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  1. Jon Kruse re-elected SL mayor; Dan Anderson and Mike Porsch tabbed for City Council.
  2. Storm Lake's Paul Yak made is 7-7 after taking first place at the Cherokee Invite on Tues. Yak has won every XC meet entered this season.
  3. A $2 million renovation of Storm Lake’s city-owned Sunrise Campground and newly built cabins should be completed before next Fourth of July.
  4. An 80-acre parcel of bare Sac County farmland sold for $6,720 per acre on Friday. BV market in the $5,500 range for good ground.
  5. Storm Lake Volleyball cracks this week's state rankings at No. 11. It's the first time the Tornadoes have ever done so.
  6. BV County has had a single case of H1N1, but there’s no cause for alarm, says Pam Bogue, BV County Public Health and Home Care.
  7. Storm Lake High School and Storm Lake Middle School were named as “Schools In Need Of Assistance” by the Iowa Deptartment of Education.
  8. Marcella Koth (312 votes) and Peter Steinfeld (287 votes) were elected to the Storm Lake school board in the school election Tuesday.
  9. Obama’s speech to students comes at an inconvenient time, say BV County administrators, but most will watch the speech at school some time.
  10. See Wednesday's (Sept. 9) issue of The Times for Beaver GameDay and a preview of BVU's home football opener this Saturday.
  11. Scott Township officers were appalled to find their country school house was sold without knowledge: http://stormlake.com/topsto...
  12. The Battle Axe switches hands: Cherokee downs Storm Lake 28-22 in the final minutes Friday to take home the trophy.
  13. Storm Lake car dealers traded in about 50 cars under the federal “cash for clunkers” car sales program, which ended officially this week.
  14. A preliminary census of student population at St. Mary’s School shows an 11% growth throughout grades preK-12.
  15. Local horse owners up the ante in fight against tail snatchers: http://stormlake.com/topsto...
  16. New SLCSD elementary school now open for students. Traffic snarls and other headaches accompany grand opening.
  17. BVU football opens camp; Nearly 90 players arrive for start of practice. Season opener Sept. 5 at Wisconsin-Platteville.
  18. SLCSD needs volunteers -- The new elementary school needs people to help finish moving in before school starts. Call 732-5711 for more info.
  19. Storm Lake High inching closer and closer to 4A status: http://stormlake.com/topsto...
  20. City of Storm Lake to use harmless bird bombs to scare off geese and gulls. Look for more headlines in 8/8/09 issue--on newsstands now.