Shooting the Humboldt County Courthouse

Dakota City is the county seat of Humboldt County and this is their courthouse. This courthouse was a little tricky to find due to the somewhat challenging access to the community. Dakota City is listed as the smallest county seat in the state and shares a border with the relatively large community of Humboldt. After exploring a little of the area, I'm only aware of one way into Dakota City and one way out... and they're separated by nearly a mile. It was tricky navigating. Located on a bluff overlooking the Des Moines River, this courthouse holds a place of prominence in the community.

I've learned that journalist Harry Reasoner was born and buried in Dakota City. In between, he helped shape the landscape of modern journalism as one of the network anchors of his day. He then moved on to even larger pursuit.

Reasoner's greatest contribution to television news reporting came in 1968, when he teamed up with Mike Wallace to begin the 60 Minutes newsmagazine series. -- Wikipedia

The aggressive investigative reporting style at the center of that program often created a sense of fear in when the reporters showed up... which made for the following:

An editorial cartoon the day after his death showed Reasoner arriving at the Pearly Gates, with a startled St. Peter crying, "Oh, no! It's 60 Minutes!" -- Wikipedia