by Bill Monroe, Reporter Published August 27, 2025
After the management at La Casa Maya made necessary changes when its liquor license was not renewed in July, the Ames City Council gave the restaurant a new liquor license on Aug. 26.
by Bill Monroe, Reporter Published August 13, 2025
Every Ames household may need curbside recycling to go alongside its regular trash pickup. The Ames City Council discussed the possibility at its Tuesday meeting.
by Bill Monroe, Reporter Published August 13, 2025
The new Ames power plant will be next to the site of the current one, the Ames City Council decided at its Tuesday meeting. This location will be much cheaper and faster to develop than other options.
The city’s new public nuisance ordinance, which includes rules on outdoor storage, overgrowth and campers, led to an increase in complaints in its first year. City staff received 996 complaints in 2024 compared to 826 the previous year.
The Ames City Council moved a step closer to spending $588,000 to hire architects to design a new animal shelter at 2715 Dayton Ave. The project received a major boost from a $3 million anonymous donation and will replace the old, outdated shelter at 325 Billy Sunday Road.
In Ames, your trash can easily become someone else’s treasure. This weekend marks the beginning of Rummage RAMPage, a nine-day long sale at the Ames Intermodal Facility parking ramp where used furniture and housewares are saved from the landfill and find their new homes as mid-summer leases expire and students move to and from Ames.
Ames City Council members Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen, Gloria Betcher and Amber Corrieri have announced they'll seek reelection in November.
The incumbents’ seats are up for reelection on the six-member...
The Ames City Council voted to deny the liquor license renewal for La Casa Maya restaurant, located at 631 Lincoln Way, after it failed too many alcohol compliance checks.
As the city moves away from its current waste-to-energy system, which burns trash to make electricity, for a new approach that focuses more on recycling and sending leftover waste to landfills, the Ames City Council voted Tuesday to approve a deal to send the city’s solid waste to Carroll County’s landfill from 2027 to 2047.
The Ames City Council awarded a $1.1 million contract to Caliber Concrete of Adair to reconstruct walking paths at Ada Hayden Heritage Park. The paths, a popular destination for walking and biking, were installed when the park was developed more than 20 years ago.
The Ames City Council heard how some become homeless in the community and the challenges they face, such as job searching and finding shelter, from a local outreach group.
The group formed in November...
The Ames City Council granted Ames Main Street a suspension of the city code to allow alcohol to be served where minors are present for Main Street’s Summertime Series event to be held in Campustown...
