HUMBOLDT — Sandy Hurst is doing what she can to make the best of a bad situation. Hurst, who has owned Humboldt’s H&H Grill for the past 17 years, has seen business plummet because of…

70 Years Ago At least eight and possibly as many as 10 new houses will be built on North Tennessee Street this spring and summer by Bunt Warren, Iola realtor, and Vernon Peterson, contractor, in…

“It looks so peaceful,” wife Beverly remarked one cloudy afternoon this week when we trundled from the end of a lane leading into Humboldt’s Mount Hope Cemetery. A few minutes earlier Beverly asked to take…

Tuesday’s “Pink Moon” gave stargazers a spectacular full moon, which appeared slightly brighter than other full moons because the satellite’s orbit brought closer to earth than at other times of the year. The full moon…

While waiting for a return to normalcy, I’m reminded of when I was young and spent much of my time at home, mainly because there wasn’t much else for a young kid to do in…

The election on a proposed bond for Humboldt schools has been postponed, following a USD 258 school board meeting Thursday. The $15 million bond issue is for renovations and additions to its elementary, middle and…

More than 30 residents of USD 258 met Thursday night to prepare a strategy to advocate for a bond issue designed to make improvements to the three major schools and adjoining facilities in Humboldt. The…

“The grocery store — they’ve pretty much stopped work on it,” said Cole Herder, Humboldt city administrator, during Tuesday’s meeting of Allen County Commissioners. Herder noted that proprietors Scotty and Amy Welch had invested upwards…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt council members made two decisions of import Monday night First, they changed the city volunteer fire department protocols for giving assistance in fighting structure fires in rural areas. Such aid has been…

HUMBOLDT — Kay Lewis, Humboldt superintendent of schools, said electrical work and heating, ventilation and air conditioning had been installed at the storm shelter under construction at the new sports complex on Georgia Road. Within…