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Mullets to open new location in Ames, replacing West Towne Pub
AMES, Iowa — A Des Moines restaurant is opening a third location, filling a gap left behind by the closing of a beloved neighborhood sports bar. Mullets announced on Facebook it planned to open a restaurant in Ames, located at 4518 Mortensen Road. The space was previously home to West Towne Pub.
Two shootings, two different responses — Maine restricts guns while Iowa arms teachers
Six months after a deadly mass shooting by an Army reservist, Maine lawmakers this week passed a wide-ranging package of new gun restrictions.Three months after a fatal school shooting, Iowa lawmakers this week passed legislation allowing trained teachers and staff to carry guns on school property.Two states. Two tragedies. Two different approaches to improving public safety.“We live in two different Americas, in essence," said Daniel Webster, a health policy professor affiliated with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.“We see terrible acts of gun violence; no one wants them, of course," Webster said. "But we see this through different...
State Record-Breaking Fish Caught in Southwest Iowa
(Lewis) A Yellow Bullhead caught in Adair County is now in the record books. John Lorenzen, a Fisheries Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in southwest Iowa, says the fish caught in a farm pond weighed 2.6 pounds and measured 16.5 inches in length. It beat the old record by two-tenths of a pound, caught in the Little River Water Shed Lake near Leon in south central Iowa.
Former Iowa State QB and Hawarden native Hunter Dekkers transferring to Iowa Western CC
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – Former Iowa State quarterback and West Sioux alum Hunter Dekkers will be trading in his Cyclones threads for an Iowa Western jersey, playing for the Reivers this upcoming season. Dekkers, who started for Iowa State in 2022, was one of the ISU student-athletes listed in the state’s sports wagering investigation […]
Polk County deputies identify 63-year-old man killed in crash
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has identified the driver who was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Wednesday as 63-year-old Slater resident Timothy Alan Simmer. Officers were notified of the crash south of Northwest 126th Avenue around 2:30 p.m., according to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff's Office. A preliminary investigation found that Simmer, driving a white GMC Yukon, was traveling westbound on Northwest 126th Avenue, left the roadway, entered a ditch and went through a fence before coming to a stop in an adjacent field.
Ames City Council considers almost 78 miles of new paths and bikeways. Here's what to know
The city of Ames may be rolling along with almost 78 miles of new paths and bikeways. A final draft of the city's Walk Bike Roll Bicycle and Pedestrian plan, created by city staff and Toole Design was presented to the Ames City Council on Tuesday, April 16. The $101.9...
Weather wrap-up: Storm reports, rain totals and wind gusts
Tuesday brought a variety of impactful weather including heavy rain, strong winds and isolated tornadoes. The tornadoes occurred in Dallas, Calhoun, and Pocahontas Counties. (There were other tornadoes reported in far eastern and far northwestern Iowa as well). A Wind Advisory was in effect throughout the day. There were numerous non-thunderstorm reported high wind gusts. […]
How much rain did we get Tuesday?
OMAHA, Neb. — Tuesday brought severe storms and heavy rainfall across much of Nebraska and Iowa. Most areas saw at least some soaking rain during the morning or afternoon. Omaha Eppley ended up with just over one-third of an inch of rainfall Tuesday. Parts of Madison, Platte, Stanton, and Cuming counties got walloped with estimated between 2 and 4-plus inches locally. Another swath of 1 to 2-inch totals soaked parts of northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa near Creston.
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