Tag: Humboldt

When little Liz Tilman played outdoors she sometimes was in the shadow of Monarch Cement’s 300-foot smokestack. She and seven siblings lived in the last house on South Ninth Street, just inside Humboldt city limits.…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt’s sole grocery store will soon reopen. Scott Welch, Moran, announced Wednesday the old Moon’s Hometown Market site will become Our Market when the grocery reopens, sometime early in 2020. Improvements to the…

Bob and Beverly Johnson were humbled a few years back — 2013, to be exact — when they were asked to serve as marshals for the Farm-City Days celebration. “But it is an honor, probably…

Humboldt High School will crown its Fall 2019 Homecoming King and Queen Friday during the Cubs’ home football game against Riverton.

Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from Him. — Psalms 127:3.   Tradition is a strong motivator. If that were not so, the 12 members of Poplar Grove Baptist Church in…

It’s human nature, especially at night, to look to the sky with a sense of awe and wonder. Courtesy of a gift from Humboldt’s Mike Myer, the Iola Public Library can help bring into focus…

MANHATTAN — Briana Yokum, Humboldt, was among the 620 Kansas State University students who completed her degree requirements to graduate from Kansas State University. Yokum earned a bachelor of science degree in agriculture.

Thursday provided some tightly contested games for middle school sports in Allen County. Here is how each team fared in week 4:   Iola  Football The seventh-grade Ponies pulled off a tightly contested win against…

Along about 6:30 tonight Altoona’s population — listed at 380 — will swell when senior citizens stream into town for the Saturday night dance. “They like old country, songs by Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Bob…

A massive search continues for Tim Fritch, 41, who has been missing from Humboldt since Saturday evening. Fritch’s sister, Cora Finley, said in a Facebook video that Monday’s search included a Kansas Highway Patrol aircraft…