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Annual community clean-up Stash the Trash set for Saturday

Stash the Trash, the annual communitywide clean-up, will celebrate it’s 20th anniversary this Saturday as volunteers spread out across the city to pick up trash.Volunteers for the event, which runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., can register and check in at Reiman Gardens anytime during the event and get a pair of gloves and trash bags before they begin. If people want to volunteer for a specific spot… → Read More

Real world advice, two-hour teen maze

YSS and the NE-IA Kiwanis Division 11 this week are transforming the Boone County Fairground Community Building, 1601 Industrial Park Road, into their → Read More

The brain behind BOXMAN

Just like any other freshman in computer engineering at Iowa State University, Nathan Paskach is busy with homework and projects, but unlike some of his → Read More

A farewell and welcome

It was a bittersweet morning at the Story County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, when an event was held to say goodbye to Capt. Barry Thomas who recently retired from his position as Chief Deputy and to say hello to Lt. Nicholas Lennie, who will be taking his place.The ceremony took place from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the Story County Sheriff’s Office, 1315 South B. Ave.Even though the event… → Read More

Crawford House welcomes back one former student of the elementary as future resident

When you look at the Crawford House, at 415 Stanton Ave., the spirit of the former elementary school reflects from the brick exterior, and it could be → Read More

Weeks to retire from Ames Convention Center and Visitors Bureau

Julie Weeks has been living and working in Ames since 1978, and now she is retiring from her role as president and CEO of the Ames Convention and Visitors → Read More

Online ordering and grocery delivery is not the end of grocery stores

Even with some grocery stores across the United States offering online shopping and pickup, and some offering delivery service, the in-person experience → Read More

Story County Emergency Management offers online damage reporting

With flash flooding heavily impacting the Midwest this past week, Story County Emergency Management has a new way for people to report any damages that → Read More

Hansen’s Sinclair to close at the end of March

After buying the store in 2004, Mark Hansen, owner of Hansen’s Sinclair gas station, at 105 E. Lincoln Way, is closing the business on March 30. → Read More

YSS mentor of 20 years is the 2019 Excellence in Mentoring Award honoree

Evy Raes, of Slater, has been a mentor in the YSS program for 20 years and has been selected as the 2019 Excellence in Mentoring Award honoree.The Excellence in Mentoring Award ceremony will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, in the Rotunda Level of the State Capitol in Des Moines.Raes started mentoring at Ballard Community School District in 1999, the same year the program first… → Read More

Former ISU student presents at 1 Million Cups

At 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, around 20 residents of Ames and the surrounding area trickled into the Ames American Legion, 225 Main St., for 1 Million Cups. → Read More

Ames Main Street Businesses recognized in 2019 Main Street Iowa awards

For roughly 30 years, Main Street Iowa has presented awards to the state’s Main Street businesses, and this year a handful of Ames businesses were → Read More

Story County businesses nominated for 2019 Prometheus Awards

The nominations have been announced for the 14th annual Prometheus Awards for 2019, and companies from Story County are nominated in 10 categories for the → Read More

Grey Elephant owner announces store closing

Tara Hannusch, owner of the boutique Grey Elephant, at 404 Main St., announced that she will be closing the store in the coming weeks.“We’re shooting for the end of this month, but it all depends on how quickly we get things moved out,” Hannusch said. “It could be at the end of March or a week or two into April.”“Just like everything in my life, I plan nothing,” she said with a laugh.After… → Read More

Taco Time Lincoln Way location will close at the end of March

After 50 years in Ames, one location change and over two million crisp burritos sold, Taco Time is saying goodbye, but it may not be forever.Recently, → Read More

IowaWORKS Ames office pushes collaboration among businesses and employees

When it comes to improving the workforce for Ames and Story County residents, one message that was stressed by various members of Iowa Workforce Development Wednesday, was the need for collaboration among businesses and future employees.IowaWORKS recently opened a satellite expansion office in Ames at 903 Lincoln Way. Roughly one year ago, Iowa Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend began… → Read More

Democratic hopefuls make campaign pitches to Story County Democrats

The moment Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), former Obama Administration HUD Secretary Julian Castro and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper entered the Collegiate United Methodist Church dining area in Ames Saturday evening they were flocked by flashing cameras and eager supporters alike.The three Democratic presidential hopefuls braved the snowy elements and addressed a packed room of local… → Read More

Frequent snow ordinance declarations means plenty of tickets

We see it in emails and on social media. When it snows, people are warned to move their vehicles from designated snow routes or face getting tickets or → Read More

Overload of snow makes plowing difficult

With more snow falling on central Iowa, snow plowing and removal is the top priority for Ames and Story County snow removal employees, officials said on → Read More

Central Iowa braces for another winter punch

Ames has seen up to 35 inches of snow so far this winter — with the vast majority of that falling since Jan. 1 — and those totals will only go → Read More