Humboldt County officials seek $500 across the board pay hike
The Humboldt County Compensation Board approved a recommendation to grant all elected county officials except the supervisors a 500 pay rise for 1983, with the Supervisors set to receive no wage increase. The plan moves to the Board of Supervisors for final approval, which can cut but not raise the amount.
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Humboldt County Compensation Board
Ronald Warren
Laurence Bair
Hartley MacKintosh
Dick Naeve
John Walther
MacKintosh
Naeve
Board of Supervisors
Christmasland to stay open one more week
Kiwanis Christmasland extends through the final week of display with Pioneer Christmas open daily and weekend evenings. Co-chairs Fred Meyer and Stan Jensen report over 2,200 visitors from 49 towns and 15 states, plus numerous daytime group tours booked by appointment. The attraction closes the day after Christmas.
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Kiwanis
Fred Meyer
Stan Jensen
Otto Schultz Dies A Longtime Dakota City Figure
Otto Arthur Schultz 82 of Dakota City died from carbon monoxide poisoning in his garage at 24 First Street North. He built a Dakota City legacy as a mechanic and Chrysler Plymouth dealer, real estate investor, and founder of the Star Ballroom later the Baron Lounge, hosting famous bands and teen dances. Survived by sister Cora McKittrick of Marshalltown. Services Friday at Lindart Funeral Home, burial Zion Lutheran Cemetery Beaver Township. Schultz moved to Dakota City in 1912 and shaped Main Street with seven brick buildings constructed 1944–1954.
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Otto Schultz
Dakota City
First Street North
Schultz
Humboldt County
M. L. Northup
Humboldt County Memorial Hospital
Lindart
Humboldt
Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Beaver Township
Cora McKittrick
Marshalltown
Otto Arthur Schultz
Gotfried and
Anna Walter Schultz
Louis Armstrong
Stan Kenton
Main Street
Fifth Street
Sixth Street
Skate 8
Baron Lounge
Your Inc
M&m Used Clothing
Dale’s Shoe Repair
Hamilton Returns to Dakota City Post Office
Postmaster Bruce Hamilton of Dakota City resumes duties after six months as officer in charge at Britt. Bruce Watnem, who filled the role in Hamilton’s absence, will go back to the Humboldt Post Office.
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Bruce Hamilton
Dakota City
Britt
Bruce Watnem
Hamilton
Humboldt
Twin Rivers High to stage Christmas concert Sunday
The Twin Rivers High School band and chorus perform their annual Christmas concert at 3 p.m. Sunday. Refreshments will be served after the concert in the high school.
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Twin Rivers High School
Weather Summary of a Cold Windy Day
A weather note records high and low temperatures with wind direction and gusts. The entry notes a high near 36 and a low around 24 with southwest and northwest wind shifts.
Dresser to Undergo January Elbow Surgery
Kevin Dresser of Iowa will have elbow surgery the first week of January at University Hospitals in Iowa City to repair a long standing elbow fracture. Surgeons plan grafting bone from his hip and expect about eight weeks in a cast with a roughly 90 percent chance of success. Dresser has wrestled with limited use since a 1981 state final and remains a freshman with three years of eligibility left.
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Kevin Dresser
Iowa Hawkeyes
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Skip Dresser
Humboldt
Dresser
Kevin
Ohio
Dave Merrick
Turkey Valley
Jackson Junction
Humboldt Prep
Dan Gable
Market Snapshot for Corn Oats Beans
A brief market listing shows prices for corn oats and beans as of 10 a.m on Thursday December 16 with values 2.14 1.50 and 5 35. The fragment notes a morning market update but lacks full context or units.
Lions host hearing impaired at Tod's Christmas dinner
North Central Iowa Lions host a hearing impaired Christmas supper at Tod's Cafe Dakota City Monday night December 20 at 6 15 p m. Robyn Hinkle and Diane Shaw will interpret the carols with Hinkle a Dakota City native and Iowa Western alum currently an interpreter instructor at the Iowa School for the Deaf Shaw a current IWCC interpreter training student and practice teacher at Lewis Central High School Call Chuck Hinkle for reservations.
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Lions
Iowa
Tod's Cafe
Dakota City
Iowa School For the Deaf
Miss Shaw
I.W.C.C
Lewis Central High School
Council Bluffs
Chairs donated to Humboldt ARC workshop
The Humboldt Workshop received two dozen chrome trimmed chairs funded by the Association for Retarded Citizens with part of the support from Knights of Columbus and matched by the Workshop board. Donations from the Order of the Eastern Star and the Masonic Lodge supported chair purchases. The ARC promotes welfare and independence for people with retardation through homes, workshops, training, and related services.
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Humboldt
Association For Retarded Citizens
ARC
Knights of Columbus
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge, of
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Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
United States
D.C
Riverside Park
Humboldt Public Library
Barb Gidel
Mike Gabba
Dave Roberts
Dave
Carol Larson
Tod’s
Chuck Hinkle
Lst Avenue North
Santa Claus
Humboldt- Dakota City
Jaycees
Santa
Paul Cahill
Dave Etherington
Scott Lerdal
Kevin Clubaugh
Steve Burkheimer
Steve
Jodi
Lindsay
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