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Football is a sport that requires discipline, teamwork and the mindset to go out and hit the guy across the line. For Ridge View’s Ezra Miller, football is a passion that has earned him Division I offers for the sport, and a place at the University of Iowa next fall...

From lagers and IPAs to stouts and saizons, trendy craft beer today has gotten very technical—perhaps overwhelmingly so for someone just trying to relax. So the Pilot-Tribune sat down for a beer flight around the country and around the world with Regatta Grille’s Jason Bjerk and Dillon Harms to learn about the difference between our ABVs and our IBUs, saving you some beer miles next time you’re tasked with finding a beverage you like...

Connie Lai and her husband Tommy Ho think they nailed it with their modern take on the hot new spot for manicures and pedicures in town. Lavish Nail Bar, a couple doors down from the Dollar Tree on Lake Avenue, brings a modern experience in nail care and luxury to Storm Lake. Its Sioux City owners, with a combined 20 years in the industry, saw an opening on the ground level for their business in a growing, robust town...

Holstein has been chosen as the site for a celebration to mark the completion of a four-lane Highway 20 corridor across Iowa - a vision that has taken six decades to realize. A ribbon cutting will be held at The Boulders Inn, October 19, 3 p.m., open to the public. ...

Long-term residents of Storm Lake, Chris and Michelle Rasmussen, have started getting used to life in Haiti after selling their home and completely changing their lives. Chris and Michelle along with their two sons, Elias age 8 and Gabriel age 6, have served as missionaries in Haiti for the past year. Prior to moving to Haiti, the Rasmussens had taken six trips to Haiti starting in 2014 where they fell in love with the country and the people living there...

The Trump Administration recently appointed Grant Menke as the new State Director for USDA Rural Development in Iowa. Menke began his new role on Monday, August 6. Menke is a native of rural O’Brien County and grew up on a farm near Paullina. A University of Northern Iowa graduate, he now lives in Ankeny with his family. As state director, Menke will use his leadership experience to oversee Rural Development programs in a customer-focused manner to restore prosperity in rural Iowa...

The Storm Lake School Board may have to start playing hardball with staff members who turn in late resignations. During the board’s monthly meeting Monday, it found itself still approving resignations and the hiring of replacements, days before the school year begins...

A difficult choice has been made to wall off a shared-use space in Storm Lake Elementary School to make way for an additional section of kindergarten. The student population in the school continues to grow, creating overcrowding issues. The elementary was built with a capacity of about 750 students. By the end of the last school year, the number of students had ballooned to over 900, and Superintendent of Schools Stacey Cole expects that the number could be higher this school year...

It's that time of the year again when teachers start thinking about necessary school supplies they will need to buy for the upcoming school year. This year, teachers might have a more affordable option available to them. About a year ago, Humbolt business owner, Deb Davis, read a story about a teacher in Baltimore, MD who started a free store helping to provide teachers with school supplies...

For the first time in his young life, baby Jack - or "Squirt" as he is known to family and supporters - is experiencing life outside an intensive care hospital room. Odds were that Jack would never see that day. But at five months old, the youngest heart/lung transplant patient in more than a decade is thriving, and a few days ago, was released for the first time from Children's Hospital to stay with his parents in a St. Louis Ronald McDonald House setting...