Humboldt Journal

Last year, it was a side-splitting, knee-slapping, belly-laughter affair and this year, it can only get better. It's the second-annual Raise the Woof comedy show to be held Oct.

It's an old home, very old in fact. Built in 1912 during the Edwardian era, this crisp white cottage-style home in the heart of Humboldt, near wispy fields and railway tracks, probably has many stories to tell, if walls could talk.

Students at St. Augustine School got an up close and personal look at the horror of hunger during a food security conference at the school on Oct. 4.

The lights hummed to life on a Thursday night, not Friday, and it was a bit cold, but for at least one night Humboldt could have been mistaken for one of those football-crazed towns in Texas or Georgia or South Carolina, places where high school foot

That autumn chill in the air can only mean one thing: it's time to dig the skates out of the closet. For those kids who want to glide and stride down the ice but aren't ready to play in a league, Humboldt has them covered. Rec hockey is back.

Football is perhaps the ultimate team game. Even the most talented players rely on others to make themselves look good; Tom Brady isn't Tom Brady without his offensive line and even the best running back benefits from a fullback who can really block.

If there's one thing that makes coaches' blood boil, it's lack of effort. They can handle unlucky breaks or times when their team is simply overmatched, but losing because you didn't show up to play? That's another story altogether.

Over the next few years, the City of Humboldt may be extending the long arm of the law here in the city. Mayor Malcolm Eaton, city manager James Moller and Coun.

Turn on the smoke alarms and turn off the stoves because Fire Prevention Week is happening in Humboldt from Oct. 6-12. The theme for this year is "prevent kitchen fires.

NAGY: Evelyn Bernardena October 28, 1934 - September 30, 2013 The sudden and unexpected death of Mrs. Evelyn Bernardena (nee Hueser) Nagy of Middle Lake, SK, occurred at her residence on Monday, September 30, 2013. She was 78 years of age.