Story County, IA

The Roland-Story horticulture class recently participated in a tour of Jack Trice Stadium where they were able to learn about the subject of turfgrass management. While on the tour, students heard from Josh Tvrdik, and Adam Thoms visited with the students about the subject of turfgrass management as well as special practices done with the playing field.

The animated "Spirit Untamed" will be held over Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Story Theater in Story City. Shows are each evening at 7 p.m., with special Saturday and Sunday matinees also at 4:45 p.m. Admission is only $5 and it's rated PG. Masks are no longer required, and there are plenty of seats to still social distance yourself. Hand sanitizer is also readily available.

AMES — COVID-19 outbreaks, no access to volunteers and a slew of unknowns piled on the stress at Ames and Story County animal shelters over the last year. But animal control directors say some good came out of the pandemic. A method put in place as a lockdown innovation will likely be the local shelters’ new way of conducting adoptions going forward, which leaders say minimizes stress on the animals and leads to more adoption success.

CONRAD — The Marshalltown High School softball team used its second day of games at the Dave Lee Classic to try and gain more experience for its less-than-veteran roster. The hard part about learning new lessons is that it’s often done the hard way. The Bobcats suffered a pair of...

The Roland-Story softball team went 2-1 at the Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove Invitational last Friday and Saturday to concluded a busy seven-game stretch from June 7-12. The Norse, ranked 11th in Class 3A, went to 10-3 overall on the season after defeating Maple Valley-Anthon Oto and East Sac County and falling...

The Roland-Story baseball team split a doubleheader with West Marshall, defeated Ogden and East Marshall and fell to South Hamilton last week. The Norsemen, ranked second in Class 2A, moved to 11-3 overall and 3-2 in the Heart of Iowa Conference after splitting with West Marshall. Roland-Story suffered a 12-11 loss in the opener, then came back with a 12-10 victory in eight innings during the nightcap.

Fifty years ago, 1970-1971, I was an exchange student from Finland to Ames Senior High School. I would like to thank everybody who contributed to that year — my exchange parents were Maridee and George Hegstrom, my siblings Trey, Morley and Erik, the neighbours, my classmates and fellow students, teachers in Ames High, shopkeepers and really everybody in Ames.

The Ames Community School District started its last day of the 2020-21 school year Thursday with no active cases of COVID-19 among students or staff, though vaccination efforts will continue at least into next week. All Iowans ages 12 or older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Those ages...

At 10 a.m. Wednesday, the Iowa Department of Public Health was reporting an additional 10 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no new deaths in Story County since last week. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus. Story continues below. The latest coronavirus numbers in Story County. The latest data as...

Keeping reusable waste from ending up in the landfill is the role of the Resource Recovery Plant in Ames. Its Food Waste Diversion program, which started in 2019, saw an increase in participation during the COVID-19 pandemic and following last summer's derecho. It began as a pilot program where folks...

A Des Moines woman was seriously injured during a collision early Saturday morning in a construction zone on Interstate 35 in Story County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a semi driven by 51-year-old Richard Roy Tomkinson, of Altoon, and a Chevy pickup driven by 46-year-old Katherine Kae Sibert, of Des Moines, were both southbound in the construction zone on a bridge near mile marker 111, when the vehicles collided.

Ames Black Lives Matter is celebrating Juneteenth next weekend with an afternoon of food and music that will feature Black artists and businesses. The community event will be held from noon to 6 p.m. June 19 on Marigold Drive. Dancing, spoken word poetry, face painting and water balloons will also be part of the festivities, according to an event flyer. Masks are required.

New Story County Alerts System: Receive Emergency Alerts and Weather Alerts on Your Phone. Starting June 1st, residents will be able to access more features, like storm warnings, through the Story County Iowa Alerts emergency notification system. “We’re excited to be able to offer everyone new notification features to help keep them safe.” Said Keith Morgan, the Story County Emergency Management Coordinator. Morgan said residents have three ways to sign-up and access these features; online at http://www.storycountyiowa.gov/alerts, by downloading the Smart911 App to a cell phone or wireless enabled device, or opt-in via text messages. The service is a free with no cost to you, although standard data and messaging rates may apply from your carrier.