🌱 How Iola ISD’s massive SpaceX tax break could reshape local schools
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In today's newsletter:
- How Iola ISD’s massive SpaceX tax break could reshape local schools
Also on today's calendar: Huntsville Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Iola and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 98 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 97, low: 74.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 96 and low of 75 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Elon Musk's SpaceX makes $10M payment required for tax deal (statesman.com) — Iola residents should know that Iola ISD has approved roughly $1.66 billion in school tax breaks tied to SpaceX’s proposed Terafab chip plant in Grimes County, alongside a separate $10 million county payment and long-term county tax deal. While the project promises huge investment, some locals are raising concerns about transparency, environmental impacts, and rapid population growth in nearby school districts. 
📸 Around Iola
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Giddings Girls JV Volleyball @ Iola →
Iola High School, 22875 FM 39, Iola
5:00 pm
Tuesday August 11
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Other local events
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Huntsville Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Iola →
Iola High School, 22875 FM 39, Iola
7:00 pm -
Waller Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Iola →
Iola High School, 22875 FM 39, Iola
6:00 pm -
Buffalo Varsity Football @ Iola →
Iola High School, 22875 FM 39, Iola
7:30 pm -
Franklin Girls JV Volleyball @ Iola →
Iola High School, 22875 FM 39, Iola
5:00 pm
Tuesday August 18
Tuesday August 25
Friday August 28
Friday September 4
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Ribbon Cutting - Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers - Bryan
B/CS Chamber of Commerce 649 N Harvey Mitchell Parkway Bryan, TX 77807
11:30 am -
Meet the Teacher at Intermediate 6th grade
Sam Rayburn Bryan, TX 77802
4:30 pm -
Meet the Teacher Intermediate 5th grade
Sam Rayburn Bryan, TX 77802
6:00 pm -
BHS-Viking Band Friends & Family Preview Performance
Travis B Bryan H S TBA
8:00 pm -
Bryan ISD Community Pep-a-Rally!
Johnson El Bryan, TX 77802 -
BISD Convocation
James Earl Rudder H S Central Church, 1991 FM158, College Station, TX 77845, USA -
Bryan ISD Convocation
Mitchell El 1991 FM158, College Station, TX 77845, USA
9:00 am
Thursday August 6
Friday August 7
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Black calf out on 175!
Be careful when driving and please get that baby back in the pasture. (Nextdoor King Oaks)
- The Job Center Staffing posted a job opening for Material Handler 2(1st Shift-1001) in College Station. Apply here.
- Drury Hotels posted a job opening for Housekeeper in College Station. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Iola here.
🗞 Nearby News
College Station
- First responders, community rally behind College Station firefighter battling cancer (kbtx.com)
- First Friday, band march-a-thons: 10 things to do this weekend in Bryan-College Station (communityimpact.com)
- Texas A&M football opens preseason camp for 2026 season (kbtx.com)
Bryan
- Friends of the Library hosting young readers book sale in downtown Bryan (kbtx.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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