Humboldt Journal

Once again, they took it in five. The Humboldt Broncos finished their Northern Conference final series against the Flin Flon Bombers with a 2-1 win in Game 5 on March 29. Like all games in this series, the last was close.

Benedict August Knoblauch: August 24, 1933 - March 25, 2013 The death of Mr. Benedict "Ben" August Knoblauch occurred peacefully at his residence, St. Mary's Villa, Humboldt, SK, on Monday, March 25, 2013. He was 79 years of age.

The building and the man both received honours. Elgar Petersen, the man the arena is named after, received a special honour on the ice right before the puck dropped for Game 2 of the Humboldt Broncos' series against the Flin Flon Bombers on March 23.

They are trying to make it easy to walk around Humboldt. Trevor Tumach, a consultant working on the Community Trails project for the City of Humboldt, unveiled the potential trails plan for Humboldt during an open house on March 19.

COUROS: MARIO The sudden passing of Mr. Mario Couros, 82 years of age, occurred at his residence on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 in Humboldt. Mario was born on May 8, 1930 to Mihali and Konstandina Kourogiorgas in Astros Kynourias, Greece.

They were announced as winners in January, but just received their awards last weekend.

Humboldt Chamber hands out Mark of Excellence awards

It was a fun tournament, but serious play.

Many local teams headed off to HOOPLA in Saskatoon last weekend and a couple came back with medals. The Three Lakes School 1A Girls' basketball team came home from the provincial tournament March 22-23 with a silver medal.

It burned an entire apartment, but its cause is still under investigation.A fire ripped through a suite on the ground floor of an apartment building on the 300 block of 9th Street in Humboldt on March 21.