by Kate Laffey, Staff Reporter Published June 17, 2026
Nonprofits that help youth and those dealing with homelessness were among the groups that reported to the Story County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
by Lara Jones, Staff Reporter Published June 17, 2026
Democrats could be fighting an uphill battle to gain votes, said the publicity chair for the Story County Republican Party. Iowa Primaries took place on June 2, providing insight into who will be on the ballot for the general election on Nov 3.
by Lara Jones, Staff Reporter Published June 10, 2026
Candidate accessibility will be one of the keys to winning in the general election in November, said the chairperson of the Story County Democrats. Last week’s Iowa primaries gave Iowa and Story County residents the answers to who would be on the 2026 election ballot.
by Kate Laffey, Staff Reporter Published June 5, 2026
Nevada Food at First and StoryTime Childcare shared how they’re serving vulnerable parts of Story County communities. In reports to the Story County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday morning, they discussed how federal grant funds awarded through Story County were spent.
by Lara Jones, Staff Reporter Published June 3, 2026
Ballots cast in the Iowa 2026 primary on Tuesday produced a picture of which candidates will represent their party for state and federal offices in the upcoming general election on Nov. 3. Listed are results for Story County and full election results for races that extended beyond the county.
Iowa Democrats and Republicans will vote on Tuesday to determine who is on the November ballot representing their party. An assortment of offices will be up for election at the federal, state and county levels. Some of them are highly contested, such as most of the federal offices as well as the Republican race for governor.
Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 is the annual Medicare enrollment period, when 69 million-eligible Americans choose Medicare Part B, Part C, and Part D plans to cover them for their health care each year.
by Kyle Werner, Reporter Published November 5, 2025
The Ames School Board will have two familiar faces and two new faces after this year’s election. Three ran for three at-large seats — Kelly Winfrey, Art Baumgartner and Jennifer Tipton — while Aaron Rodriguez ran to fill an at-large vacancy. All were uncontested.
by Kyle Werner, Reporter Published October 15, 2025
Meet the six candidates who are running for the United School Board, five of whom are new faces — Lora Weyhrich, Ryan Andorfer, George Mosby, Rachael Gross, Samantha Perry and Ben Hershey.
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.
