The City of Ames is asking local residents — including kids — to help with its climate action plan. And the city is willing to help pay for approved projects. The Ames City Council voted Tuesday during its regular meeting to approve $70,

One person was injured after a grass fire spread to a house in Ames Monday afternoon. At around 1:15 p.m. the Ames Fire Department responded to a report of a grass fire west of Ames. When firefighters arrived on scene they found the fire had spread to a nearby house in the

AMES, Iowa — One Ames resident has been hospitalized and their family is displaced after a house fire, according to the Ames Fire Department. Shortly after 1 p.m. on Monday, Ames FD was dispatched to a reported grass fire in west Ames.

That was the story on Tuesday night as the Mason City girls’ team took down Ames, 32-31 in double overtime, off a buzzer-beater from senior Machaela Trask in Iowa Alliance Conference girls' basketball action. The boys fought No. 10 Ames in an 86-44 losing effort with a game-high eight points from Owen Rickers.

The Ames Police Department has released the name of the man who died after being shot over the weekend. At around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday officers with the Ames Police Department

Authorities in Ames are seeking the public’s help after a dog was found suffering from a gunshot injury on Tuesday. According to the City of Ames, on Tuesday afternoon

Authorities responded to an apartment in the 200 block of South 5th Street where 25-year-old Parker L. Stoneburner of Boone was found with a gunshot wound.

To anybody familiar with Iowa State wrestling, Kyven Gadson’s name undoubtedly rings a bell. The two-time All-American and 2015 national champion wrestled at 197 for Iowa State under head coach Kevin Jackson,

Local leaders were allowed two minutes each to answer questions about the upcoming year, DEI and safety for immigrants and refugees at the 2025 State of the Ames Community, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Ames and Story County,

AMES – Bill Self slumped his shoulders. He threw his hands in the air. He cajoled and coaxed. He stood, sat and shouted. He stalked the Hilton Coliseum sideline trying to find a way to solve No. 2 Iowa State basketball. But when Curtis Jones threw an ...

Illinois hockey survived a late surge Friday to hang on against Iowa State, 4-3. The Illini breezed past the Cyclones on Saturday, 4-1.

Richard Deyo traveled the world for many years, walking and hitchhiking across the U.S. and Canada and riding trains in Europe. For several years, his home was a tent outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he “lived off the land,” his sister said.