Tag: Monarch Cement
HUMBOLDT — Think of your standard driver’s education course. Now, make it about a hundred times harder. And change the sedan to a cement truck. No sweat, right? That was the scene Saturday morning at…
HUMBOLDT — The secret to chainsaw carving, according to Chauncey Poe of Altamont, is to remove all the wood that doesn’t belong. “I look at a log and I can see the animal inside it,”…
HUMBOLDT — A $2.1 million state transportation grant will allow Monarch Cement to build nearly 9,000 feet of railroad tracks and eliminate about 2,800 truckloads of deliveries each year. Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Department…
A dozen Iola Rotarians were at Humboldt’s Monarch Cement Thursday for an up-close tour of the plant’s operations. During the tour, Monarch operations supervisor Dennis Osborn shows Monarch’s roller mill area. The group also visited…
Thirteen cement truck drivers descended upon Monarch Cement in Humboldt Saturday for a truck rodeo. The event gauged their skills on maneuvering the behemoth trucks through a series of obstacles, including making their way through…
The responses to a recent article about Allen County’s lack of affordable housing have been pretty pointed. Low wages. High rents. Few dining or entertainment options. High taxes. “Why would anyone want to live there?”…
HUMBOLDT — James Carlson was eager for the Humboldt Fitness Center to open in 2019. As an employee at B&W Trailer Hitches, Carlson was looking forward to having an option just down the street. Not…
In the last couple of years Bonnie Johnson has written several letters to the editor, all concerning the sale of alcohol. Johnson’s letter today is critical of Humboldt City Council members entertaining the notion of…
HUMBOLDT — Gov. Laura Kelly was in Humboldt Thursday morning to tour the Monarch Cement plant and learn its history. The extensive outing included seeing the plant’s massive rotary kilns, its sophisticated control room and…
