Month: March 2018

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — Humboldt County Elected Officials are seeing a 3.5% salary increase for the upcoming fiscal year. The County Attorney and County Sheriff are now the two highest paid county elected […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office says a 16-year old Humboldt minor female was uninjured in a Tuesday crash. Law enforcement officials say the accident occurred near 230th Street and […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — The Humboldt County Memorial Hospital will be once again offering the Heart and Stroke Check, March 26th. The stroke screen, $35 in total, features a risk factor questionnaire,  blood […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — Last week it was announced that David Thilges would retire from Humboldt Secondary Roads. Monday, the Board of Supervisors made it official. Thilges, a 43-year veteran of Humboldt County […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of three new trucks for Humboldt County Secondary Roads. Interim Engineer Ben Loots provided the supervisors with three quotes from […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Transportation is closing the Highway 3 bridge east of Humboldt just past County K road next Monday, March 19th. The bridge repair is set to […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — It was yet another successful year for Meals from the Heartland-Humboldt, as the groups together combined to package 181,656 meals this season. Both the schools and community helped package […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — The Food Bank of Iowa’s Mobile Food Pantry will be making it’s way back to Humboldt this week. The food pantry will be at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds Wednesday […]