Local News

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 […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Fort Dodge, Iowa — Officials have released more information regarding a Friday night accident near Fort Dodge. Authorities say 29-year old Sarah Jensen of Newell was killed as a result of falling […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — Meals From the Heartland is set to make it’s 8th annual run in Humboldt this weekend and their goals have never been higher. This year, the effort is to […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — The Humboldt City Council has set the spring burn date. The council decided on setting open landscape waste burning for the city on Saturday April 14th. Approximately two weeks […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Rutland, Iowa — The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office says two were injured in Tuesday afternoon single vehicle accident. The accident occurred near Sheridan Avenue on the west edge of Rutland. Deputy […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — One person was charged — and uninjured — in a single vehicle accident that occurred Monday. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office says 29-year old, Zandohn Kpor of Algona was […]