Ames News

The best way to learn about wine is to drink it. The best way to acquire a taste for sushi is to eat it.

Ames Community School Board members made a preliminary review of plans, specifications and form of contract for the Northwood Elementary Renovation Project in a special meeting Monday night.

The College Creek Restoration project, funded by Iowa Watershed Improvement Board, will hold the first in a series of Creek Chats at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.

Judge Story's Theatrical Troupe presents a different take on the classic: What: "A Classic Christmas Carol" presented by Judge Story's Theatrical Troupe Children's Theatre.

The Polk County Medical Examiner's office released preliminary autopsy results for the death of Seth Miller, 27, of Boone, on Wednesday.

Photo contributed by Kerry Gibson/Ames Laboratory A metal lathe cuts using a sharpened piece of the aluminum-magnesium-boride alloy as a cutting tool during a demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy's ...

AMES, Iowa - If the only grocery store in town closes, it may also close easy access to affordable and nutritional food.

A more-than-$200,000 difference of opinion between the Ames Community School Board and a former school project manager has resulted in a civil suit.

The "ceramic alloy" is created by combining a metal alloy of boron, aluminium and magnesium with titanium boride .

A search engine for shapes, an alcoholic energy drink and Web-ordered banners and signs are the products made by the three "most-valued" companies at Keiretsu Forum 's annual Silicon Valley Angel Capital Expo ...

By Nirmalendu Majumdar/The Tribune Architecht Mark Clipsham works in his office Tuesday in Boone County.

President-Elect Obama and Vice President-Elect Biden today announced the following White House staff: Patrick Gaspard, Director of the Office of Political Affairs; Jackie Norris, Chief of Staff to First Lady; ...

"Geography of Ames." 30 March 2008. HowStuffWorks.com. 21 November 2008. Ames, Iowa, a city in Story County.

The Tribune is pleased to be a cosponsor of Ames' own town hall forum on the presidential election of 2008.

Reporter Laura Millsaps shed brilliant light on a particularly dark question in her "Ask The Tribune" column on Sunday.

Harvey Insurance Agency, downtown Britt, owned and operated by Wayne Klein since 1983, is under new ownership.

By Ronnie Miller/The Tribune Students in Dianne Bystrom's campaign rhetoric class at Iowa State University listen to guest speakers Dave Price, left, a political reporter for WHO-TV, Channel 13, Kay Henderson, ...

A car and tractor-trailer collided, injuring one person in Story County Monday morning.

Margaret Hippen, Thelma Voetberg and Marcia Gregorac, all of Ames, help tie strings to a quilt at St.

The city of Ames' legal staff is examining a Freedom of Information Act request from a resident who's seeking data on recipients of "Section 8" federal subsidized housing program benefits.