Humboldt County News

After months of deliberation and no little controversy, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors may decide Tuesday who will oversee the Code Enforcement Unit.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says a Humboldt County man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for growing large quantities of marijuana and buying several pieces of land for other people to cultivate pot.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has reversed a murder conviction, ordering a man involved in a deadly street fight to be found guilty of a lesser charge instead.

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by admin . Kyle Deemer UPDATE: A jury has convicted a West Des Moines man of killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend along a road near Marshalltown.

As of Monday, 45 people have been hospitalized for the H1N1 flu virus in Humboldt County, while 28,780 have been vaccinated in the continuing struggle to provide enough vaccines for those at risk.

A jury in Dakota City, Iowa has returned a guilty verdict in the double-murder trial of 29-year-old Kyle Deemer.

Prosecutors concluded their case this morning against Kyle Deemer, a West Des Moines man who allegedly shot his estranged wife and her friend along a state highway near Marshalltown.

Elected officials in Humboldt have suspended the city's police chief pending the outcome of a criminal investigation into allegations Chief Matthew Dominick misused a driver's license and criminal history information.

It was late April when the Iowa Supreme Court made its landmark decision, clearing the way for same sex marriages in Iowa.

A murder trial for Kyle Deemer for the fatal shootings of his estranged wife and her male friend has begun in Humboldt County on a change of venue.

Humboldt Police Chief Matt Dominick was placed on disciplinary suspension Monday.

The trial of a Des Moines man accused of killing his wife and another man in Marshall County last fall is scheduled to start.

The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting worked across the state this year, seizing more than 4.4 million marijuana plants, 3.2 percent of which came from Humboldt County, according to recently released statistics.

As has been said before, we here in Humboldt County are blessed with an extravagant seasonal assortment of locally grown organic fruits and vegetables.

I am writing in response to the article a oeCup Runneth Overa . In this article, the author, Heidi Walters, writes of the business that was lost when the pulp mill closed, and how that will raise the cost of water for the rest of us here in Humboldt.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials said the city of Bode is now under a boil advisory.

Humboldt area residents have requested the county make repairs to Penn Avenue. On Monday, Humboldt County supervisors were presented with petitions signed by about 800 people requesting repairs of the road, which is located approximately three miles east of Humboldt.

In front of at least 20,000 people Sunday in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI made official what many in Hawaii always knew - that Father Damien of Molokai, whose unwavering compassion in the face of suffering from leprosy has become a parable for our times, led a life worthy of elevation to sainthood.

Facility changes are being considered for the Humboldt Community School District.

Seasons pass like the fog creeps across the landscape here -- summer to autumn, baseball to football, sown seeds to bountiful harvests.