http://www.esthervilledailynews.comTop Headlinesen-usThu, 28 Aug 2008 05:57:49 EDTThu, 28 Aug 2008 05:57:49 EDThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.esthervilledailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/501468.htmlWed, 27 Aug 2008 21:48:58 EDThttp://www.esthervilledailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/501469.htmlSPIRIT LAKE - Residents of Center Lake Drive spoke up and shed some light at the Spirit Lake City Council meeting Tuesday. The Center Lake Association had requested street lights approximately seven years ago. The lights were erected last week. Members of the association are unhappy with the look of the street lights.Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:50:36 EDThttp://www.esthervilledailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/501463.htmlEconomic development in the area got a needed shot in the arm Tuesday as voters pushed the 1-cent local option sales tax through in Estherville, Dolliver, Gruver, Wallingford and the unincorporated areas. A total of 842 ballots were cast in the special election. In the city of Estherville, 427 voters (70.11 percent) said yes with 182 casting nay votes (29.89 percent).Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:23:02 EDThttp://www.esthervilledailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/501464.html"We have reason to celebrate." That was the message that Armstrong-Ringsted Community School District Superintendent Randy Collins had for the A-R Board of Education Monday night. Collins was speaking to the fact that A-R was not on a list of 60 Iowa schools exceeding spending authority.Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:23:29 EDThttp://www.esthervilledailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/501465.htmlThe Friends of Fort Defiance, working in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, have made significant strides in park improvements, Friends President John Wittneben told Estherville Kiwanians Tuesday. "It's a good marriage," Wittneben said. Wittneben said the local Friends group initially scraped and painted 52 picnic tables two years ago.Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:23:52 EDT