Humboldt Journal

The Humboldt & District Chamber of Commerce is welcoming a few new members to their board of directors, including a new president. "I really enjoy working for the business community in town," said Andre Kruger, the chamber's new president.

On March 4, 1990, Hank Gathers, a star basketball player at Loyola Marymount University, slammed home an alley-oop dunk during a game against the Portland Pilots. While running back down the court, Gathers collapsed.

The Humboldt Broncos have advanced to the second round of the SJHL playoffs after defeating the Melfort Mustangs in a six-game series that ended with an overtime winner from Justin Lund in the sixth and final game.

The biggest news around town right now, other than the Broncos ending the Melfort Mustangs' playoff run and moving on to the Yorkton Terriers, is of course, the redevelopment of the Humboldt Mall.

On March 19, 1974, Myron Johnson departed from Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, piloting a CF-104 fighter jet as part of a mission to test a newly installed cannon on the aircraft.

After more than a decade of memories, the Calico Gymnastics Club will no longer be able to call the Humboldt Mall home. "There was a notice made to tenants saying it would be under new management," said Jodi Smith, president of Calico.

Although it's been a part of the Centennial Park concept plan since the beginning, the process for obtaining an LED sign has only just begun.

The Humboldt Mall will soon be undergoing a major renovation that will see the indoor shopping plaza turned into large storefronts, with residential townhouses constructed behind it. In Dec.

BAUER: Alice Geraldine November 12, 1916 - March 11, 2014 The death of Mrs. Alice G. (nee Hopfner) Bauer of St. Mary's Villa, Humboldt, SK, occurred at her residence on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. She was 97 years of age.

For the Humboldt Broncos, the first four games of their playoff series with the Melfort Mustangs have been, to borrow a line from Charles Dickens, a tale of two cities. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times .