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City eyes agreement to begin massive housing development (3/5/21)

The Storm Lake City Council took steps this week to pave the way for a sprawling housing development tentatively known as Sunrise Pointe on the city’s east side. The council set a public hearing on a proposed development agreement, and approved supporting the developer’s bid to seek Workforce Housing Tax Incentive Credits. Rezoning for the site was approved earlier...
City: ‘no’ to governor’s police-funding mandate (2/26/21)

SL leaders also worry about TIF legislation
Area state senator: ‘We’re out of the pandemic’ (3/2/21)

An Iowa senator advocating for legislation to cut unemployment benefits for out-of-work Iowans, said Thursday the state is “out of the pandemic.” “The restrictions have been lifted in Iowa, our unemployment is back down near 3 percent. We’re out of the pandemic,” Sen. ...
FFA on the grow in Storm Lake, Alta area (3/2/21)

While the goals of a school FFA program can be the same, where they are located can dictate what students can do, and when they can do it. With the pandemic curbing certain activities, or at least re-directing them, local FFA programs have needed to pivot a bit, to keep up with their classroom work, plus the events that they need to attend. ...
RSM ends Mustang boys’ season in semi (2/26/21)

SIOUX CITY - The Newell-Fonda boys fought an uphill battle much of the night Tuesday, ending their season in a 1A Substate semifinal at the hands of Remsen St. Mary’s, 61-41. The Hawks grabbed the early lead in the Sioux City East gym with a couple of three-point plays, but the Mustangs came storming back to take a 10-7 advantage, to the delight of a good turnout of blue and white fans...
Governor’s ethanol mandate has some powerful groups fuming (2/19/21)

By Perry Beeman Iowa Capital Dispatch What Gov. Kim Reynolds saw as a chance to expand Iowa’s nation-leading biofuels industry has turned into a high-octane political fight among some of the most powerful interest groups in the state. Reynolds is proposing to require ethanol and biodiesel at all convenience stores and other retailer fuel outlets. ...
Big fourth quarter lifts women’s basketball to big road win (2/26/21)

LINCOLN - The Buena Vista women’s basketball team began the fourth quarter on an 11-2 run to help break open a two-point game and help lift the team to a big American Rivers Conference road win at Nebraska Wesleyan on Wednesday night. BVU led 42-40 at the start of the fourth quarter in a game that featured 10 ties and 13 lead changes throughout the first 30 minutes. ...
Iowa’s worker shortage ‘bordering on a crisis’ (2/12/21)

Iowa’s lack of workers is “bordering on a crisis” after the state’s population dropped, a leader of the Iowa Business Council said Wednesday. “This is the first time since we’ve been issuing (the annual Iowa Competitive Dashboard beginning in 2011) that IBC is reporting that our population literally declined,” Executive Director Joe Murphy said at a news conference Wednesday. “It’s bordering on a crisis with respect to the population,” he added...
Worthan: COVID relief passes, first ‘funnel’ rooms (3/5/21)

This week the Iowa House approved a major COVID relief package. Iowans who received the special, federal, COVID, unemployment benefits will be refunded the state tax withheld on those benefits. Businesses who have received COVID related grants will be exempt from Iowa income tax on those grants. ...
‘Extremely Rare’ for Partners at Same Firm to Serve as Presidents of ASFMRA State Chapter and National Group at Same Time (2/2/21)

When Nathan Deters, Accredited Farm Manager and partner at Stalcup Ag, is installed as president of the Iowa Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers on Wednesday, Feb. 3, it maybe the first time in ASFMRA’s 92-year history that partners in the same firm will be leading both the state and national organizations in the same year. ...