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School has started in Storm Lake and many businesses have partnered up with classrooms to share activities and increase learning. Here are the 2018-19 PIE teachers and their business partners

Kindergarten

Kathy Bowman, Nancy Thompson — Rasmussen Ford

Hope Backman — Citizens First National Bank

Amber Drilling, Amy Jesse — Central Bank

Anne Hoffard, Erica McAtee — Walmart

Katie Mills — SL Police Department

Brooke Gaffney — BVU Volleyball

Carrie Bargloff — BVU CEC

First Grade

Congratulations to these Iowa State Fair winners

Embroidery division of the Fabric and Threads contest:

Surface – Pillow, Karla Pickhinke of Storm Lake, second place

Surface – Accessory for Needlework, Leann Baumhover, Storm Lake, first place

Surface – Felted Wool Item, Leann Baumhover, third place; Karla Pickhinke,

Surface – Item Made Using Punch Needle Embroidery, Leann Baumhover

Clothing Construction division of Fabric and Threads contest:

Infant/Toddler – sleepwear, Leann Baumhover, fourth place

Cafés, displays will be allowed

The Storm Lake City Council is expected to review an ordinance that will allow sidewalk sales at its next meeting, Sept. 4.

Attorney general slow to respond to Patton’s letter

BY CHRIS VRBA

Pocahontas Record-Democrat

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has lagged in responding to a request for a legal opinion related to improvements being made to wind turbines in Pocahontas and Buena Vista counties — an opinion that, if favorable to the counties, would result in a windfall of tens of millions in new tax revenue over the duration of the turbines’ operation.   

Tariffs starting to spark price hikes

And then, the question of whether voters will approve

BY TOM CULLEN

Bids on Storm Lake School District’s proposed early childhood facility are expected to be $1.5 million lower than its bonding capacity, but school administration can’t guarantee those bids will fall into line.

Alta code officer cited for assault at the raceway

Alta Code Enforcement Officer Matthew Hess was arrested last Wednesday night for an alleged assault at the Buena Vista County Raceway.

Court records show Hess, 42, was arrested by the Buena Vista County Sheriff at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday for allegedly striking a victim in the face in the raceway parking lot. Hess was arrested and booked into the county jail on a $300 bond.