Stories from Saturday, January 18, 2014

By DANA LARSEN 2nd in a Pilot-Tribune Series If you see someone with a semicolon drawn on their arm, or perhaps holding up a notebook with "You are not alone" lettered on it, you can thank a pair of Newell-Fonda High School teachers who through a unique course are challenging teenagers to change the world...

The Storm Lake Police Department is warning the community of a telephone scam that presented itself in the area where residents are being asked for personal banking information. Police have learned that citizens and businesses in the Storm Lake area are receiving automated phone calls from an unknown number. The resident/business is being told their bank card has been compromised and asked to enter their card number, pin number and expiration date of the card using the number pad on their phone...