Humboldt Journal

Three wins and a sealed up second-place league ranking meant it was a good week for the Marysburg Royals last week.The senior baseball team managed to win all three league games they played after coming in third at Provincials just over a week ago.

School's out for the summer, but a few area students spent some time in a different type of classroom last week.About 25 students between Grades 3 and 9 attended SCI-FI Science camps at St. Peter's College in Muenster.

A young man from Humboldt is dealing with a lot of public attention after putting his Rider Pride and his love of music on the Internet earlier this month.

A hearty welcome to all - or "Ein herzliches Willkommen an alle" - was given at the third annual German Day or Deutscher Tag held August 8 in Humboldt.

It's what everyone has been waiting to happen for weeks.Highway 5 west of Humboldt officially opened on August 6, not with a bang, but in a cloud of dust.

Freedom from the dreaded Parkinson's disease which viciously attacked our dear husband, father, brother, uncle and friend Albert came on Sunday, July 25, 2010 peacefully surrounded by his family at his residence St. Mary's Villa Humboldt.

Johanna Niebrugge, sister, mother, grand mother, great grand mother, and great great grandmother of Humboldt, Saskatchewan left us to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 6, 2010 at the age of 96. She grew up on her parents' homestead near Carmel.

Gerald "Gerry" Strueby of Englefeld, SK, passed away suddenly on Friday, July 30, 2010, at Marean Lake, SK. He was 71 years of age. Gerry was born on May 26, 1939, to Meinard and Cecelia Strueby in Humboldt, SK.

She's back from her first international tournament, but she won't be home for long.Paige Crozon, 16, of Humboldt, just got back from a month-long trip that included Toronto, Spain, and France and a whole lot of basketball.

He's still got a year of high school eligibility left, but he's already made one of the top teams in the country.Jordon Hilgers, 17, was a member of the gold-medal-winning Team Saskatchewan football team that played in the Canada Cup this summer.