Opportunity Center Handover of 1980 Spending Records
In Humboldt County a motion to produce all records of Opportunity Center revenue sharing funds for 1980 was complied with after a filing by attorney M. Gene Blackburn for the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. The case arose from a Treasury audit demand tied to 50 000 in revenue sharing funds and related arrangements, with ongoing board disputes and plans for a new facility in Humboldt amid opposition from Livermore residents.
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Steven Hakeman
Humboldt County Clerk of Court
Opportunity Center
Attornnney M. Gene Blackburn
Fort Dodge
Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
OC Board
Joseph Coleman, Jr
United States Secretary of Treasury
Board of Supervisors
Treasury Department
Humboldt County
Opportunity Center Board
Livermore
Humboldt
Humboldt Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Prisoner Almost Hangs Self at Humboldt County Jail
Jerry Thompson, 27, of Hardy, attempted to hang himself Sunday in his jail cell. Deputies found him before injury. He has been held since late September on a second degree sexual abuse charge. Psychiatric evaluation was ordered and his trial, set for January 6, was postponed.
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Humboldt County
New
Jerry Thompson
Hardy
Thompson
Thas
Bob Lee
Vicious Midwest winter storm paralyses Humboldt County
A fierce ice and snow storm struck much of Iowa and the Midwest late Monday into Tuesday. Humboldt County roads were 100 percent snow and ice covered with zero visibility and travelers were urged to stay off the roads. No storm related accidents or stranded motorists were reported by 10 a.m. Tuesday as light rain fell earlier, then freezing and turning to heavy snow up to three inches. Trees and shrubs suffered significant damage from ice and strong winds, with broken branches and drifting snow creating hazardous conditions. REC general manager Henry Lenning.
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Humboldt
First Avenue
Fifth Street
Republican
Iowa
Midwest
Humboldt County
Squirrel causes power outage in southwest town area
About 460 Iowa Public Service Company customers lost power for 50 minutes Sunday morning after a squirrel caused a short circuit that tripped a substation switch near Bicknell Park. District Manager Gene Folkers said the blackout affected the southwest area west of Taft Street south of Sumner Avenue including Forest Estates from 9:15 a.m. to 10:05 a.m.
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Iowa Public Service Company
Bicknell Park
Gene Folkers
Taft Street
Sumner Avenue
Forest Estates
Christmas Fire Reshaped Humboldt Livermore Stores
A 1948 Christmas blaze gutted six downtown Humboldt and Sumner Avenue buildings, sparking a half million dollar loss and prompting the relocation of Livermore’s business district to the hill south of the depots. No lives were lost though numerous residents fled in night attire. fire crews battled the cold for days as hundreds of homes and shops burned.
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Humboldt Livermore
Humboldt
Sumner Avenue
American Legion
Jensen
Jensen Paint
McEntaffer Jewelry
Bowen Ben Franklin Variety
Legion
Molander Photographic Studio
Molander Beauty Shop
W. H. Smith Real Estate Company
Fred Nelson Watch
Dr. Arent
Dr. Woodward
Bert Neal
Stanley Nelson
Jack Russell
Legion Club
McEntaffers
Livermore
Meagher Meat Market
Main Street
J. M. Meagher
Frank Deally
Mary
Kir. Branaman
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Jaycee
Gilmore City
Humboldt-Dakota City Jaycees
Dave Etherington
J. Michael Libbie
Iowa Jaycees
Bradgate
Phil’s Flowers
Phil
Nancy Toroian
Toroians
Lansing
Mich
Fifth Avenue North
Nancy
REC
Henry Lenning
Perera AaSee
Signe Morgan
Anna Rossing
Ross Smith
Nicholson
Molander
Alma Johnson
Bina Berkhimer
Bowen's
Ray Jansen
McEntaffer
Sue Laurel
Herb Jensen
Leon Terwilliger
Merle State
Blanche and
Marjorie Oxborrow
Karl Clabaugh
Ames
Merrill Martin
Ben Franklin
American Legion Post
Des Moines Register
Tribune
Charles Wagner
Terwilligers
Bill Fain
Fain
Violet Nelson
Eagle Grove Fire Department
Fort Dodge Fire Department
Fern Folk
Waterloo
Wrae Minion
Henry Christensen
Kevienagee
Lane Clothing
Thomas Jewelry
Royal Schulze
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