

the expectation that Summit would also file

a lawsuit against them.

The ordinance “is injuring Summit by

preventing it from completing — or even

beginning — the portion of the pipeline

project in Kossuth County,” according to

Summit’s new lawsuit.

The ordinance seeks to limit the safety

risks associated with a system breach by

keeping carbon dioxide pipelines at least

2-1/2 miles away from cities and about a

half mile from houses, schools, medical facilities, animal confinements and certain

public areas.

The county has not yet responded to the

lawsuit in federal court.

Summit is one of three companies that

have proposed carbon dioxide pipelines in

Iowa. It has hit setbacks in North and South

Dakota where utility regulators rejected its

first proposals.

North Dakota is in the process of reconsidering a modified proposal, and Summit

has said it will reapply in South Dakota.

Navigator CO2 had planned a more expansive system in Iowa that would have

transported carbon dioxide to Illinois, but

it abandoned the project in October because of state regulatory processes and potential law changes.

The Iowa House of Representatives approved a bill last year that would restrict

the companies’ ability to use eminent domain to gain land easements until they obtained voluntary easements for 90 percent

of their routes. The Iowa Senate did not

consider the bill, but it could during the

upcoming legislative session, which starts

next week. Summit has voluntary easements for about three-quarters of its 690-

mile route in Iowa.

Wolf Carbon Solutions has a pending

pipeline permit application for a relatively

modest route of about 90 miles in eastern

Iowa. It withdrew its application in Illinois

and said it will reapply this year.

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The winner of this year’s

presidential election could very

well be holding the reins when

it comes time to address Social

Security’s complicated financial

situation.

The program, which millions

of retirees depend on for income

stability, will see benefits cut by

nearly a quarter in 2033 if Congress and the White House haven’t reached agreement before

then.

And while both Democrats

and Republicans say they want

to “save” Social Security, there’s

very little agreement or specifics in their campaign platforms

about how lawmakers should

avoid a reduction in benefits, or

even when negotiations should

begin.

Social Security is one of the

more important topics a political

candidate can talk about, given

that 57 percent of voters said “securing Social Security” was a top

priority for them when Pew Research Center surveyed adults in

2022.

And Social Security recipients

are more likely than many other

age groups to vote.

The longer lawmakers wait

to address the solvency crisis,

the harder it will be to fix the

problem, a frustrating situation

for those who have been talking

about it for years.

“We have to redefine what the

third rail is,” Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said during a

discussion on Social Security last

year. “The third rail, according to

our leading presidential candidates, is that you pretend there’s

nothing wrong with Social Security.”

The third rail, a long-used metaphor for policy areas that politicians don’t want to touch, should

instead be about the consequences of allowing Social Security to

go past that fiscal cliff, triggering

a sharp decrease in benefits and

doubling “the rate of poverty

among the elderly,” Cassidy said.

“That should be the third rail,”

he said. “The conversation has to

change to that.”

Cassidy, the top Republican on

the Health, Education, Labor and

Pensions Committee, criticized

the leading presidential contenders during that April discussion

for not having more detailed,

proactive plans for avoiding a

reduction in Social Security benefits.

“It’s going to require a president to provide leadership in

bringing a bipartisan group together to avoid this 24% cut

that’s scheduled to occur,” Cassidy said.

Little but talking points

Whoever wins the presidential

election in November would hold

the title until at least January

2029, just a few years before the

cliff is set to take effect, absent

action by Congress.

But, neither President Joe

Biden nor any of the top Republican primary contenders have laid

out detailed proposals or gone

beyond talking points.

Dan Adcock, director of government relations and policy at

the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, said during an interview

with States Newsroom that it

“behooves the president to try

to come up with a proposal that

would extend solvency and not

have to wait until the last minute.”

The longer the next president

and Congress put off negotiations about potentially changing

benefits or possibly increasing

revenue, or both, “the effectiveness of those proposals go down

as you get closer to the solvency

day,” Adcock said.

One of the main obstacles

once talks do begin, he said, is

that Democrats and Republicans “seem to be diametrically

opposed to the other side’s solution.”

Then, the politics will come

into play, potentially causing issues for those in the GOP.

“Especially on the Republican

side, there is a growing understanding that proposals to cut

benefits are deeply unpopular,

even amongst their own political base,” Adcock said. “And so

they’re trying to come up with

other ideas to suggest ‘Well, let’s

grow the economy’ and ‘Let’s

drill for oil,’ and ‘Let’s find other sources of revenue.’ But I’m

skeptical that those are really

what you need to extend solvency.”

Polling suggests Americans

would rather see Social Security

taxes increased than have benefits cut. According to those surveyed in December by Gallup,

61% said the federal government

should raise Social Security taxes, while 31% said it should cut

benefits. The remaining people

said they had no opinion.

That trend has existed for

nearly 20 years, according to prior polling from Gallup.

Here’s what the leading contenders for president have said

about addressing Social Security’s financial problems.

Biden

Biden’s latest budget proposal said his administration “is

committed to protecting and

strengthening Social Security

and opposes any attempt to cut

Social Security benefits for current or future recipients.”

“The Administration looks forward to working with the Congress to responsibly strengthen

Social Security by ensuring that

high-income individuals pay their

fair share,” it said.

The budget request, however, didn’t include details about

how Biden wants lawmakers to

address the looming solvency issue with Social Security. And the

White House hasn’t taken steps

to begin serious negotiations

with lawmakers.

The Biden campaign website

has no policy section and no proposals regarding his plans for Social Security. The campaign did

not respond to a request for details.

Trump

During a town hall with Fox

News’ Sean Hannity in early December, former President Donald Trump suggested the United

States should sell more fossil

fuels to address Social Security

finances.

“You don’t have to touch Social Security,” Trump said. “We

have money laying in the ground

far greater than anything we can

do by hurting senior citizens with

their Social Security.”

Trump criticized other GOP

presidential candidates for suggesting that the United States

should increase the eligibility age

for Social Security, saying that

raising it to 75 would lead to people being “devastated.”

The Trump campaign’s website does have a policy section

but doesn’t include any proposals

for Social Security. The campaign

did not respond to a request asking for information about what

he would do if elected.

Haley

In a September speech laying

out her economic proposals, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki

Haley said she promised to “protect those receiving Social Security and Medicare.”

“We’ll keep these programs the

same for anyone who’s in their

40s, 50s, 60s, or older, period,”

Haley said. “And we’ll preserve

Social Security and Medicare for

the next generation.”

Haley said she would change

the eligibility age “for younger

people who are just entering the

system” and that she planned to

“limit benefits for wealthy people.”

“I recognize that Social Security and Medicare are the last

thing the political class wants to

talk about. Well, I just did,” Haley

said. “Any candidate who refuses

to address them should be disqualified.”

Haley’s campaign website

doesn’t include any proposals

about Social Security and the

campaign didn’t return a request

for details about whether one exists or what it might propose.

DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis indicated during an interview on

Fox News that he doesn’t support

changing Social Security benefits

for current retirees, though he

would be open to altering how

the program works for younger

people.

“I’m a governor of Florida; of

course we’re going to protect

people’s Social Security,” DeSantis said. “My grandma passed

away when she was 91. That was

her sole source of income. That’s

true for millions of seniors. So

that goes without saying.”

It would be a “much different

thing” to talk “about making

changes for people in their 30s

or 40s so that the program is viable,” DeSantis said.

“And that’s something that I

think there’s going to need to be

discussions on,” he said.

DeSantis’ campaign website

doesn’t include any policy proposals for Social Security.

Christie

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris

Christie said during the GOP

debate in November that the

biggest factors affecting Social

Security are eligibility for the

program, the age when people

can begin collecting either partial

or full benefits and taxes.

Christie said Americans are already “overtaxed” and ruled out

that change. On eligibility, he said

that wealthy people shouldn’t be

able to collect Social Security,

but didn’t list a threshold for cutting off access to the program for

those with high incomes.

Christie declined to go into

specifics about raising the eligibility age, but said his 30-year-old

son should be able to adjust his

retirement savings if the federal

government were to increase the

age when Americans can begin

collecting either partial or full

Social Security benefits.

“We have to deal with this

problem,” Christie said, suggesting an increase to the eligibility

age by a “few years” for people in

their 30s and 40s.

“I have a son who’s in the audience tonight who’s 30 years old,”

Christie said. “If he can’t adjust

to a few years increase in the Social Security retirement age over

the next 40 years, I’ve got bigger

problems with him than his Social Security payments.”

Christie’s campaign website

doesn’t include any policy proposals or details about how he

would address Social Security’s

future if elected president.

Ramaswamy

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has said during debates

and on the campaign trail that he

doesn’t want to see any cuts to

Social Security for retirees, but

he hasn’t released a proposal for

how to avoid the reduction in

benefits that will take effect in a

decade if the government doesn’t

address the program’s financial

situation.

“So this is really important

right now,” he said in response

to a question about Social Security during the November debate.

“We’re working within the last

window, I believe we will have

to actually fix this problem while

still leaving Social Security and

Medicare benefits for current seniors intact.”

He said preserving Social Security could be achieved with

proposals that are highly unlikely

to ever move through Congress,

including reducing the number of

federal employees by 75 percent.

He also proposed eliminating

military assistance and foreign

aid.

“I believe this is our last best

window to be able to take care

of our national debt problem

through those severe measures,

including sacrificing the foreign

wars that many bloodthirsty

members of both parties have a

hunger for,” he said.

Ramaswamy’s campaign website doesn’t have any proposals

addressing Social Security’s solvency.

Presidential candidates largely mum about

details on how to ‘save’ Social Security

While both Democrats and Republicans say they want to “save” Social Security, there’s very little

agreement or specifics in their campaign platforms about how lawmakers should avoid a reduction

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As a new year begins, the staff at Wolfe Family

Vision Center of Humboldt would like to update

Humboldt and its surrounding areas on all they

have to offer the community.

First off, they remind patients of the importance

of prioritizing your eye health. Early detection and

timely treatment of eye disease are crucial to saving your vision and keeping your eyes healthy. To

prevent eye disease, it’s important to schedule annual eye exams for children as well as adults.

Dr. Shanna Studer at the Wolfe Family Vision

Center of Humboldt is happy to provide comprehensive eye care for the entire family as she regularly sees patients of all ages. She specializes in

managing various ocular diseases such as cataracts

and macular degeneration and is equipped to perform testing to properly manage glaucoma. She

also works closely with local physicians to ensure

patients’ medical conditions such as diabetes are

under proper control. She also works closely with

the Wolfe Surgery Centers to provide pre- and

post-operative care for ocular surgeries such as

cataract surgery and LASIK.

In addition, the clinic is proud to stay up on

the most current lens designs and technologies as

well as the newest contact lens options to properly meet their patients’ varying needs. They have

worked diligently to bring in quality and stylish

frames for their patients to choose from.

A few of their frame and sunglass vendors include: Tom Ford, Maui Jim, Vera Wang, Ray Ban,

Oakley, Eddie Bauer and many more.

The Vision Center can provide quality eyeglasses for any budget and always offers 30 percent off

kids glasses and specialty discounts for those who

purchase without insurance.

Studer says the Family Vision Center continues

to be in network with all major medical insurances and is authorized to provide community care to

those associated with veterans affairs. Additionally, Wolfe Family Vision Center is contracted with

Avesis and Eyemed vision plans and most likely

will be adding more vision plans in the future. Patients are always welcome to call and inquire about

insurances the Center is in network with.

“By keeping your world in proper focus and investing in your well-being, you will be able to reap

the benefits of a lifetime of clear vision,” Dr. Studer said.

“We encourage the community to stop in and

take advantage of our special promotions and

door-prizes only offered during our anniversary

week, Jan. 15-18.

“See all that we have to offer so we can help you

envision the future more clearly,” the doctor of optometry said.

Wolfe Family Vision Center

celebrates one-year anniversary

The Wolfe Family Vision Center of Humboldt is celebrating its one-year anniversary with special

promotions and door prizes next week. Pictured from left to right are staff members: Michelle

Sandven, Shanna Studer, O.D., Kerry Parsons and Dani Fischer. Humboldt Independent photo.

Recently, about 80 people

attended a Pollinator Party

at the Humboldt County Historical Museum. The program

was sponsored by the Humboldt Soil and Water Conservation District, the Humboldt

County Historical Museum,

and the Oakdale Chapter

Izaak Walton League. The

Humboldt SWCD is offering

a follow-up program for those

interested in providing a habitat for pollinators.

Sarah Nizzi with the Xerces Society will walk attendees

through the steps of how to

install and manage diverse

native habitat for pollinators

and other wildlife. Nizzi will

also discuss native plant selection, native seed vendors,

site preparation, seeding and

more! Options for technical

and financial assistance will

also be provided.

Nizzi is originally from

Central Iowa and is a graduate from Drake University

with a Bachelor of Science in

environmental science. Her

specialties include habitat installation and management,

native plant identification,

diverse native seed mixes and

public speaking.

Nizzi has been with the

Xerces Society for over five

years. She covers all of Iowa,

providing assistance to farmers and landowners interested in pollinator conservation.

She is also instrumental in

assisting Iowa Natural Resource Conservation Services

(NRCS) in shaping state specifications and standards for

pollinators and beneficial insects and training NRCS and

partner staff is the core of her

NRCS work. In her free time,

she enjoys recreating outdoors and volunteering.

This program will be held

on Jan. 31, 2024, from 1:00

-3:00 pm at the Humboldt ISU

Extension Office, 727 Sumner

Ave., Humboldt, IA

Please register by Jan. 17,

2024 at: https://bit.ly/PollinatorPlot or call the Humboldt

Soil and Water Conservation

District Office at 515-332-3337

ext. 3.

In case of inclement of

weather, a snow date has

been scheduled for February

7. Please watch the Facebook

page at “Humboldt Soil and

Water Conservation District”

for updates.

Supporting Pollinators: How

to implement and manage

habitat is topic on Jan. 31

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By PHIL MONSON

Caden Matson continues to

make a name for himself on the

Iowa State Cyclone football

team.

Matson, a 2022 Humboldt

High School graduate who

recently completed his second year in the program after

starting out as a regular walkon, was recently named Scout

Team Player of the Year on defense.

The award speaks volumes

for the six-foot, 205-pound

Matson, who is a reserve safety and also played on special

teams this past season for the

Cyclones, who were 7-6 overall

after falling 36-26 to Memphis

in the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 29

in Memphis.

Heady stuff for a talented

Humboldt High standout who

wasn’t even sure he had a spot

on the team back in August of

2022.

“It’s an honor to be recognized like that by my teamCaden Matson

earns ISU

defensive honor

Red-shirt

freshman starter

on special teams

Humboldt’s Caden Matson, a red-shirt freshman on the Iowa

State University football team, was named the Scout Team

Defense Player of the Year at the team’s banquet last month.

Matson also saw action on special teams. Submitted photo.

Humboldt’s Nathan Klocke continues to make gains for the Fort Dodge

High boys’ swim team.

Last week Klocke competed in four

events for the Dodgers in their 87-80

home loss on Jan. 4.

Klocke swam the third leg of the

third-place varsity 200-yard medley relay which timed 2:17.15. Klocke placed

sixth in the varsity 100-yard freestyle

with a time of 1:08.76.

In the 200-yard freestyle relay,

Klocke swam the opening leg of the

fourth-place unit which timed 2:06.60.

In the varsity 100-yard breaststroke,

Klocke placed sixth in 1:44.36.

The Dodgers travel to Ames on

Thursday, Jan. 11. They will host the

Garst Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 13,

at 10 a.m.

Humboldt High junior Nathan Klocke shown here competing for the Fort Dodge High boys’ swim team in their recent home

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Klocke competing for FD swimmers

mates and my coaches. It’s nice

to know that all the little things

you do don’t go unnoticed. It’s

nice to know that all of my hard

work is starting to pay off a little bit,” Matson said.

Matson isn’t trying to bite

off too much too soon as he

attempts to find a defensive

safety position on an NCAA

Division I-A football team.

He’s willing to pay his dues and

work his way up the ladder via

special teams.

“I’m at the safety position

but my primary focus is special teams. That’s where I have

the most potential to play right

now,” Matson said. “Luckily, I

was able to start the last two

games of the season on special

teams punt return unit against

Kansas State and Memphis.

That was cool. That was super

cool.”

During the 2023 season Matson was able to dress for all

of the Cyclones’ home games.

The road games he traveled

with the team were at Ohio,

Brigham Young University

(Provo, UT) and Memphis

(Liberty Bowl).

“One of the big things about

traveling which I thought was

really cool is that you get to see

different parts of the country.

Seeing the mountains out west

for the BYU game…they were

just beautiful. It was just gorgeous,” Matson said.

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All year round, 365 days a

year, Humboldt junior guard

Morgan Mann finds time to

shoot the basketball and work

on her ball handling.

Mann’s commitment to

the game was evidenced last

week when she reached the

1,000-point career scoring

mark in Humboldt’s 37-33

non-conference victory over

Belmond-Klemme on Jan. 4 in

the Humboldt gym.

Mann entered the contest

with 999 points. A free throw

in the first quarter was all she

needed to reach 1,000. She finished the night with 10 points

and becomes the second player

in 5-player school history to top

1,000 points. Former Wildcat

Avery Terwilliger is the leader

with 1,124 points.

“It feels pretty good. Ever

since I was little, I wanted to

drop 1,000 points. Going into

the season my focus was making plays for my teammates

and just focusing on getting

the wins every night. Doing everything I can to help my teammates. That was my big goal

this year,” Mann said.

Mann, a three-year starter, directs the offense for the

Wildcats and has steadily improved her game during that

stretch.

“I’ve improved my game a

lot. I’ve been getting into the

gym and shooting a lot. Doing defensive work. I’ve improved my skills. I feel more

comfortable with the ball as a

second-year point guard with

my ball handling and passing,”

Mann said.

“Yeah, I’m in gym just about

every single day for a couple

of hours getting up shots and

working on game-like speed

and situations,” Mann said. “I

like driving inside and challenging the defense and I like

to kick the ball out or drop

back and take an outside shot. I

want to have different things in

my bag to use. I don’t want to

be a one-trick pony.”

Ava Fischer led Humboldt

with 15 points. She sank a pair

of 3-pointers in the final minute to put the game out of

reach for the Broncos. Kaitlyn

Nelson totaled six while Paige

Nelson had three, Meg Zweibohmer two and Reagan Lee

added one.

B-K, 3-7 overall, was led by

Adasyn Lamb with 17 points.

Quinn Gabrielson followed

with 10.

Humboldt led 15-14 at halftime and held a 27-24 advantage after three quarters.

“This was a great game for

us to play coming off the break.

They are a tall and athletic

Humboldt’s Morgan Mann

tops 1,000 career points mark

Humboldt tops

Broncos, Lynx,

go to 9-3 overall

Humboldt junior point

guard Morgan Mann

topped the 1,000 point

career scoring mark last

week in the Wildcats’

home victory over

Belmond-Klemme on

Jan. 4, placing her second

overall in five-player

basketball. In the photo

at left, she is shown here

slashing past a Webster

City defender for two of

her 31 points she scored

on Jan. 5 in the Humboldt

gym. Independent photo. To buy these photos

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team, the teams that we have

trouble with. We had to do a

good job and concentrate down

the stretch and work for good

shots. We had to work hard to

force them to play at our pace,”

Humboldt coach Rodd Mooney

said.

“For about a five-minute

stretch we were able to force

them to play at our tempo and

we were able to get a little bit

of a lead established. Ava Fischer hit two huge threes at the

end,” Mooney said.

“Morgan is a machine. She

just keeps going and going. She

gets beat up every night but she

gets back up and keeps going,”

Mooney said. “She’s relentless offensively. It shows how

tough she is. She has a lot of

teammates helping her get into

positive situations.”

“Reaching 1,000 points

shows how hard she works and

how much time she puts into

it. Good basketball players are

made with hard work,” Mooney

said.

“I feel like we have a really

good team this year. We’re doing great. We’re all connecting

really well, which is awesome.

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Humboldt High senior Sophia Harris pins her opponent on the mat during the Michelle Jensen Memorial wrestling tournament

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Gaige Allen 2nd

for Humboldt

Gaige Allen finished runner-up at 190 pounds to lead

the Humboldt boys’ wrestling

team to a fifth-place finish at

the Rollin Dyer Invitational

tournament in Atlantic last

Saturday, Jan. 6.

Allen (19-1) suffered his first

loss of the season in the finals,

where he lost by fall to Cade Ziola of Omaha Skutt Catholic in

the finals.

Landon Halverson (7-1)

placed third at 175 pounds.

Cyler Cirks (19-7) took third

at 132 and Jaxson Kirchhoff

(20-9) was third at 144 for the

Wildcats.

Tyce Clarken (21-4) finished

fourth at 126. Broedy Hendricks (23-2) was fifth at 165.

Brady Beers (17-10) placed

sixth at 138. Aden Prenger (16-

11) was eighth at 113, as was

Ethan Kunert (11-15) at 215.

Other Wildcats who competed on the day include Sam

Knight (18-7) at 106 pounds,

Zayn Feaster (11-8) at 150 and

Trey Al-Hameed (14-11) at 157.

“What a tough tournament.

I couldn’t tell you how many

brackets were so difficult to

seed based on the number of

state placewinners, state qualifiers and overall winning records,” Humboldt coach Chad

Beaman said. “There were at

Coyle runner-up

for HHS at Osage

Led by Rylee Coyle’s runner-up finish at 235, the Humboldt girls’ wrestling team

Brooklyn Robinson placed

runner-up at 235 pounds to

lead the Humboldt girls’ wrestling team at the Ogden tournament last Saturday, Jan. 6.

Robinson, 23-5 on the season, was 2-1 on the day before

falling in the finals to Spencer’s

defending state champ Olivia

Huckfelt by fall.

Humboldt was ninth in

the team scoring of the meet,

which had 25 schools on hand.

Claire Weydert was third at

130 pounds to improve her record to 27-11. Danica Diedrick

was fourth at 170 to improve to

25-12. Elsie Hubbell (20-19) finished eighth at 155. Sophia Harris also placed eighth at 110 as

she moved to 23-8 on the year.

Also competing for the Wildcats but not placing was Claire

Dieleman (14-18) at 105, Gracey May (11-19) at 115, Laina

Dettmann (19-15) at 120, Gracie Lyon (11-16) at 125, Brooklyn Kunert (6-10) at 135, Ella

Olson (19-11) at 145 and Kennedy Robinson (7-22) at 190.

In the junior varsity portion

of the meet, Sophia Boeck was

runner-up at 100 pounds and

Emilie Schriber second at 130.

“We continue to learn every

time we set foot on the mat.

There were matches that we

learned a lot about who we are

as wrestlers with a lot of heart

and determination,” Wildcat

coach Andy Newell said.

“Brooklyn Robinson was

able to beat a wrestler that

beat her earlier this season and

did so within a minute. The

first-year wrestlers are making

progress and as we continue to

see tough competition, we will

learn and grow as wrestlers,”

Newell said.

Humboldt’s meet at LeMars on Jan. 8 was called off

due to finals week. Humboldt

will compete in the Waukee

Northwest Duals on Saturday,

Humboldt’s Trey Al-Hameed (right) lifts the leg of his opponent for a takedown in their middleweight bout last month in the Humboldt gym. Al-Hameed and the Wildcats will compete in the

Osage Duals on Saturday, Jan. 13. Independent photo.

Brooklyn Robinson 2nd at Ogden Invitational

Jan. 13, starting at 9 a.m. Humboldt will host Eagle Grove on

Monday, Jan. 15. The meet will

also include Southeast Polk.

The North Central Conference

meet is Friday, Jan. 19, 6 p.m. at

Clear Lake.

Team scoring at Ogden, top 15

Ankeny 236.5. Osage 180. Spencer

173. Algona 125. LeMars 116. Dallas

Center-Grimes 100. South Tama County

89. Gilbert 82. Humboldt 81. Ridge View

78. West Des Moines Valley 78. Colfax-Mingo 74. Newton 71. Manson-NW

59. Nevada 50.

placed eighth at the Osage

tournament on Jan. 2.

Cedar Falls won the 20-team

tournament with 201 points.

Coyle, a senior, who is 6-2

on the season coming off major

knee surgery last year, won her

first two matches by first period fall before bowing out in the

finals by injury default in 1:54

to Emma Schipper (23-6) of

Osage.

Coyle suffered a shoulder injury and her status for the rest

of the season is in doubt.

Humboldt got fourth-place

finishes from Sophia Harris at

110 pounds and Danica Diedrick at 170. Ella Olson at 145

and Claire Weydert at 130 both

placed sixth. Laina Dettmann

was eighth at 120.

“We finished eighth in a

tough tournament without

having a full lineup. We have

had girls out with illness and

the holiday vacations are still

going on,” Humboldt coach

Andy Newell said.

“We went out and competed

every time we were called to

the mat. We are learning from

previous mistakes and were

able to capitalize on our opponents’ mistakes,” Newell said.

Humboldt High senior Evan Hatcher drives inside for an eventual basket in the Wildcats’ 83-58

victory over Webster City on Jan. 5 in the Humboldt gym. Independent photo by Phil Monson.

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Humboldt’s junior varsity

boys’ basketball team had little

trouble in beating the Webster

City Lynx last Friday nignt

(Jan. 5) in the Humboldt gym,

rolling to a 72-48 victory.

Humboldt, 8-0 on the season,

was led by Isaiah Busick with 16

points. Jackson Flaherty had 14

and Chase Flaherty made 10,

along with Jackson Dodd. Karson Rubel finished with nine,

Carson Sleiter five, Valley Davis with five and Alex Armitage

with three.

“We pulled away in the

fourth quarter by playing

good half-court defense and

took care of the ball. We also

hit some outside shots. It was

a good way for us to start the

new year,” HHS coach Scott

Birdsell said.

Before the Christmas break,

Humboldt whipped Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, 65-25 back

on Dec. 19 in Humboldt.

Jackson Flaherty and Joel

Thurm each had nine points

for the Wildcats. Dodd and

Armitage netted eight apiece

while Sleiter and Rubel each

had five. Owen Heider made

four and Zach Theesfeld three.

Scoring two each was Busick,

Davis and Landyn Dencklau.

Wildcat JV boys in

72-48 romp over Webster City

HHS to 7-2 overall

Evan Hatcher scored 23

points and grabbed 14 rebounds

to lead a balanced scoring effort by the Humboldt boys’

basketball team in their 83-58

victory over the Webster City

Lynx last Friday night (Jan. 5)

in the Humboldt gym.

Hatcher also handed out six

assists and made three steals

for Humboldt, which improved

to 7-2 overall, 4-1 in the North

Central Conference.

Junior guard Coen Matson

supplied 20 points, Elliot Carlson had 14 points and Corey

Dettmann finished with 13 for

Humboldt, which led 41-24

at halftime, 60-37 after three

quarters of play.

The Lynx (1-6, 1-3) were led

by Briar Klaver with 21 points.

Braden Doering added 16. Webster City battled the Wildcats

early on as the score stood at

16-16 after the first quarter.

Humboldt proceeded to outscore the Lynx 25-8 in the second quarter and never let up.

“Webster City came out and

defended us pretty well and

they were making shots. They

made shots a little bit better than I expected them to,”

Wildcats overcome slow

start, roll past Lynx, 83-58

Humboldt coach Jason Thurm

said. “Some of those they took

in the second half surprised me

but they stepped up with confidence and hit those.”

“Defensively we were pretty

consistent all night long. We

are trying to tweak some things

and you could see tonight it’s

not going to come all at once.

For a first time out I thought

our kids were excellent with it.

A lot of it is a matter of getting

used to what we are trying to

do out there. I feel like we getting better and better,” Thurm

said.

“Offensively I’m happy with

the pace we displayed. I could

really see it towards the end

where we warmed up. If we

are in that attack mindset, and

even from a halfcourt standpoint, we are catching and attacking and not stopping with

the ball. It wears opposing

teams out and I think you saw

that tonight,” Thurm said.

Carlson and Dettmann both

hit 3-point baskets to begin the

second quarter and ignite the

Wildcat flurry. Carlson sank a

3-pointer to begin the second

half and Hatcher drained a

3-pointer from the key to make

it 47-26 1:10 into the third.

Humboldt’s defense turned

up the heat and created numerous steals which turned into

layups as the Wildcats led 60-

WC at Humboldt

WC 16 8 13 21 ...58

Humboldt 16 25 19 23 ...83

HHS FG FT F TP

Coen Matson 7-16 3-3 1 20

Corey Dettmann 5-7 1-2 3 13

Elliot Carlson 6-17 0-0 1 14

Mason Van Pelt 1-4 0-1 3 2

Evan Hatcher 10-17 0-0 1 23

Carson Sleiter 1-2 0-0 0 2

Carson Arndt 0-0 0-0 0 0

Jackson Dodd 0-0 0-0 0 0

Riley Sorensen 3-4 0-0 0 6

Peyton Van Pelt 0-0 0-0 0 0

Cameron Hoag 1-2 0-0 1 3

HHS totals ...... 34-69 4-6 10 83

WC ....................... 23 3-5 12 58

3-pt goals: WC 9. HU 11-25 (Hatcher 3-4.

Matson 3-8. Dettmann 2-3. Carlson 2-7.

Hoag 1-1. Sleiter 0-1. Sorensen 0-1). Rebounds: HU 44 (Hatcher 14. Carlson 5.

Matson 5. Dettmann 4. Sleiter 4. Van Pelt

3. Sorensen 1. Hoag 1. Assists: Hatcher 6.

Matson 5. Carlson 4. Van Pelt 2. Sleiter 1.

Sorensen 1. Steals: Sorensen 3. Hatcher

3. Matson 2. Van Pelt 1. Blocks: Hatcher 1.

Turnovers: HU 11.

NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE

BOYS STANDINGS

Conf All

Hampton-Dumont-CAL ..........4-0 6-1

Clear Lake .............................4-0 9-0

Humboldt ...............................4-1 7-2

Fort Dodge St. Edmond .........3-3 4-5

Iowa Falls-Alden ....................2-3 4-6

Algona ...................................1-3 5-4

Webster City ..........................1-3 1-6

&ODULRQ*ROGÀHOG'RZV..........0-6 2-6

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LUCKY STRIKERS Jan. 4

Won Lost

6LVWHU·V+RPHVW\\OH .......... 267.5 192.5

Red Power ......................... 286 194

Team Duck!........................ 250 230

Nuts Landing ..................... 247 233

Out of The Blue ................. 227 253

Ricke Trucking ................... 218 252

Jensen Excavating ......... 206.5 273.5

Little Love Photography ..... 198 282

High game: Cathy Ohnemus 191. Jamie Kirchhoff 191. High series: Amber

Goodell 496.

IVY League Ivy 2

Won Lost

Schumacher Well Drilling .. 325 215

Sturtz Racing ................. 302.5 237.5

Sundance Coin .................. 291 249

Sweetwater Spirits ............. 288 252

PureRomance by Diane . 271.5 268.5

Team 6 ............................... 142 398

High game: Terese Culbertson 203.

High series: Culbertson 550.

FOUR LINER Jan. 5

Won Lost

Speedy Dump ................. 336.5 203.5

Dream Carriage Rides ....... 275 265

Alley Cats .......................... 273 267

Lady Bowlers ..................... 263 277

Over the Hill Gang .......... 249.5 2904.5

Sundance Coin .................. 223 317

High game: Rachel Boots 202. High

series: Boots 532

Humboldt bowling league results

Wildcat boys 5th at

Atlantic Invitational

least three or four weight classes that we had to seed all the

way out to 14 wrestlers.”

“Sam Knight’s bracket of

14 wrestlers all had winning

records and he finished one

match out of placing. Aden

Prenger was seeded 11th and

he places. Brady Beers was in

a bracket with 11 winning records and nine state qualifiers

and he battled to place sixth,”

Breaman said.

“Broedy Hendricks’ bracket had six state placewinners,

three number one ranked wrestlers, two Fargo All-Americans

and he fought to fifth-place. I

can recall, ever, a tournament

of this size having this type

of quality wrestling at each

weight class,” Beaman said.

“In all, we brought 12 and

placed nine. It allowed us the

opportunity to evaluate where

we have to get better in small

technique and tactical positions in a very tough and competitive environment. We were

missing a few weight classes

but overall, our athletes competed very well,” Beaman said.

“We still have to know where

we are out in our matches, like

score, tactical positions and

number of warnings. We have

to open up and not put matches in the hands of an official or

close call. We will get there,”

Beaman said.

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37 going into the fourth quarter.

Humboldt will travel to Clear

Lake to face the Lions in a key

conference clash. Clear Lake

is unbeaten and ranked No. 1

in the newest Class 3A state

rankings. Humboldt hosts Iowa

Falls-Alden on Tuesday, Jan. 16,

and visits Fort Dodge St. Edmond on Friday, Jan. 19.

“It won’t get any easier here

on out. We have a tough matchup with South Central Calhoun

on Tuesday (Jan. 9) and Clear

Lake will be a tough game as

well. Nobody has beaten them

yet this season and going into

the season I thought they would

be one of the toughest teams

in this part of the state. So far

they have shown that and we

are excited to get out there and

see where we stack up against

them,” Thurm said.

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sports updates online at www.

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Humboldt’s Kate Sievers drives past a defender in the second half

of the Wildcats’ homecourt victory over Webster City on Jan. 5 in

the Humboldt gym. Independent photo.

Kate Sievers scored seven

points and Ava Newton and

Jada VanDeWalle each had six

to lead Humboldt’s junior varsity girls’ basketball team to a

27-20 victory over the Webster

City Lynx on Jan. 5 in the Humboldt gym.

The Wildcats, 8-4 overall and

4-1 in conference play, also had

Abby Armitage and Payton Elman with four each.

“We had a tough time on the

offensive end in the first half.

We made too many careless

and unforced turnovers and

seemed a little disjointed as a

group,” HHS coach Spencer

Ross said.

“But the girls were able to

get back on the same page in

the second half and did a much

better job of executing our offenses. This led to fewer turnovers and more of the types of

shots that we are looking for.

This, coupled with our defensive effort, allowed us to go on

a 17-2 run to end the game,”

Ross said.

“Once again, we did a nice

job through the final four minutes of understanding time and

score situations. We were making all of the right decisions to

go win the game,” Ross said.

Humboldt returned from

the holiday break by beating

Belmond-Klemme, 31-23 in

non-conference play in Humboldt on Jan. 4. Abby Armitage

scored nine points to pace the

Wildcats.

“We had a good series of

practices over winter break,

Wildcat

JV girls in

7-point

victory

over Lynx

but we were all glad to be back

out there playing in a real

game. I thought the girls did

a great job of adjusting as the

game went on,” Ross said.

“We struggled to clear our

defensive rebounds in the first

half, which made it hard for

us to get out and play in transition like we prefer. In the

second half, the girls executed

better on both ends of the floor

and we were able to claw out a

win,” Ross said.

“The main focus of our practices over break was end of

game situations and playing attention to the time and score.

I thought we did a wonderful

job in the last two and a half

minutes of understanding how

to play with a small lead and

be able to close the game out,”

Ross said.

“We made a lot of winning

plays and knocked down some

big free throws to close it out.

As a coach, there is little that

makes me happier than when

drills and discussions translate

to the court on game night,”

Ross said.

Humboldt will be off until

Jan. 4 when the Wildcats host

Belmond-Klemme. Webster

City visits Humboldt on Jan. 5.

HHS vs. B-K

Points: Abby Armitage 9. Payton Elman 8 Kiera Anderson 6. Ava

Newton 4. Gracie Johnson 3. Kate

Sievers 1.

Rebounds: Armitage 7. Newton

6. Anderson 5. Elman 4. Sievers 2.

HHS vs. WC

Points: Kate Sievers 7. Ava Newton 6. Jada VanDeWalle 6. Abby Armitage 4. Payton Elman 4.

Rebounds: Ava Newton 10. Payton Elman 6. Abby Armitage 4. Kate

Sievers 3. Jada VanDeWalle 2. Emi

Frideres 1. Gracie Johnson 1.

Steals: Sievers 5. Armitage 4. Elman 4. Newton 2. VanDeWalle 1.

Humboldt’s Carson Sleiter

drives against Webster City on

Jan. 5 in the Humboldt gym.

love being a part of it,” Mann

said.

HHS 77, WC 55

Mann scored 31 points, Ava

Fischer had 19 and Paige Nelson 11 to lead Humboldt to

a 77-55 conference win over

Webster City on Jan. 5 in Humboldt.

The Wildcats, 9-3 overall, 5-1

in the NCC, also had Kaitlyn

Nelson with six points, Meg

Zweibohmer with five, two

each from Aries Packard and

Madeline Kaufman and one

from Reagan Lee.

Webster City (0-11, 0-6) was

led by Marissa Hedeen with 13

and Alivia Burns with 12.

The Lynx tried to keep pace

with the Wildcats but Humboldt’s style was just too much

as the Wildcats opened with a

29-10 first quarter lead and expanded it to 50-32 at halftime.

Humboldt led 63-41 going into

the final quarter.

Webster City made no effort to try and slow the game

down and the Wildcats followed suit, putting up points

quickly. In the fourth quarter.

Zweibohmer sank a free throw

and Mann collected a steal converted it into a layup. Fischer

drained two straight 3-point

baskets to make it 75-50 HHS

with 2:15 to play.

“They wanted to play a fast

tempo game with us and that’s

fine with us. The more we can

play in transition and make

teams take bad shots, I feel like

it’s in our best interests. We’re

happy to play fast like that,”

Mooney said.

“Paige Nelson did a really

good job of setting the tone for

us defensively. At one point Ava

Fischer knocked down three or

four threes in a row for us behind all of that and then Morgan got going,” Mooney said.

“When you get that kind of

balance on your scoresheet, it’s

nice to see. Reagan Lee did a

really good job rebounding for

us. She pulled down a lot of

balls and created extra shots.

I really liked the way the girls

distributed the ball tonight,”

Mooney said.

Humboldt travels to Clear

Lake on Friday, Jan. 12, for a

key conference matchup with

the Lions. HHS hosts Iowa

Falls-Alden on Jan. 16. The

Wildcats visit Fort Dodge St.

Edmond on Jan. 19.

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B-K at Humboldt

Belmond-Klemme 8 6 10 9 ...33

Humboldt 12 3 12 10 ...37

HHS FG FT F TP

Paige Nelson 1-7 0-3 2 3

Kaitlyn Nelson 2-7 0-0 2 6

Morgan Mann 3-14 3-8 2 10

Reagan Lee 0-3 1-4 2 1

Ava Fischer 5-15 2-2 2 15

Meg Zweibohmer 1-4 0-0 2 2

Tielyr Smith 0-0 0-0 1 0

HHS totals ...... 12-50 6-17 13 37

3-pt goals: HU 7-29 (Fischer 3-10. K.

Nelson 2-7. P. Nelson 1-5. Mann 1-3. Lee

0-1. Zweibohmer 0-3). Rebounds: HU

20 (Mann 8. Lee 7. Fischer 7. P.Nelson

2. Zweibohmer 2. Smith 2). Assists: K.

Nelson 3. Mann 3. Lee 1. Zweibohmer 1.

Smith 1. Steals: Mann 3. P. Nelson 2. Zweibohmer 2. Fischer 1. Lee 1. K. Nelson 1.

Turnovers: HU 9.

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GIRLS STANDINGS

Conf All

Algona ...................................6-0 8-3

Humboldt ...............................5-1 9-3

Clear Lake .............................5-1 6-4

Hampton-Dumont-CAL ..........3-3 4-6

Iowa Falls-Alden ....................2-4 3-8

Fort Dodge St. Edmond .........2-4 2-7

&ODULRQ*ROGÀHOG'RZV..........1-5 1-7

Webster City ..........................0-6 0-11

[Girls BB CONTINUED FROM B FRONT ] “Everyone on the team now

has a win and the addition of

the JV brackets helped girls see

success, which is so important to their development as

wrestlers,” Newell said. “Mia

Schluter was able to win the JV

145 bracket and Emilie Schriber was about to finish fourth in

the JV 135 bracket.”

“Everyone was able to have

success on the mat,” Newell

said.

Humboldt’s Claire Dieleman was 1-2 at 105 pounds

while Lily Allison (6-14) was

1-2 at 105. Harris was 3-2 at 110

as she improved to 22-6 on the

season.

Gracey May (11-7) was 2-2 at

115 pounds. Dettmann was 2-3

at 120 in moving to 19-13 on the

season. Weydert, 23-10 on the

season, was 2-3 at 130.

Ella Olson (18-11) went 2-3

[Girls WR CONTINUED FROM 2B ]

“We had three wrestlers that

suffered their first losses of the

season and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. We are going to

learn a heck of a lot more from

our losses than our wins and it

is important that we are ready

here in a short period of time,”

Beaman said.

“The season is creeping up

on us. We only have 13 practices left until regional duals and

23 left until the state tournament,” Beaman said.

Humboldt will travel to

Webster City on Thursday, Jan.

11, to tangle with the Lynx and

Iowa Falls-Alden in a conference triangular. Humboldt will

compete in the Osage Duals on

Saturday, Jan. 13. Next week

Humboldt hosts Eagle Grove

on Jan. 18. The conference

tournament in Jan. 20 at Clear

Lake.

Look for daily news and

sports updates online at www.

humboldtnews.com.

TEAM SCORING

Bondurant-Farrar 214. Omaha Skutt Catholic 212.5. Sergeant

Bluff-Luton 169.5. Blair 144. Humboldt 134.5. Atlantic 126.5. Underwood 105.5. Carroll 105. Central

DeWitt 99.5. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 74.5. Alta-Aurelia 72.

Greene County 58. Interstate 35

57.5. Denison-Schleswig 50. Glenwood 49. Red Oak 44. AHSTW 36.

Audubon 17.

Humboldt boys

4-1 in NCC

Humboldt’s varsity boys’

wrestling team didn’t miss a

beat coming off the Christmas

break.

The Wildcats traveled to

Clear Lake on Jan 4 and rolled

to a trio of victories to improve

to 8-1 overall, 4-1 in the North

Central Conference.

Humboldt whipped league

foes Clarion-Goldfield-Dows

(59-18) and Clear Lake (57-15)

and also throttled non-conference foe Roland-Story (54-19).

In the other bouts, Clear Lake

edged CGD 34-33 and topped

Roland-Story 40-36. CGD was

a 45-33 winner over R-S.

While his team won handily, Wildcat veteran head coach

Chad Beaman says there’s

plenty of room for improvement.

“This is going to start off

sounding negative and I have

to remind myself every year

that the team is going to be

a little rusty coming out of

break,” Humboldt head coach

Chad Beaman said. “It’s pretty

noticeable right after a break

who put in the work. I have

great coaches that remind me

that we will get them going

again and some of those guys

needed that time away.”

“I didn’t feel like we looked

like ourselves that first round.

While the score looks great, we

had a lot of individual performances where we were a little

sloppy and we made mistakes

as a result,” Beaman said. “We

need to do a better job with

match strategy, fully understanding our strengths and

that falls on me.”

Humboldt’s Jonny Hayden (top) broke down his opponent for an eventual victory in a bout last

month in the Humboldt gym. Independent photo.

Wildcat matmen

crush CGD, Lions

“I did, however, believe we

got better every round. Some

of those dual scores looked a

little lopsided but there were

a lot of dog fights in there and

we had to scrap to make them

lopsided,” Beaman said.

“Our young guys keep making jumps. Our freshmen aren’t

wrestling like typical freshmen. It’s tough to grind out

those close matches but Jaxson

Kirchhoff keeps putting himself in positions to win. Broedy

Hendricks had a very challenging night. He faced a returning

state placewinner, a returning

state qualifier and another

talented sophomore. He came

away with a decision, a major

decision and a fall. Those guys

are veterans and continue to

wrestle like it,” Beaman said.

“I like our dual and team

mentality. Our kids just buy

into when we bounce or move

guys around without question,” Beaman said.

Humboldt was bolstered by

the return of Landon Halverson, coming off a shoulder

injury last summer, and sophomore Jack Guy, a football lineman who is competing at 285.

“It’s great to have some guys

back in the lineup competing.

Landon Halverson is back and

popped off two quick falls. Jack

Guy came back out to join our

team and help fill in a void at

285. He did a great job competing in three really tough matches. When coach McDaniel has a

few more weeks to work with

him, Jack is going to be a valuable part of the team,” Beaman

said.

“While we made mistakes,

every one of our guys competed very hard and that is going

to pay off at the end of January

and early February,” Beaman

said.

Humboldt travels to Webster City on Jan. 11 to face the

Lynx and Iowa Falls-Alden in

conference action. Humboldt

will travel to Osage on Jan. 13

for the Osage Duals. Humboldt

hosts Eagle Grove on Jan. 18.

Look for daily news and

sports updates online at www.

humboldtnews.com.

Humboldt 59, CGD 18

190–Gaige Allen (H) pinned Santiago Deleon, 0:57. 215–Mason

Allen (CGD) pinned Ethan Kunert,

1:06. 285–Ashtin Willms (CGD)

pinned Jack Guy, 0:56. 106–Sam

Knight (H) pinned Lucas Ennis, 1:24.

113–Aden Prenger (H) major dec.

Lucas Cayler, 10-0.

120–Ryan Hartwig (CGD) pinned

Owen Mayall, 3:41. 126–Tyce

Clarken (H) pinned Kolton Hefti, 1:58. 132–Cyler Cirks (H) dec.

Abram Wessels, 9-3. 138–Brady

Beers (H) won by forfeit. 144–Jaxson Kirchhoff (H) pinned Mason

Warnke, 3:17.

150–Zayn Feaster (H) pinned

Cooper Nosbosch, 1:12. 157–Trey

Al-Hameed (H) pinned Selvin Gonzalez, 3:58. 165–Broedy Hendricks

(H) major dec Caleb Seaba, 11-2.

175–Landon Halverson (H) pinned

Ulises Frias, 1:21.

Humboldt 57, Clear Lake 15

285–Max Orchard (CL) pinned

Jack Guy, 5:46. 106–Sam Knight (H)

pinned John Amos, 1:22. 113–Aden

Prenger (H) pinned Hayden Shear,

0:20. 120–Owen Mayall (H) dec.

Noah Potter, 6-1.

126–Tyce Clarken (H) pinned

Jesob Prestholf, 0:35. 132–Aiden

Hippen (CL) dec. Cyler Cirks, 8-2.

138–Brady Beers (H) pinned Carter

Perry, 0:44. 144–Jaxson Kirchhoff

(H) dec. Tyler LeFevre, 1-0. 150–

Zayn Feaster (H) won by forfeit.

165–Broedy Hendricks (H)

pinned Christian Dunning, 2:39.

175–Landon Halverson (H) pinned

Jack Hackman, 0:43. 190–Gaige

Allen (H) dec. Dylan Evenson, 9-2.

215–Jake Trenary (CL) pinned

Ethan Kunert, 0:19.

Humboldt 54, Roland-Story 19

215–Gaige Allen (H) dec. Jaxson Kadolph, 3-0. 285–Aaron Peyton (RS) pinned Jack Guy, 5:55.

106–Sam Knight (H) pinned Konnor Blume, 2:23. 113–Caiden Latch

(RS) dec. Aden Prenger, 4-3. 120–

Owen Mayall (H) pinned Hayden Eslick, 0:20.

126–Tyce Clarken (H) pinned

Blake Loof, 1:58. 132–Kade Blume

(RS) major dec Cyler Cirks, 14-6.

138–Brady Beers (H) pinned Wyatt

Ramus, 0:34. 144–Jaxson Kirchhoff

(H) pinned Anthony Jones, 1:56.

150–Zayn Feaster (H) pinned Isaac

Hall, 3:02.

157–Trey Al-Hameed (H) pinned

Cooper Triggs, 1:48. 165–Broedy

Hendricks (H) dec Logan Powers,

5-2. 175–Hesston Johnson (RS)

pinned Cael Donahe, 2:13. 190–

Ethan Kunert (H) pinned Ian Tripp,

4:47.

NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE

WRESTLING DUAL STANDINGS

Conf

Algona ........................................5-0

Humboldt ....................................4-1

Hampton-Dumont-CAL ...............3-1

Webster City ...............................3-2

Clear Lake ..................................3-2

Iowa Falls-Alden .........................1-4

&ODULRQ*ROGÀHOG'RZV...............1-5

Fort Dodge St. Edmond ..............0-6

Jan. 4 matches

Humboldt 59, CGD 18

Humboldt 57, Clear Lake 15

HDC 70, Iowa Falls-Alden 6

Clear Lake 34, CGD 33

Algona 44, Webster City 32

Algona 72, FDSE 9

Webster City 72, FDSE 12

at 145 and Elsie Hubbell (18-16)

went 2-2 at 155. Diedrick (22-

10) was 2-2 at 170.

Kennedy Robinson (7-20)

was 1-1 at 190. Brooklyn Robinson (21-4) went 1-3 at 235

pounds. Emilie Schriber (2-

11) placed fourth in the JV

135-pound class. Mia Schluter

took first-place at 145 pounds

in the JV portion with a 3-0 record on three pins.

Humboldt will be in the

Waukee Northwest tournament on Saturday, Jan. 13.

Look for daily news and

sports updates online at www.

humboldtnews.com.

TEAM SCORING, Osage

Cedar Falls 201. Southeast Polk 196.

Bettendorf 182. Osage 154. East Buchanan 129. Lewis Central 124. Mason City

92. Clear Lake 85. Humboldt 85. Nevada

78. Alburnett 62. NH/TV 59. Waukon 54.

Central Elkader 49. South Winneshiek 43.

Emmetsburg 37. Saint Ansgar 30. Don

Bosco 26. Eagle Grove 24. AP-GC 18.

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Humboldt’s junior varsity

boys’ wrestling team crowned

three individual champions at

the Ogden tournament last Friday, Jan. 5.

Dylan Frideres went 2-0 on

the day at 106 pounds to take

top honors. Dakohta Marchant

was 3-0 and first at 150 pounds.

At 215 pounds, Ayden Fiengo

went 3-0 to capture first-place.

Second-place went to Spencer Scranton (1-1) at 106, Gilbert Garcia at 157. Taking third

was Carson Chambers (1-2) at

138 and Jonny Hayden (2-1) at

126 pounds.

Humboldt continues to make

progress in the practice room

and on the mat in competition

against opposing schools.

“The boys had a nice outing tonight. They were ready

to get back to action after the

break,” Humboldt coach Justin

McDaniel said. “Not only is it

good to see improvements they

are making, but it is awesome

to see how they all support one

another.”

Wildcat JV boys crown

3 champs at Ogden

[Boys WR CONTINUED FROM 2B ]

At the end of his first year,

Matson had a breakthrough

during 2023 spring ball session.

You could say he got the attention of the coaches who praised

him for his growth.

Matson only ran with it

from there, putting together a

strong summer of conditioning

and continued growth during

fall camp and the day-to-day,

week-to-week grind of the regular season and getting a shot

on special teams.

“I feel like I have established

my role on the special teams

unit. I’ve gotten to know those

coaches really well and I have

a really good relationship with

them,” Matson said.

“Obviously, I have improved

at my safety position but right

now, special teams is where my

money is at, so to speak. I’m

trying to improve myself as

much as I can in those areas.

I’m understanding the game

better from that perspective,”

Matson said.

The Cyclones return just

about everyone at his position.

Matson doesn’t see it as a negative.

“We were a really young

team this past year. Our whole

entire safety unit returns except for one guy. That’s fantastic for us because it means

we’re going to be a whole lot

better next year than we were

this past year. And that’s really

for our entire squad as well,”

Matson said.

The Cyclones began the season with a win over Northern

Iowa. Losses to Iowa and Ohio

put ISU at 1-2. The lackluster,

10-7 loss at Ohio was the low

p0int of the season. ISU rebounded and finished 6-3 in the

Big 12 Conference and were in

the hunt for the league title entering the month of November.

It was good enough for Iowa

State to earn a spot in the Liberty Bowl.

“That Ohio game was the

turn-around point for our

whole team. We realized as

young as we are – we have a

saying that coach Campbell

shares with us – ‘all we have is

us and we are enough.’ It took

us a couple of games to figure

out the fact that we are all

young and we don’t have super

star players but we don’t need

them when we can play as a

team. All we can control is how

we play together and our effort

we put forth,” Matson said.

“We are in control of our effort and our attitude and how

we prepare for each game. At

that point we figured out how

our process works and that’s

when we really turned things

around,” Matson said.

“I’m at around 205 pounds

right now. I want to get strong

but I don’t want to be too big

and bulky. I want to be able

to move around on the field,”

Matson said.

“The name of the game is to

keep getting bigger, faster and

stronger and understand that

college football is a whole lot

more complex than high school

is. Being able to understand

the game is what I’m working a

lot on right now, too,” Matson

said.

“Coming up short in the

bowl game was disappointing

against a good Memphis squad

that finished 10-3. But there’s a

whole lot of excitement going

into the off-season. Our guys

are looking forward to getting

back into it. Everybody is pretty excited for the off-season to

get better. There’s a lot of excitement in our program right

now,” Matson said.

“Academically things are going well for me. I’m still majoring in agriculture-business. I’m

looking to keep going through

that and hopefully be able to

use that in the future in a career,” Matson said.

“It’s a pretty broad major,

something that I can use in

a lot of different ways after I

graduate,” Matson said.

Caden was able to watch his

younger brother, Coen, a junior

at Humboldt, play quarterback

and defensive back for the

Wildcats, the same positions

Caden played before graduating in 2022.

“I was able to see two of his

games last fall. It kind of stinks

that I’m not able to get to more

of his games, but that’s the way

it goes,” Matson said. “Humboldt had a great season and

I’m excited to be able to watch

them next year, too.”

“It’s been fun to watch him

grow, not only as a player but

as a leader, too,” Matson said.

[Matson CONTINUED FROM B FRONT ]

Humboldt’s ninth grade boys’ basketball

team moved to 7-0 on the season by dumping the Webster City Lynx, 58-34 in the Humboldt gym on Jan. 5.

Cooper Theesfeld scored 11 points and

Cade Birdsell, Levi Rieck and Griffin Groat

each had 10 to lead the Wildcats, who broke

the game open in the second and third quarters.

Humboldt coach Dan Savery was pleased

with his team’s play.

“The first game coming out of the break

is one of excitement with nervousness for a

coach. Did we do enough to be ready, are we

focused in, and will some of the corrections

we are trying going to be there? This game is

one the boys really wanted. They said Webster City had been a bit of a thorn in their

sides so they were tense,” Savery said.

“It showed in the first quarter, especially,

as our defensive rotation was not there and it

seemed we were forcing offensively instead

of moving and let it come to us,” Savery said.

“Improvement in the second quarter and

outstanding in the third carried over to the

fourth. A very good win to start the new

year,” Savery said. “Proud of the boys and

what they accomplished together.”

Wildcats vs. WC

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9th boys in 58-34 victory over Lynx

Jase Goodell, a 2023 Humboldt High School graduate

and a freshman at Iowa Central Community College in

Fort Dodge, is a member of

the Triton men’s wrestling

team. Goodell competes at 157

pounds for the Tritons.

Jase Goodell is member of IC men’s wrestling team

4B • THE HUMBOLDT INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2024

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Former Livermore man

trapped a bobcat

Twenty-years ago, Jim Terwilliger trapped the first bobcat

in Guthrie County. However, at

that time, they had a catch and

release program. Now, you are

allowed to keep one.

In December, Terwilliger

trapped a bobcat in Guthrie

County.

Bobcat hunting has long been

a pursuit that combines the

thrill of the chase with a deep

respect for nature’s wild and

elusive creatures. For hunters

and wildlife enthusiasts alike,

catching a glimpse of these elusive predators in their natural

habitat is a rare and unforgettable experience. However, capturing bobcats requires more

than just luck and patience; it

demands a careful and responsible approach, beginning with the

selection of the right trap.

Jim Terwilliger graduated

from the Twin Rivers Community School system back in 1972.

He then attended the Northwest

Iowa Community College Powerline Program in Sheldon and

received a job with the Guthrie

County Rural Electric Cooperative Association. He retired after

43 years of powerline service.

His parents were the late Jim

(Shot) Terwilliger and Shirley

(Fox) Terwilliger, who still lives

in Livermore. His grandfather

was the late Barney Fox who

came to Livermore in 1919, and

trapped in the Livermore area

for many years.

Barney graduated from the

Livermore High School and

went to work in the local harness shop, which he then purchased from Jess Sperau in 1930.

Barney worked with harnesses,

repaired canvas for combines

and sold and repaired shoes. In

1979, Barney was honored for

being the only 50-year businessman in Livermore.

Longtime Livermore city clerk

retires

Janet Berte has worked for

the City of Livermore for many

years, starting as the city treasurer on June 3, 1998. Back then,

Berte didn’t really know what

she was getting herself into, but

she was willing to help out and

start learning about the local

government.

It’s an understatement to say

the job was a bit different in the

1990s. Computers played a much

smaller role, she was based out

of a tiny city hall and Livermore

itself was less than half the size

it is today.

One of the devastating issues

was the snow that damaged the

city hall and fire department

roof. Actually it was like a silver

lining too, because the city was

able to get assistance to build a

new modern city hall on Main

Street.

After City Clerk Tyler Dodds

resigned in May 2015, the city of

Livermore held a special council meeting Monday night June

15, 2015. After interviewing five

applicants the Livermore Council hired longtime city treasurer

Janet Berte to the position of

city clerk immediately, and the

city starting taking applications

for city treasurer.

At the city of Livermore special council meeting July 2015,

after interviewing five applicants, the Livermore Council

hired Seana Bolen of Livermore

to the position of city treasurer

and she began working about 15

to 20 hours per week.

Now it’s time to say goodbye

to Janet Berte – something Mayor Billie Scott says will be felt far

beyond the Office of City Clerk.

“My short time as Mayor we’ve

been joined at the hip administratively. Janet has been a wealth

of knowledge for me,” said Mayor Scott.

Livermore City Hall lost over

two decades of experience last

week as the city clerk Janet

Berte started her retirement.

Back in October 2023, the Livermore City Council hired Kristi

Russell of Livermore as the new

Livermore City Clerk and the

city welcomes her on board.

Livermore 4-H Bulldogs attend

weigh-ins

Last Saturday, the Livermore

4-H bulldogs attended the annual beef weigh-in at the Humboldt

County Fairgrounds.

4-H students that plan to have

a market beef project (market

steer, second-year bottle calf,

pen of three) at the 2024 fair

this summer, must have them

weighed in.

State 4-H Recognition Day

State 4-H Recognition is the

process in which senior 4-H

members in grades 9-12 can apply to be selected for special

statewide opportunities, such

as awards and trips. The purpose of this event is to provide

an avenue for youth recognition

and to provide young people

with an opportunity to practice

and grow leadership, communications and college and career

readiness skills through application and interview activities.

They are able to apply for:

State Project Awards, National 4-H Conference, State 4-H

Council, State 4-H Shooting

Sports Ambassador and Iowa

4-H Reporters Program.

The application opened Jan. 1,

and is due by Feb. 1. Other important deadlines are: May 15th—

Livestock ID deadline (horse,

dog, cattle, swine, sheep, goats

and bucket bottle animals) and

the Humboldt County Fair will

be held July 23-29, 2024.

Youth for the Quality Care of

Animals (YQCA) is a national

multi-species quality assurance

program for youth ages 8 to 21

(4th– 12th graders) with a focus

on three core pillars: food safety, animal well-being, and character development. YQCA will

be replacing the old verification

services called FSQA. YQCA

certification is the new required

youth quality assurance certification. All 4-H students planning on showing swine, cattle,

sheep, goats, rabbits and poultry

need to complete YQCA. YQCA

is available as an online program

for youth, that 4-H participants

can now view it on their own

time. The way to complete this

training is it go to http://yqca.

org/ and sign in using their 4-H

online log in. There is a $13 fee

per child to go with this training (if they need financial assistance,) please contact the Humboldt County Extension Office.

Payment is due at the time of

log-in.

Extension asks that training

be completed by June 1. Once

training is completed a certificate will appear on your screen,

you will then have to email that

certificate to humboldt4h@

iastate.edu so that they have

proof you completed it.

It must be completed before

entries for the fair are allowed.

Livermore Legion Breakfast

time change

Please note the time change

for the Livermore American Legion monthly breakfast to support the American Legion that

will be held this Sunday, Jan. 14,

and will now run from 8:30 to

11:30 a.m. Come for all-you-can

eat biscuits and gravy, pancakes,

sausage, eggs, homemade cinnamon roll and drinks

Livermore Library January

Events

The Livermore Library is

holding a Painting Tutorial today (Thursday) from 2-4 p.m.

Join them at the library to paint

a scenic painting for only $5 per

person and all supplies are provided.

On Saturday, Jan. 13, the library will hold a second Painting

Tutorial from 10 a.m. to noon.

Monday, Jan. 15, the Book Club

will meet to discuss “The Branded Man” by Catherine Cookson

from 5-6 p.m. Fourteen-year-old

Marie Anne Lawson, youngest

daughter of a prosperous Northumbrian family, fleeing from

something she couldn’t bear to

see, fell and broke her ankle. She

was discovered by a local man

who, because of a disfigurement,

was known thereabouts as ‘the

banded man.’ Her mother impatiently awaited her recovery,

for she had already planned to

send her wayward daughter to

London, where her Aunt Martha could encourage the child’s

natural talent for the piano. But

Aunt Martha’s regime was so

harsh that only the friendship of

her aunt’s companion, Sara Foggerty, stopped Marie Anne from

plunging into despair; that and

the encouragement she received

from her music tutor. Why,

then, did his sudden disappearance make it necessary for her to

return to Northumberland, this

time into the care of her grandfather?

This, Catherine Cookson’s

85th novel, is yet another example of her extraordinary talent

for compulsive storytelling.

On Thursday, Jan. 25, the library will hold a Houseplant

Swap and Share from 3-5 p.m.

Please either bring a plant to

swap out with someone else’s

plant, drop off a starter or plant

to share with others, stop in to

grab a starter plant with directions for after care, or come

see what other people have for

plants and learn more.

If you would like to participate and are unable to make

it, you may come on Saturday,

Jan. 27, for a second Houseplant

Swap and Share from 10 a.m. to

12 p.m.

For more information, please

contact Austina Scott at (515)

379-2078.

Wednesdays during the

month of January, Jan. 17, 24 and

31, there will be Kids Club from

3:30-4:30 p.m.

Friday coffee and social will

be held Jan. 12, Jan. 19 and Jan.

26, from 1-5 p.m.

Livermore Public Library and

80 Bricks has announced the

following dates for more Lego

building events. Thursday, Feb.

8 from 5:30- 8 p.m. Saturday,

Feb. 10 from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Thursday, March 28 from 5:30-

8 p.m. and Saturday, March 30

from 9:30 a.m. – noon.

Livermore Upcoming Events

• Livermore Legion Breakfast

Sunday, Jan. 14, 8:30- 11:30 a. m.

• Livermore United Women

in Faith (UWF) Soup supper

Thursday, Jan. 25, 4:30 p.m.

• Livermore Legion Soup Cook

Off, Sunday, Feb. 18, from 5– 7

p.m.

• Livermore Legion D.J. Bingo,

Sunday, Feb. 18, from 7-10 p.m.

Pictured is Jim Terwilliger with his grandson Blaine, 5, holding

a bobcat that Jim had trapped last December in the Guthrie

County area. Submitted photo.

Pictured above from left to right: Retired Livermore City Clerk Janet Berte, Past City Councilperson Robert Collins, Past City

Clerk Jean Larson, Eileen Collins, Ivan Frederiksen, past Livermore Mayor Elden Landolt and Judy Kutschara. Last Friday the

citizens of Livermore gathered at city hall to wish Janet Berte a great retirement with cake and coffee. Photo by Kristi Russell.

By Austina Scott

The Livermore Library Board

met Monday, Jan. 8, from 1-2

p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 11, the Livermore Public Library will again

be holding a Painting Tutorial

from 2-4 p.m. Join us at the library to paint a scenic painting

for only $5 per person. All supplies provided for you!

Saturday, Jan. 13, will be a

second Painting Tutorial from

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Join us at the

library to paint a scenic painting

for only $5 per person. All supplies provided for you!

Monday, Jan. 15, the Book

Club will meet to discuss “The

Branded Man” by Catherine

Cookson from 5-6 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 25, will be a

Houseplant Swap & Share from

3-5 p.m. There will be another

session Saturday, Jan. 27, from

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Please either

bring a plant to swap out with

someone else’s plant, drop off

a starter or plant to share with

others, stop in to grab a starter

plant with directions for after

care, or come see what other

people have for plants and learn

more. If you would like to participate and are unable to make

it please contact Austina at 515-

379-2078.

Every Wednesday during the

month of January there will be

Kids Club from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Coffee and Social during January will be held every Friday

from 1-5 p.m.

Livermore Public Library and

80 Bricks has announced the

following dates for more Lego

building events. Thursday, Feb. 8

from 5:30- 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

10, from 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Thursday, March 28, from 5:30-8 p.m.

and Saturday, March 30, from

9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Livermore Library news

Jennika Beach

Jennika Beach, a 2023 Humboldt High School graduate and

freshman at Emmaus Bible College in Dubuque, was a member

of the women’s volleyball team this past season and earned firstteam all-region for the Eagles.

Emmaus competes at the National Christian College Athletic

Association (NCCAA) level.

Emmaus compiled a won-loss record of 10-12 overall, 6-7 in the

Midwest Christian College Conference (MCCC). Their season

ended in the first round of the NCCAA Midwest Region Tournament in Chicago, IL, in a 3-0 loss to Maranatha Baptist University.

Beach, a back row specialist, played the Libero position and was

in 21 matches overall (78 sets), including 13 in conference. She finished with 520 digs and averaged 6.67 digs per set. She also made

49 assists.

Trever Beach

Trever Beach, a 2023 Humboldt High School graduate and freshman at Northwestern College in Orange City, IA, was a placekicker and defensive back for the Red Raiders football team which.

Beach made one tackle in action on the field in a reserve role.

Northwestern finished the season at 14-1 overall 10-0 in the Great

Plains Athletic Conference. Northwestern advanced all the way

to the NAIA national championship game in Durham, NC, where

they fell 31-21 to No. 3 ranked Keiser University (12-2) on Dec 18.

Jase Goodell

Jase Goodell, a 2023 Humboldt High School graduate and a

freshman at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, is a

member of the Triton men’s wrestling team. Goodell competes at

157 pounds for the Tritons.

College

notes on area

College honored fall 2023 PracIowa Central Community athletes

tical Nursing graduates with a

pinning ceremony on Wednesday evening, December 20 at

the Bioscience and Health Sciences Building auditorium on

the Iowa Central campus.

Dakota Sindlinger and Shelvee’ Keller presented the student address.

Keller congratulated her

classmates and reflected on the

perseverance it takes to complete nursing school.

“Whether you plan to continue for your RN, plan to be an

LPN, or plan to keep progressing in your career, your accomplishment is nothing short of

amazing and your success has

just been achieved,” Keller

said.

Keller said her classmates

became more like family as

they worked, studied, and

shared laughter and tears along

their way.

“When I first started nursing

school, I knew I would meet

new people and make new

friends,” she said. “I did not realize you would become more

than that; we have now become

more like a family. We have all

put so much time, effort, sweat

and I know some tears, into

nursing school. It is challenging, but we did it. We finished

it and we have succeeded.”

Sindlinger also reflected on

the journey, thanking classmates for being a team who

contributed to each other’s

success.

“We all started this with

the same end goal: becoming

nurses,” she said. “Allowing

encouragement and support to

one another helped to continue even when times got hard.

There have been bonds made

with people that you will never forget and experiences that

you may want to forget but

they will stick with you forever.

Thank you all for contributing

to each other’s success.”

Nursing instructors Christel Becker, Sara Carlson, Betty

Daniel, Abbey Devers, Christina Foth, Amanda Johnson, Carrie Kephart, Jennifer Leffler,

Stacey Poldervaart, and Joleen

Sernett conducted the conferring of pins to the graduates.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, the 20 graduates recited the Nightingale Pledge.

Fall 2023 Practical Nursing

graduates are: Dayma Alexander, Windsor Heights; Maura

Beecher, Eagle Grove; Faith

Cheruto, Fort Dodge; Tanya

Flaherty, Boone; Caley Hager, Humboldt; Antonio Hildreth, Rockwell City; Shelvee’

Keller, Denham Springs, LA;

Keagan King, Lytton; Haylee

Kraft, Gowrie; Kylee Lorton,

Fonda; Sheilah Matonda, Fort

Dodge; Rachel Murtha, Dakota City; Doreen Nyamweya,

Fort Dodge; Morgan Olson,

Humboldt; Melissa Quevedo,

Perry; Olivia Santana-Bass,

Fort Dodge; Dakotah SindingIowa Central honors 20

practical nursing graduates

er, Gowrie; Madelyn Sweeney,

Fort Dodge; Erin VanQuathem,

Fort Dodge; and Erika Velarde,

Harcourt.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2024 • THE HUMBOLDT INDEPENDENT • 5B

LEGALS

Board of Supervisors’ Room, Humboldt County Courthouse

January 2, 2024

The Board of Supervisors of Humboldt County, Iowa met at 8:30 a.m. on the 2nd day of January, 2024

with the following members present: Lee, Loney, Pedersen, Reimers, and Underberg.

Moved by Reimers and seconded by Pedersen to approve the amended agenda for January 2, 2024. All

voting aye.

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Reimers to approve the minutes from the December 27, 2023. All

voting aye.

Chairperson, Loney opened the meeting up for public concerns. No one was present to speak, so the Board

continued with their regular meeting.

Moved by Lee and seconded by Reimers to approve the hire of Shelly Renken as Auditor’s Office Clerk at

the wage of $20 per hour, effective immediately. All voting aye.

Moved by Pedersen and seconded by Reimers to appoint Dave Lee as Chairperson and Erik Underberg as

Vice-Chairperson. All voting aye.

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Pedersen to utilize Robert’s Rules of Order to conduct the meetings

of the Board of Supervisors. All voting aye.

Moved by Loney and seconded by Reimers to set the following for the Board of Supervisors meetings commencing at 8:30 a.m. All voting aye.

2024 Board of Supervisors Meetings

Moved by Loney and seconded by Pedersen to approve the official Humboldt Courthouse hours and legal

holidays as follows: with all voting aye.

The Courthouse Hours shall be 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

2024 Holiday Closing Schedule - For Humboldt County Offices

Monday February 19 President’s Day

Friday March 29 Good Friday (1/2 Day)

Monday May 27 Memorial Day

Thursday July 4 Independence Day

Monday September 2 Labor Day

Monday November 11 Veteran’s Day

Thursday November 28 Thanksgiving

Friday November 29 Thanksgiving

Tuesday December 24 Christmas Eve

Wednesday December 25 Christmas Day

Wednesday January 1, 2025 New Year’s Day

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the standard mileage rate for the 2024 year for business use of an automobile to be 67 cents per mile. Moved by Underberg and seconded by Pedersen to set the

mileage reimbursement rate at 62 cents per mile and raise the per diem for meals from $70 to $75 per day

including tip. All voting aye.

Moved by Reimers and seconded by Loney to appoint The Humboldt Independent as the official newspaper

for Humboldt County for calendar year 2024. All voting aye.

Moved by Reimers and seconded by Loney to approve the Board of Supervisors 2024 Committee Appointments with corrections as follows. All voting aye.

2024 Committee Appointments

911 Commission Underberg

Bill Payer & Representative Payee Lee

Board of Health - Public Health Lee

Building Families Underberg

Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center Reimers; alternate Lee

Community & Family Resources (CFR) Reimers

Concerned Citizens Underberg

County Health Insurance Committee Pedersen

Daycare Advisory Commission (Kiddie Cats) Loney

Decategorization Underberg

Department of Human Services Governance Underberg

Emergency Management Commission (EMA) Underberg

Enterprise Zone Commission Pedersen & Reimers

Heart of Iowa Regional Housing Trust Fund Pedersen; alternate Lee

HIPAA Committee Loney

Humboldt County Advisory (UDMO) Reimers

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE

Monday, 01/08 Monday, 02/05 Monday, 03/04 Monday, 04/01 Monday, 05/06Monday, 06/03

Monday, 01/15 Monday, 02/12 Monday, 03/11 Monday, 04/08 Monday, 05/13Monday, 06/10

Monday, 01/22 Tuesday, 02/20 Monday, 03/18 Monday, 04/15 Monday, 05/20Monday, 06/17

Monday, 01/29 Monday, 02/26 Monday, 03/25 Monday, 04/22 Tuesday, 05/28 Monday, 06/24

Monday, 04/29

JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

Monday, 07/01 Monday, 08/05 Tuesday, 09/03 Monday, 10/07 Monday, 11/04Monday, 12/02

Monday, 07/08 Monday, 08/12 Monday, 09/09 Monday, 10/14 Tuesday, 11/12 Monday, 12/09

Monday, 07/15 Monday, 08/19 Monday, 09/16 Monday, 10/21 Monday, 11/18Monday, 12/16

Monday, 07/22 Monday, 08/26 Monday, 09/23 Monday, 10/28 Monday, 11/25Monday, 12/23

Monday, 07/29 Monday, 09/30 Monday, 12/30

Humboldt County Development Association Pedersen

Humboldt County Housing Development Pedersen & Lee

Humboldt County Landfill Commission Pedersen; alternate Reimers

Iowa Drainage District Association (IDDA) Pedersen

Iowa Governmental Health Care Plan Comm Pedersen; alternate Lee

LEPC Underberg

Ministerial Association/Hunger Task Force Loney

Moffitt Animal Shelter Lee & Pedersen

North Central Iowa Regional Landfill Alternate Pedersen

MIDAS Executive Regional Lee

Public Safety Commission (LEC) Pedersen & Underberg

Region V HAZMAT Team Lee; alternate Reimers

Region V Transportation Advisory Committee Loots, Pedersen

Rolling Hills Mental Health Loney; alternate Lee

Safety & Security Committee Lee & Underberg

Second Judicial District Correctional Service Underberg; alternate Lee

Small Business Development Loney

Supported Employment Admissions Pedersen

Workforce Development (JTPA) Loney

Moved by Loney and seconded by Underberg to approve appointment of Tate Satern to the Conservation

Board for the term of five years. Voting aye, Loney, Pedersen and Underberg. Voting nay, Lee and Reimers.

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Pedersen to approve the Public Health Board as follows. All voting

aye. Public Health Board

Appointed Jan 1st Term Until

Deanne Nervig 2023 12/31/2026

Thad Naeve 2023 12/31/2026

Dr. Cody Olson 2023 12/31/2026

Dave Lee 2022 12/31/2025

Linda Lynch 2022 12/31/2025

Moved by Reimers and seconded by Loney to approve the Planning & Zoning Board as follows. All voting

aye.

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Loney to approve the Veterans Affairs Commission as follows. All

voting aye.

Appointed Jan 1st Term Until

Dean Ewoldt 2023 12/31/2026

Dave Lee 2022 12/31/2025

Kurt Paeper 2021 12/31/2024

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Loney to approve the following to the Eminent Domain Board per

Chapter 6B.4 2018, Code of Iowa. All voting aye.

Appoint the following members to the Eminent Domain Board to serve as members of a compensation

commission as per Chapter 6B.4 2018, Code of Iowa: Appoint the following members to the Eminent Domain

Board to serve as members of a compensation commission as per Chapter 6B.4 2018, Code of Iowa:

Owner-Operator of Agricultural Property:

Alvin John Berte – Livermore Gaylen Engstrom – Renwick George Hanselman – LuVerne

Tom Hundertmark – Rutland Randy Pedersen – Renwick Gary Strachan - Humboldt

Owner of City or Town Property:

Jim Crabtree – Humboldt Billy Fort – Dakota City Harley Friesleben – Renwick

Jerry Haverly – Humboldt Steve Samuels – Humboldt Billie Scott – Livermore

Kirk Whittlesey – Humboldt

Real Estate Salesperson or Broker:

Joshua Harklau – Humboldt

Joshua Harklau – Humboldt Judy Oberhelman – Renwick Madelyn Riles – Humboldt

Dan Scholl – Humboldt Kevin Skow – Humboldt Marlene Thompson – Humboldt

Chris Wergeland – Humboldt Mandy Zwiefel – Humboldt

Persons with knowledge of Property Values by Reason of Occupation:

David Boswell – Humboldt Linda Fallesen – Humboldt David Hundertmark – Rutland

Corey Matson – Humboldt Thad Naeve – Humboldt Brian Skow – Humboldt

Martin Zaugg – Ottosen

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Loney to approve the County Personnel Policy Committee as follows.

All voting aye.

County Personnel Policy Committee

Assessor, Attorney, Auditor, Auditor’s Payroll Deputy, Conservation Director, Recorder, Sheriff

Secondary, Roads Engineer, Safety Director, Treasurer

Moved by Loney and seconded by Pedersen to appoint Erik Underberg as Weed Commissioner for 2024. All

voting aye.

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Reimers to appoint Dr. Benjamin Paul as Medical Examiner for

2024. All voting aye.

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Pedersen to appoint Kyle Bissell as Emergency Management Coordinator. All voting aye.

Moved by Reimers and seconded by Loney to appoint Wilson Echevarria as Veterans Affairs Director for

2024. All voting aye.

Moved by Pedersen and seconded by Underberg to adopt the following resolution. The Chairperson called

the question with all voting aye. Whereby the Chairperson declared the resolution duly adopted to-wit:

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RESOLUTION #2024-01 - 01

Authorize County Engineer to execute certificate of completion and final acceptance in connection with

Farm-to-Market and Federal or State aid Construction Projects

BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of Humboldt County, Iowa, that Ben Loots, the County

Engineer of Humboldt County, Iowa, be and is hereby designated, authorized, and empowered on behalf of

the Board of Supervisors of said County to execute the certification of completion of work and final acceptance thereof in accordance with plans and specifications in connection with all Farm-to-Market and Federal

or State aid construction projects in this county.

Dated at Dakota City, Iowa, this 2nd day of January, 2024.

Attest:

_/s/ Dave Lee Trish Erickson

Dave Lee, ChairpersonTrish Erickson, Auditor

Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

Moved by Loney and seconded by Reimers to adopt the following resolution. The Chairperson called the

question with all voting aye. Whereby the Chairperson declared the resolution duly adopted to-wit:

RESOLUTION #2024-01 – 02

Authorize County Engineer to Close Roads

WHEREAS, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is concerned about tort liability involved during

construction and maintenance of the Secondary Road System, and;

WHEREAS, they are further interested in accommodations for the traveling public, adjacent landowner,

and related users during construction maintenance operations.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Humboldt County Engineer is hereby authorized to temporarily

close sections and erect the proper closing signs on the Secondary Road System when necessary, because of

construction, maintenance, or natural disaster during 2024.

Dated at Dakota City, Iowa, this 2nd day of January, 2024.

Attest:

_/s/ Dave Lee Trish Erickson

Dave Lee, ChairpersonTrish Erickson, Auditor

Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Reimers to adopt the following resolution. The Chairperson called

the question with all voting aye. Whereby the Chairperson declared the resolution duly adopted to-wit:

RESOLUTION 2024-01 - 03

Construction Evaluation Resolution for Humboldt County

WHEREAS, Iowa Code section 459.304(3), sets out the procedure if a board of supervisors wishes to

adopt a “construction evaluation resolution” relating to the construction of a confinement feeding operation

structure; and

WHEREAS, only counties that have adopted a construction evaluation resolution can submit to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) an adopted recommendation to approve or disapprove a construction

permit application regarding a proposed confinement feeding operation structure; and

WHEREAS, only counties that have adopted a construction evaluation resolution and submitted an adopted recommendation may contest the DNR’s decision regarding a specific application; and

WHEREAS, by adopting a construction evaluation resolution the board of supervisors agrees to evaluate

every construction permit application for a proposed confinement feeding operation structure received by

the board of supervisors between February 1, 2024 and January 31, 2025 and submit an adopted recommendation regarding that application to the DNR; and

WHEREAS, the board of supervisors must conduct an evaluation of every construction permit application using the master matrix created in Iowa Code section 459.305, but the board’s recommendation to the

DNR may be based on the final score on the master matrix or may be based on reasons other than the final

score on the master matrix;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY

that the Board of Supervisors hereby adopts this construction evaluation resolution pursuant to Iowa Code

section 459.304(3).

Dated at Dakota City, Iowa, this 2nd day of January, 2024.

Attest:

_/s/ Dave Lee Trish Erickson

Dave Lee, ChairpersonTrish Erickson, Auditor

Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Reimers to adopt the following resolution. The Chairperson called

the question with all voting aye. Whereby the Chairperson declared the resolution duly adopted to-wit:

RESOLUTION 2024-01 - 04

Authorize County Auditor to Issue Warrants

BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of Humboldt County, Iowa, hereby authorize the Humboldt County Auditor, Trish Erickson, to issue warrants for fixed charges including, but not limited to

freight, postage, utilities, telephone service, contractual services, insurance premiums, and invoices allowing discounts. Any prepayment of civil service fees submitted by the County Attorney’s Office or County

Sheriff’s Office and emergency general assistance claims. These claims shall be audited and allowed at the

next regular claim date. The County Auditor is further authorized to issue warrants for salaries and payrolls

as approve by the Board of Supervisors, all according to Section 331.506 of the Code of Iowa.

Dated at Dakota City, Iowa, this 2nd day of January, 2024.

Attest:

_/s/ Dave Lee Trish Erickson

Dave Lee, ChairpersonTrish Erickson, Auditor

Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

Moved by Loney and seconded by Underberg to adopt the following resolution. The Chairperson called the

question with all voting aye. Whereby the Chairperson declared the resolution duly adopted to-wit:

RESOLUTION 2024-01 - 05

Resolution Naming Depositories

BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of Humboldt County, Iowa; that we do hereby designate

the following named banks to be depositories of the County Officers funds in the amounts not to exceed the

amount named opposite each said designated depositories and the County Officers are hereby authorized to

deposit the County funds in amounts not to exceed the aggregate amounts stated for said banks as follows,

to-wit:

NAME OF DEPOSITORYLOCATION Maximum Deposit in effect under prior Resolution

Maximum Deposit under this Resolution

COUNTY TREASURER .......

Northwest Bank.....Humboldt $ 15,000,000 $ 20,000,000

Bank Iowa.............Humboldt $ 20,000,000 $ 15,000,000

IPAIT (Iowa Public Agency Investment Trust) West Des Moines $ 10,000,000 $ 10,000,000

COUNTY RECORDER .........

Bank Iowa.............Humboldt $ 75,000 $ 75,000

COUNTY SHERIFF .............

Bank Iowa.............Humboldt $ 50,000 $ 50,000

The vote on the resolution is as follows

Aye ............................... Nay

Dave Lee ..........................x

Erik Underberg .................x

Rick Pedersen....................x

Bruce Reimers...................x

Sandy Loney .....................x

Dated at Dakota City, Iowa, this 2nd day of January, 2024.

Attest:

_/s/ Dave Lee Trish Erickson

Dave Lee, ChairpersonTrish Erickson, Auditor

Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Loney to adopt the following resolution. The Chairperson called the

question with all voting aye. Whereby the Chairperson declared the resolution duly adopted to-wit:

RESOLUTION 2024-01 - 06

Precinct Election Official Compensation

WHEREAS, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors in responsible for establishing the rate of compensation paid to Precinct Election Officials;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Auditor is hereby authorized to pay election officials, the hours as certified by said officials by claim or through the county payroll, as applicable to comply

with state and federal payroll tax and reporting regulations for payment of election officials as follows for

2024:

Precinct Election Officials: Chairperson/Co-chairperson $ 15.25 / hour

Precinct Official$ 14.25 / hour

Runner ....... $ 14.25 / hour

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the above listed Election Officials be paid mileage at the current County mileage reimbursement rate for travel to and from training, voting locations and other incidental trips

deemed necessary.

Dated at Dakota City, Iowa, this 2nd day of January, 2024.

Attest:

_/s/ Dave Lee Trish Erickson

Dave Lee, ChairpersonTrish Erickson, Auditor

Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

Amy Donahe, Humboldt County Housing Development presented their annual update and funding request of $7,500. The Board will take this under consideration when doing budgets.

Moved by Loney and seconded by Reimers to accept and place on file the Treasurer’s Semi-Annual Report

ending December 31, 2023. All voting aye.

Moved by Underberg and seconded by Loney to adopt the following resolution. The Chairperson called the

question with all voting aye. Whereby the Chairperson declared the resolution duly adopted to-wit:

RESOLUTION 2024-01 - 07

Resolution for moratorium

WHEREAS, Humboldt County has previously enacted Humboldt County Zoning Ordinance #26 Regulating installation and development of Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems (CWECS), more commonly known as wind turbine; and

WHEREAS, Humboldt County has not previously enacted the regulating the installation and development of both private and commercial Solar Energy Systems, Pipeline Transmission Systems and Electrical

Transmission Systems; and

WHEREAS, such regulations are designed to promote rights and safety of citizens and general public;

and

WHEREAS, there are no current Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems, Commercial Solar Energy Systems in Humboldt County Iowa; and

WHEREAS, Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, Humboldt County Zoning and Planning Commission and Humboldt County Board of Adjustments desire to place a moratorium on the development of any

new commercial wind energy systems, private and commercial pipeline transmission systems, commercial

solar energy systems and commercial electrical transmission systems for a period of one year or until a new

county Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance has been approved by the Humboldt County Board of

Supervisors. This moratorium would prohibit such projects from being received, reviewed, considered, or

developed by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, Humboldt County Zoning and Planning Commission and Humboldt County Board of Adjustments, and

WHEREAS, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors desire to prohibit the application of all commercial wind energy conversion systems, private and commercial pipeline transmission systems, commercial

solar energy systems and commercial electrical transmission systems for a period of one year or until the

current process of creating a new Humboldt Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance has been completed

and approved by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors.

THEREFOR, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors:

Humboldt County Iowa is hereby prohibited from receiving, reviewing, considering, or approving any application of any Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems, Private and Commercial Pipeline Transmission Systems, Commercial Solar Energy Systems and Commercial Electrical Energy Transmission Systems.

This includes, but is not limited to prohibiting the Humboldt County Zoning and Planning Commission and

Humboldt County Board of Adjustments from receiving, reviewing, considering, or approving any new application approving special use permits or variances, for Commercial any Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems, Private and Commercial Pipeline Transmission Systems, Commercial Solar Energy Systems

and Commercial Electrical Transmission Systems development.

The approved moratorium shall be effective immediately upon passage. This moratorium will terminate in

one year from ratification or at the approval and adoption of the new Humboldt County Comprehensive Plan

and Zoning Ordinance.

Dated at Dakota City, Iowa, this 2nd day of January, 2024.

Attest:

_/s/ Dave Lee Trish Erickson

Dave Lee, ChairpersonTrish Erickson, Auditor

Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

Moved by Pedersen and seconded by Underberg to recess as the Board

of Supervisors and convene as the Board of Trustees for Drainage. All

voting aye.

Moved by Loney and seconded by Underberg to adjourn as the Board

of Trustees for Drainage and reconvene as the Board of Supervisors.

All voting aye.

Committee Reports:

Loney .................... 12/27 Iowa Workforce Development

Moved by Reimers and seconded by Loney to adjourn at 9:37 a.m. All

voting aye.

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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

City of Bode

Bode, Iowa

The Bode City Council met in

regular session Tuesday, Jan. 2,

2024 at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers. All members were

present. Mayor Peterson called

the meeting to order, a motion

was made by Tepner, second by

Miller to approve the agenda as

posted. All ayes, motion carried.

A motion was made by Miller, second by Tepner to approve the minutes for the Dec. 4 and 19 council

meetings as published. All ayes,

motion carried.

Mayor Peterson appointed Jess

Tepner as mayor pro-tem; other

yearly appointments are as follows: Brett Legvold with Arends,

Lee, Emick, Legvold & Myott

Offices-City Attorney; Newspaper-Humboldt Independent, Fire

Chief-Mark Spaulding, Health

Officer-Kossuth Regional Medical Center, Bank-West Iowa Bank

(Resolution # 2024-1), City ClerkBecky Struthers, City Maintenance-Todd McMahon. Mayor

Peterson will serve on the 911

board.

A motion was made by Miller,

second by Fulwider to approve the

Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales to the Red Lantern. All

ayes, motion carried.

Mayor Peterson discussed possible timelines for training for all

city positions.

A motion was made by Tepner,

second by Miller to set the next

regular council meeting as February 5th. All ayes, motion carried.

The following bills were examined and approved for payment:

Monthly Gross Wages $9,692.86

AgSource Coop Services . 112.25

IPERS ......................1,381.21

Arends, Lee, Emick, Legvold

& Myott ................... 164.06

Fed & FICA ................1,877.30

Bomgaars Supply .......... 111.22

Display Sales..............3,934.00

Danko Emergency Equip. 901.45

Farmers Cooperative....1,244.84

DFI-Solutions envelopes. 363.11

J & A Outdoor Equipment ..9.60

Menards ........................ 16.98

Short Elliot Hendrickson,

Inc ...................... 18,449.57

Upper Des Moines ......... 250.00

General .....................6,663.63

Water ......................... 377.61

Sewer ..................... 18,547.32

A motion was made by Tepner,

second by Miller to adjourn at

6:20 p.m.

Becky Struthers, City Clerk

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Wage Report 2023

City of Gilmore City

Gilmore City, Iowa

Employee Name .............................Gross Wages..... Pensionable Wages

Robert L Allen..................................560.00 .................... 560.00

Cory Benz..................................... 1,650.00 ............................ 0

Lavonne K. Hoover............................500.00 ............................ 0

Brittany M Dickey.............................650.00 .................... 650.00

Dustin R Dickey................................150.00 ............................ 0

Christopher H Jones ..........................330.00 ............................ 0

Kathleen M Carman........................ 1,436.25 ..................1,361.25

Damien C Kathrens ............................ 80.00 ............................ 0

Lorna L Naeve ............................. 36,204.15 ................36,204.15

Brittany J Peters ........................... 2,442.00 ..................2,442.00

Logan J Peters..................................310.00 ............................ 0

Alissa M Wiemers .......................... 1,761.00 ..................1,761.00

Denny Frederiksen ............................550.00 ............................ 0

Cody Soukup ....................................220.00 ............................ 0

Nicholas L Benz ................................520.00 ............................ 0

Lori A Pederson ............................. 1,826.00 ............................ 0

Paul E Kipfer ...................................700.00 ............................ 0

Irina Jacobs .....................................700.00 ............................ 0

Melissa M Ubben.......................... 56,865.20 ................56,715.20

Damien C Kathrens ........................ 1,228.30 ............................ 0

Robert L Allen............................... 1,957.00 ..................1,957.00

Jillian M Kathrens ............................. 50.00 ............................ 0

Dillon W Brundige ....................... 58,010.93 ................57,860.93

Michelle K Bissell........................... 2,485.88 ..................2,485.88

Abbi C Telford ..................................474.50 ............................ 0

Keri A Benjamin ............................ 3,180.00 ..................3,180.00

Christina B Weydert ....................... 1,181.00 ..................1,181.00

Michael C Day...................................430.00 ............................ 0

John A Weydert................................. 40.00 ............................ 0

Landon F Bailey............................. 2,400.00 ..................2,400.00

Scott Thompson............................. 1,140.00 ............................ 0

Michael H Foster.......................... 48,048.69 ................47,898.69

Travis W Landolt ..............................886.00 .................... 886.00

Nicholas L Benz ................................129.00 ............................ 0

Cory Benz......................................... 25.00 ............................ 0

Linda C Reigelsberger ..................... 2,312.64 ..................2,312.64

Catelyn M Krichau ............................118.00 ............................ 0

Kory Jones ......................................260.00 ............................ 0

Report Total:.................................. $231,811.54................ $219,855.74

Pensionable wages are only wages subject to IPERS.

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IN THE IOWA DISTRICT

COURT FOR

HUMBOLDT COUNTY

SCSC013583

BALL PLUMBING, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

TERESA HENDERSON,

Defendant.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT:

You are notified that a petition

for a money judgment has been

filed in the office of the clerk of

this court naming you as a defendant(s) in this action, which petition prays for a judgment against

you in an amount which will fully

and reasonably compensate the

plaintiff for all of its damages,

plus interest as allowed by law

and the costs of the action, and

for such other relief as the Court

may deem equitable in connection

with your liability for the outstanding amounts owed. FOR

FURTHER PARTICULARS, SEE

COPY OF PETITION NOW ON

FILE.

The plaintiff’s attorneys are

Crimmins & Kehm Law Firm,

by Ryan A. Kehm (AT0011459),

whose address is First Avenue

North, Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501,

telephone number is (515) 573-

2191, and facsimile number is

(515) 573-2192.

You are further notified that

the above case has been filed in

a county that utilizes electronic

filing. You must serve a motion

or answer within 20 days after

the third publication of this Notice, with the Clerk of Court for

Humboldt County, at the courthouse in Dakota City, Iowa. If

you do not, judgment by default

will be rendered against you for

the relief demanded in the petition. Please see Iowa Court Rules

Chapter 16 for general rules and

information on electronic filing

and Iowa Court Rules Chapter 16,

division VI regarding the protection of personal information in

court filings.

If you require the assistance

of auxiliary aids or services to

participate in court because of a

disability, immediately call your

district ADA coordinator at (641)

421-0990. (If you are hearing

impaired, call Relay Iowa TTY at

1-800-735-2942)

THIS CASE HAS BEEN FILED

IN A COUNTY THAT UTILIZES

ELECTRONIC FILING. Therefore, unless the filed petition and

original notice contains a hearing

date for your appearance, or unless you obtain an exception from

the court, you must file your Appearance and Answer electronically.

You must register to eFile

through the Iowa Judicial Branch

website at www.iowacourts.state.

ia.us/efile

IMPORTANT: YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE TO PROTECT

YOUR INTERESTS.

District Clerk of Court or/by

Clerk’s Designee

/s/ Ashlyn Davis

Humboldt County Courthouse

Dakota City, Iowa 50529

Date of publication: Jan. 4,

2024, Jan. 11, 2024, Jan. 18,

2024.

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LEGALS

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

City of Humboldt

Humboldt, Iowa

The Humboldt City Council met

in regular session on Tuesday,

January 2, 2024 in the Council

Chambers of the Humboldt Municipal Building. Mayor Daniel

Scholl called the meeting to order

at 5:30 p.m. Council Members

present: Goodell, Sleiter, Dominick, Harklau, and Whittlesey.

Motion by Dominick, Second

by Goodell to approve the following Consent Agenda items:

1) the agenda as printed; 2) the

minutes of the December 18,

2023 work session; 3) the minutes of the December 18, 2023

regular Council meeting; 4) the

December claims; 5) the December Investment Report; and 6)

the renewal of a Class C Retail

Alcohol License for JOD Inc.,

d/b/a El Valle Grocery/El Valle

Grill (pending dram shop certification). (5) Ayes, motion carried.

Public Input comments were

made by Jim Crabtree, Chantel

Fridolfson, and Renae Dreyer of

Humboldt regarding the Sumner

Avenue Improvement Project.

The City Administrator reviewed his Council Report.

Amy Donahe provided a brief

summary of the activities of the

Humboldt County Housing Development Corporation (HCHDC). The presentation included a

budget request for $7,500 in general funding for FY 2024-2025.

The Council discussed some of

the provisions that could be included in a proposed urban chickens ordinance. The City Administrator reviewed a spreadsheet

summarizing the ordinances of

20 Iowa cities which allow chickens to be kept within city limits. Some of the considerations

include a permit requirement,

limits on the number of chickens,

size of coops, whether roosters

are allowed, and how the ordinance would be administered. A

draft ordinance will be prepared

by staff for the next meeting.

Motion by Harklau, Second by

Goodell to approve the following

proposed Resolution No. 2024-

01: “A RESOLUTION APPOINTING CITY OFFICIALS AND

REPRESENTATIVES TO VARIOUS CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND DESIGNATING

THE OFFICIAL DEPOSITORIES

FOR THE CITY OF HUMBOLDT

AND SPECIFYING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DEPOSITS.”

Roll Call Vote: Ayes – Goodell, Sleiter, Dominick, Harklau,

and Whittlesey. Motion carried.

Motion by Sleiter, Second

by Goodell to approve the following proposed Resolution

No. 2024-02: “A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FEES

AND SERVICE CHARGES.”

Roll Call Vote: Ayes – Sleiter,

Dominick, Harklau, Whittlesey,

and Goodell. Motion carried.

Motion by Dominick, Second by Whittlesey to approve

the following proposed Resolution No. 2024-03: “A RESOLUTION APPROVING PAY

APPLICATION NO. 1 WITH

RASCH CONSTRUCTION OF

FORT DODGE, IOWA FOR THE

THREE RIVERS INDUSTRIAL

PARK, PHASE 1 PROJECT IN

THE AMOUNT OF $15,183.85.”

Roll Call Vote: Ayes – Dominick, Harklau, Whittlesey, Goodell, and Sleiter. Motion carried.

Other Items Discussed: City

Clerk – Reminded the Council

of the garbage collection schedule for New Year’s week. Goodell – Mentioned that a plan

would need to be in place to provide for the disposal of chicken waste if chickens were to be

allowed within the city limits.

Motion by Harklau, Second by Whittlesey to schedule

Monday, January 15, 2024 at

5:30 PM as the date and time

for the next regular meeting

of the Humboldt City Council

and adjourn this session at 6:18

p.m. (5) Ayes, motion carried.

Daniel E. Scholl, Mayor

Attest:

Gloria J. Christensen,

City Clerk

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NOTICE OF PROOF OF WILL

WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION

Probate No. ESPR012006

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT

FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE

ESTATE OF

OF THE ESTATE OF

TERRY M. HART, Deceased

To All Persons Interested in

the Estate of Terry M. Hart, Deceased, who died on or about on

Nov. 4, 2023:

You are hereby notified that on

Dec. 22, 2023, the last will and

testament of Terry M. Hart, deceased, bearing date of June 7,

2023, was admitted to probate in

the above-named court and there

will be no present administration

of the estate. Any action to set

aside the will must be brought in

the district court of the county

within the later to occur of four

months from the date of the second publication of this notice or

one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of

the decedent and devisees under

the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Dated: Dec. 22, 2023.

Virginia A. Hart, Proponent

103 S. Taft St.

Humboldt, IA 50548

Attorney for estate:

Brett D. Legvold

#AT0011446,

Arends, Lee, Emick, Legvold, &

Myott, PLC

520 Sumner Ave.

PO Box 644

Humboldt, Iowa 50548

Date of second publication Jan.

11, 2024.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS,

HEIRS AND BENEFICIARIES

IN THE MATTER

OF THE TRUST:

Terry M. Hart Revocable Trust

To all persons regarding Terry

M. Hart, deceased, who died on

or about Nov. 4, 2023. You are

hereby notified that the trustee

listed below is the trustee of the

Terry M. Hart Revocable Trust

dated June 7, 2023. Any action

to contest the validity of the trust

must be brought in the District

Court of Humboldt County, Iowa,

within the later to occur of four

(4) months from the date of second publication of this notice or

thirty (30) days from the date of

mailing this notice to the spouse

of the decedent settlor, and to

all heirs of the decedent settlor

whose identities are reasonably

ascertainable. Any suit not filed

within this period shall be forever

barred.

Notice is further given that

any person or entity possessing a

claim against the trust must mail

proof of the claim to the trustee

at the address listed below via

certified mail, return receipt

requested, by the later to occur

of four (4) months from the second publication of this notice or

thirty (30) days from the date of

mailing this notice if required or

the claim shall be forever barred

unless paid or otherwise satisfied.

Dated on Dec. 22, 2023.

Virginia A. Hart

103 S. Taft St.

Humboldt, IA 50548

Brett D. Legvold

#AT0011446,

Attorney for Trustee

520 Sumner Ave.

PO Box 644

Humboldt, Iowa 50548

Date of second publication:

Jan. 11, 2024.

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Humboldt Lions Club members Bob Connor (left) and Jeff Lane (right) are shown presenting Erica

Knudson-Zuetlau (center), the director of the Humboldt County Historical Museum, with a $250 donation to the museum’s mission and activities. Submitted photo.

The Humboldt Dance Team is pleased to announce a Dance Team

Clinic and evening Dance Team Showcase on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024.

at the Humboldt High School gym.

The Dance Team clinic is for girls and boys in grades preschool

through eighth grade. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., dancers in the various

grades will learn a routine under the supervision of the high school

Dance Team members.

All participants are asked to arrive between 9:40-9:55 a.m., so everyone can be checked in and ready to go by 10 a.m. All children are

asked to wear black pants, shorts of leggings. Registered participants

will receive a Dance Team Night T-shirt to wear. All participants are

asked to bring a water bottle with their name on it.

After two hours of rehearsal, a performance of routines will begin

at 12 p.m. Admission for the performance is $5 for adults with students/children admitted free. All of the groups will get to perform

their routines twice.

The cost is $25 and the registration deadline is Friday, Jan. 5. A

registration form with the participant’s name, address, parent name

and phone number should be included, along with the child’s sex,

grade and school attended, along with the T-shirt size and the parent

or guardian signature. Forms or fees should be dropped off to the

school office no later than Friday, Jan. 5, or they may be mailed to

Caitlyn Holm, c/o Humboldt High School, 1500 Wildcat Road, Humboldt, IA 50548.

Participants at the noon clinic show will receive a free ticket for

the 7 p.m. showcase for the eldest group of dance team members.

The Humboldt Dance Team appreciates the community’s support of

the program.

Dance Team

clinic and

show is Jan. 27

The Humboldt Lions Club made a $200 donation to the Humboldt Girl Scouts

recently. Accepting the donation are Emerson Elliott (left) and Reagan Minor

(center), members of Brownie Girl Scout Troop 538. Presenting the donation

on behalf of the Lions is member Jacki Lerdal (right). Humboldt Independent

photo by Kent Thompson.

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