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One more Saturday night
FRB reunites to rock the Fourth
King’s Pointe is a long way from Sunset Park Bandshell in 1968
The best rock ’n roll band ever to come out of BV County will rip up the Great Lawn at King’s Pointe Saturday night before and after the fireworks display.
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Daily Headlines
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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Storm Lake makes for happy anglers
Storm Lake, that 3,000-acre dishpan lake some 60 miles east of Sioux City has made walleye fishermen very happy the past three years.

UNI gridders charged in fight at Arnolds Park
Three men including a UNI football standout are arrested in connection to a fight Tuesday night at the corner of Broadway Street and Allan Avenue in Arnolds Park.

Taxpayers won’t cover Spirit Lake School Board fees
Spirit Lake school board members who were fined for violations of the state’s open-meetings law have lost a bid to have their legal bills covered by the taxpayers who sued them, court records show.

Culver thinks budget will end in black
Gov. Chet Culver's budget experts expressed confidence Tuesday the state's fiscal 2009 budget will end with a positive balance even in the face of eroding tax revenues.

Sioux Falls continues growth pace
Sioux Falls still is growing far faster than any city in the region and remains among the fastest-growing cities in the country, newly released census estimates show.

Lakeville grandma suffocates baby by accident
The night her infant grandson died, Tina Miller-Steiner said, she was so distraught that she doesn't remember much of what happened.

In Missouri, White Pages fade to black
The White Pages phone book, which helped connect the country for more than a century, is facing up to the fact that it no longer matters in most households. The latest sign of its shrunken role is a tentative deal in Missouri that would let AT&T stop automatic delivery to homes and businesses on the Missouri side of the Kansas City and St. Louis areas.

Computer glitch grounds United flights at O’Hare
A United Airlines computer outage this morning at O'Hare International Airport is keeping passengers from checking in and is grounding the airline's flights at the airport.

Wisconsin recognizes domestic partnerships
With the budget signed Monday by Gov. Jim Doyle, Wisconsin has become the first state with a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions to put in place domestic partnerships for same-sex couples.

Jobless rate rises in June
The pace of job losses quickened in June after slowing just a month earlier, casting a shadow over the Obama administration’s attempts to stanch months of declines in the labor market.

U.S. launches ‘major offensive’ in Afghanistan
Taliban resistance to a major U.S.-led offensive in southern Afghanistan has been light and sporadic, consisting of intermittent small arms fire, the Marines said on Thursday.
CNN

U.S. soldier captured by Taliban
A U.S. soldier missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan since Tuesday is believed to have been captured by Taliban militants, the military said Thursday.

Rowe mulls bid for custody
Eight years ago, Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson's two older children, told a Los Angeles court she wanted to give them up.

Court decriminalizes gay sex in India
A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act.
BBC

Britain faces 100,000 H1N1 flu cases per day
More than 100,000 swine flu cases could be diagnosed every day by the end of next month, the Health Secretary has warned.

Auto sales suggest worst may be past
June car sales were bad — 28% lower than a year ago — but industry executives say they think the market has hit bottom and will continue to inch up as the year progresses.

Naked Bronx man grounds plane
A mentally disturbed Bronx man stripped naked and fought with the crew on a flight to Los Angeles, causing the jet and its 148 passengers to be diverted to New Mexico, officials said.

R.I. explores decriminalization of marijuana
Weeks after legalizing the sale of marijuana to sick people, lawmakers have voted to explore how much Rhode Island might collect in revenue if it were to make all sales of marijuana legal and impose a “sin tax” of $35 per ounce.
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Headlines from July 1, 2009  •  Volume 20, Number 51
News  •  Sports  •  Family & Friends  •  The Wave
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Non-stop entertainment for SSS
Theme: Home Spectacular Home
An estimated 25,000 people are expected to gather in the lakeshore parks for the 31st annual event, organized this year by Commodores Bruce and Jill Engelmann and Co-Commodores Chris and Michelle Rasmussen

N-F school bid comes in 19% low
$1.5M job goes to Fort Dodge firm
Fonda school set to close after next year
The Newell-Fonda School Board accepted a formal bid Monday from a general contractor for renovation and expansion of the current school facility in Newell.

Juniata slides off the map
Tiny town goes to gravel, soon landmark elevator will go
All that remains of the little town of Juniata is the elevator and that’s slated to go in a couple of years. The six or seven acres on which the the town existed was bought by Chad Mohr of Bedrock Gravel out of Denison five years ago.

Red car, green guy
Ray Delp looks smart driving his itty bitty car
He has passion for 49 mpg
It’s likely Storm Laker Ray Delp will get the best gas mileage of anyone in the Star Spangled Spectacular parade Saturday. He’ll be driving his Smart Car.
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Jorgenson wins Lake Creek Club Tournament
Chris Jorgenson won the Lake Creek Club Tournament last weekend. Also: Storm Lake girls bash Lakes-rival Spirit Lake 17-2, Tornado boys win 7-5 in extra innings. No. 2 Mustangs beat No. 15 Sioux Central in softball. Alta baseball scores 13 unanswered runs to pound St. Mary’s.
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Youth movement at St. Mark's
Kandi Anderson is building a youth movement at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. My Favorite Recipes: Aurelia Star publisher stands by Aurelia. Also: A preview section for all of the July 3-4 happenings.
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Jazz and blues kick off July 4th activities
The Storm Lake Star Spangled Spectacular celebration will kick off on Friday, July 3 with jazz, blues and folk music. The Storm Lake High School Jazz Band will perform from 7-7:30 p.m. in the Sunset Park Bandshell. Des Moines artist Rob Lumbard will perform after the high school group until 11 p.m.

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Star Spangled Spectacular headline act
Rembrandt native Bill Hoft, left, and Fonda native Mikee Cusack have rocked together since 1967 as members of Freedom Rock Band.