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The Homeless Outreach Services Team (HOST) gave the Ames City Council an update on the status of homelessness in the city at Ames City Hall on June 24.

Team helps homeless people on Ames streets

by Bill Monroe, Reporter
Published June 25, 2025

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 Iowa State University campanile shown on June 23, 2025.

Tuition hikes, pay raises and a presidential search begins for Iowa State

by Kyle Werner, Reporter
Published June 18, 2025

The Iowa Board of Regents approved a tuition increase and pay raises at its meeting earlier this month. Meeting at the University of Iowa from June 10 to 12, the Regents voted to raise tuition for the...

The Ames Community School District School Board met Monday, June 16, and heard reports on 2024-25 goals, new online learning options and more.

Ames School Board hears report on goals, new online learning options

by Kyle Werner, Reporter
Published June 17, 2025

School may have let out for the summer, but the Ames School Board met Monday to review how goals for the previous school year were met, new online learning options that will begin as soon as this fall. Ames...

Scott Grimes, superintendent of Ames Community School District

End of the 2024-25 school year marks first year for Ames Superintendent

by Kyle Werner, Reporter
Published June 16, 2025

“It's not about me — There're a lot of great administrators that need support, a lot of teachers that need to have conversations. They're the ones doing the work.” Before his interview for the...

City council okays Campustown event requests

City council okays Campustown event requests

by Bill Monroe, Reporter
Published June 11, 2025

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...

On game day, those caught illegally parking on streets near Jack Trice Stadium will pay a larger fine.

City council approves game day parking fine increase

by Bill Monroe, Reporter
Published June 11, 2025
The Ames City Council approved an ordinance increasing parking fines around Jack Trice Stadium during home football game days and during special events in the area.
Story County IT seeks more efficiency

Story County IT seeks more efficiency

by Jack McClellan, Reporter
Published June 11, 2025

Story County’s IT department has been making efforts to implement more affordable and efficient technologies into the county’s functions. The endeavors are detailed in a report covering the past...

Horticulture professor and chair Ajay Nair plants bell peppers at the Alliant Energy Solar Farm at Iowa State University in June 2024.

First year of farming at solar power site shows promise, ISU researchers say

by ISU News Service
Published June 6, 2025
Iowa State researchers studying how solar energy production and agriculture can co-exist say the first year of a four-year study showed produce farming can work amid solar panels.
Story County Board of Supervisors

Nonprofits report to supervisors on impact of grant money

by Jack McClellan, Reporter
Published June 4, 2025
ACCESS and Nevada Food at First shared an overview of how they’re serving vulnerable parts of Story County communities.
Ames has abundance of false alarms

Ames has abundance of false alarms

by Bill Monroe, Reporter
Published May 28, 2025

Responding to false alarms is a growing concern for Ames Police. According to Ames city records, in 2023 dispatchers answered 585 security system burglary or holdup alarm calls at local businesses,...

On game day, those caught illegally parking on streets near Jack Trice Stadium will pay a larger fine.

Game day parking fines near Jack Trice increase

by Bill Monroe, Reporter
Published May 28, 2025

People fined for parking illegally near Jack Trice Stadium on home football days will pay a higher price for doing so this fall. The Ames City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to raise parking tickets...

Associate professor Hua Bai (left), senior in genetics Wren Muryzn and adjunct assistant professor Ping Kang in Kang's lab inside the Molecular Biology Building.

With student help, researchers find factor linking longer maturation to longer life

by ISU News Service
Published May 28, 2025
An Iowa State University research team identified how developmental delays lead to longer lifespans in fruit flies, a potential model for exploring human longevity.