by Anthony Capps, Editor Published September 11, 2025
Ames Community Theater is starting off its season celebrating family with its production of You Can't Take It with You, which begins Thursday and continues for two weekends. The play is about the clash that comes when the quirky Sycamore family meets the straight-laced Kirby family after their children fall in love.
by Anthony Capps, Reporter Published August 27, 2025
As an adult, Frerick spent five years researching the nation’s food industry, culminating in his book, “Barons: Money, Power and the Corruption of America's Food Industry,” which traces the rise of seven titans of the food industry and the cost of sustaining the system. Frerick will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Ames Public Library.
by Kyle Werner, Reporter Published August 26, 2025
Ames’ Ukrainian community celebrated their home country’s 34th year of independence from the Soviet Union on Sunday at Inis Grove Park. The city is home to a robust Ukrainian population. Through Lutheran Services in Iowa and its community partners like the Ames Interfaith Refugee Alliance, dozens of Ukrainian refugees and their families have settled here in recent years.
by Kyle Werner, Reporter Published August 14, 2025
Fifty years ago, a San Francisco family’s donation of money, dolls and decorative art started what would become Iowa State’s University Museums.
In the fall of 1975, University Museums opened its...
by Amber Mohmand, News Editor Published August 6, 2025
Join a community bike ride Saturday, Aug. 9, to celebrate the near completion of the Heart of Iowa Nature Trail, which connects five communities in Story County.
The Heart of Iowa Nature Trail Bike...
The Wall That Heals, a a three-quarter scale traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, will be making a stop in Nevada on Thursday and continue through Sunday.
After 50 years of service, the Memorial Union’s art rental program is coming to an end at Iowa State University. The art once part of the program's collection would be available for purchase by the public at a sale on Wednesday.
Iowa State University's 2025 State Fair exhibit, themed “Your Iowa. Your State. Your University,” showcases the university’s innovative research, community impact, student involvement, and Cyclone pride through interactive displays, veterinary care, 4-H activities, and historical engineering projects.
A sign with margaritas and a palm tree has been erected in front of Dakota Crossing, signaling a new tenant for the space suddenly vacated by Mullet’s in April. Juan Dominguez, who owns other Mexican restaurants in Iowa, hopes to open Patio Bar & Grill before the end of the summer.
Red, white and blue flooded the streets for a festive Fourth of July weekend, with fireworks lighting up the night Thursday and the parade bringing crowds out on Friday.
The Fourth of July is a time to spend some time outside and some quality time with friends and family. From fireworks to parades and a concert, you’re sure to have a busy day full of festivities to celebrate America’s birthday right here in Ames.
