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Business owners worry about future under new Lincoln Way zoning rules
There was a lot of paper. Sitting around a countertop at Laura’s Cabinet Gallery on a recent afternoon, each Lincoln Way-area property or business → Read More
‘Nervous’ on trade, Grassley tries to assure farmers
Sen. Charles Grassley said Friday President Donald Trump’s approach to trade makes him “nervous” and he wants the U.S. Congress to take back some of the authority to regulate the nation’s trade practices.In an interview with the Ames Tribune, Iowa’s senior senator, a Republican from New Hartford, said he tries to comfort his constituents who are concerned with Trump placing tariffs on goods from… → Read More
Section of South Duff to close next week
If you commute to Ames from Huxley or elsewhere in the south using U.S. Highway 69, set an alarm, reminder or notification for Wednesday because that’s when the street’s southernmost section in Ames will close for more than a month.McKinlee Ritter, a management analyst with the Ames Public Works Department, said U.S. 69 — aka South Duff Avenue — will be closed from roughly Kitty Hawk Drive to… → Read More
Council speculates on relocation of Campustown fire station
The Ames City Council is exploring an interesting possibility during a discussion on the future of Campustown: What if the city decided to move the fire → Read More
Officials still collecting flood damage reports
Story County officials and local authorities are still collecting damage reports after heavy rains doused parts of the county last month, damaging roads, → Read More
Two hit by lightning outside Colo golf course
A bolt of lightning struck two men outside a Colo golf course Friday afternoon, sending them both to hospitals, a spokeswoman with the Story County Sheriff’s Office said.Sgt. Elizabeth Quinn said the call came into the sheriff’s office’s dispatch at 3:51 p.m., saying two men — one in his 20s and one in his 40s — had been hit by lightning in the Twin Anchors Golf Course parking lot. Both had been… → Read More
Ames Kiwanis club touts Miracle League fundraising
Editor’s note: The Ames Tribune likes to feature bright spots in our community with stories about the good deeds and actions of others that make → Read More
Three things you need to know from Tuesday’s Story County Board of Supervisors meeting
Wind turbinesNextEra Energy plans to upgrade 100 of its wind turbines in Story County next year, the county’s planning and development director, → Read More
Council approves CyRide hiring bonus
The Ames City Council on Monday approved the offering of a one-time, $2,000 hiring bonus to facilitate the hiring of a CyRide mechanic assistant, a job → Read More
Future unclear after rental cap implementation
Kate Gohr lives with her boyfriend in Ames’ Oak-Riverside Neighborhood, where she’s resided since after her freshman year at Iowa State University. The home her parents bought for her sits closer to the heart of Ames’ Main Street than where she studies management information systems at ISU. She’ll be a senior this fall, and when she’s not studying or working, she helps foster kittens.Things were… → Read More
Council passes first reading of ordinance with rental exemptions
The Ames City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance that would provide different options for homeowners affected by the city’s new → Read More
Flooding forces city to clean up parks
Ames Parks and Recreation staff have spent parts of the past week sprucing up Brookside Park after it was flooded when Skunk Creek poured out of its banks → Read More
Gregg: Marriage issue settled; GOP should have ‘big tent’
Republican acting Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg said Thursday that he agrees with Gov. Kim Reynolds’ sentiment that issue of same-sex marriage has been decided, adding that the GOP should be a “big-tent party.”Gregg was at the Monsanto Company’s Huxley Learning Center just off Interstate 35 to speak to interns at the Iowa Institute for Cooperatives’ Student Intern Day. In front of roughly 100 interns, he… → Read More
Lincoln Way, South Duff on council agenda
Lincoln Way zoningThe Ames City Council on Tuesday will likely continue its march toward potentially reshaping the commercial landscape of Lincoln Way → Read More
June 5 Polling Places
Ames 1-1: Wilson Toyota of Ames, 2212 S. Duff Ave.Ames 1-2: University Baptist Church, 2400 Mortensen ParkwayAmes 1-3: Story County Human Services Center, → Read More
Who’s on the ballot in Story County
If you plan to vote Tuesday, here’s a reminder: Iowa has “closed” primary elections, meaning you have to be registered Democrat, Republican or Libertarian to vote. (If you’re a Democrat, you’ll vote for Democrats and so on.) You can, however, change your party affiliation at your polling place.Here’s who’s on each ballot:Democratic4th District Representative:Leann JacobsenJohn PaschenJ.D.… → Read More
Supervisor candidates log higher available money
In the decade before this current election cycle, Story County supervisor candidates would at most have several thousand dollars on hand when they submitted their May financial disclosure reports.Likely because it’s still relatively early in the election season, some of those candidates would sometimes have fewer than $1,000 on hand. The average amount of May cash on hand for the 14 candidates… → Read More
Another rental cap-Lincoln Way doubleheader on tap
Twin bills, double features, whatever you want to call them, that’s been the life of Ames City Council members over recent weeks as they decide how to move forward on two issues: one that will affect properties in neighborhoods near Iowa State University and the other that could alter the landscape of Lincoln Way in the coming years.After the procedural consent agenda is taken care of Tuesday,… → Read More
Searching for space
An Iowa State University class took on the issue of overcrowded cemeteries, offering one central Iowa city strategies on how it could make better use of → Read More
Council approves first reading of Lincoln Way standards
After making a couple of changes regarding apartments and parking, the Ames City Council this week approved the first reading of an ordinance that would → Read More