Story County News

Some riders on an annual bicycle trek across Iowa have taken a repair detour. Scores of riders had to have new tires after hitting tacks that were tossed on a Story County road near Nevada on Wednesday.

The Story County Attorney's Office is examining a plea bargain in a stabbing case, Attorney Travis Johnson said.

Some riders on an annual bicycle trek across Iowa have taken a repair detour. Scores of riders had to have new tires after hitting tacks that were tossed on a Story County road near Nevada on Wednesday.

Emerson Drive neighbors are using native plants and prairie grasses to manage storm water run-off into College Creek, which runs literally through the back yards of this west Ames neighborhood.

Thousands of bicyclists will be arriving as RAGBRAI comes to Ames on Tuesday. Read special coverage of RAGBRAI in Ames with maps, schedules and events listed.

Proud lifelong Story County resident Cindy Rude has been an optimistic and cheerful presence as the Cambridge Postmaster for 15 years.

A man accused of killing 41 of his neighbor's hogs near Collins in central Iowa has pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree criminal mischief.

Ken Johnson of Ankeny took notes as he studied a line colored on a map. The line represented one of the possible routes of the Northeast Beltway, which would go north from U.S. Highway 65 in Altoona and at some ...

Some terrain is blessed with soothing, natural features. Other land needs some coaxing.

Ames Police July 4 Rohda McGarvey, 43, 4130 Lincoln Swing #29, was arrested and charged with public intoxication - third offense.

State, city and university officials discussed the benefits and enforcement procedures of the July 1 state smoking ordinance at a press conference at Ames City Hall on Tuesday.

Ames Police June 18 Julian Kassis, 22, 3425 Valley View Road, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.

David Yepsen * dyepsen@dmreg.com * June 15, 2008 Protecting the public safety is the first function of government, and for Iowa's political leaders, the epic flood of 2008 has become one of the biggest tests of ...

It's not the most pleasant business that will be taking place at Gates Hall in Nevada one week from Monday, but it's something that's got to be done.

Susan Vessey says "it was too quick to be scared" when trees were blown onto the deck and roof of her lake cabin when a tornado touched down near Pickerel Lake near Emmaville, Minn., Friday, June 6, 2008.

By Karl Hauber/The Tribune Flood waters pour over Sixth Street and submerge the skate park at Brookside Park on Friday in Ames.

By Ronnie Miller/The Tribune Tony Malone, of Cambridge, helps his neighbor, Shorty Heslop, unload coolers of food salvaged from his house on Water Street as Nick Hilgenberg, assistant chief with the Cambridge ...

Runoff from heavy rain early this morning forced the evacuation of about a dozen homes in Cambridge in central Iowa.

Ames and Story County residents should prepare for heavy rains and possible flooding similar to last Friday.

Housing crisis? What housing crisis? If you've been shopping the market here in Story County, you probably know that the national news just doesn't ring true.