Ames News

Pastor Chuck Kelsey is building a church. With 23 years of pastoral experience and a desire to bring spiritual minds together, Kelsey, 58, is gathering a flock for Johnson County's newest church.

A Christian conservative group has invited national political leaders to Iowa to talk about threats facing the country and families.

AMES, Iowa - Controlling health care costs is crucial for Iowa manufacturers to remain competitive.

Jessica Schoonover of Washington has been chosen by Unit No. 29 of Washington to attend the annual session of the Iowa American Legion Auxiliary Girls State June 16-21, on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames.

Recipents of Dexter Laundry Inc. scholarships are: from left, seated, Seth Jensen, Paige Jensen and Mariah Creamer, with, standing, Dexter Laundry President Andy Kretz and Dexter Laundry Director of Human Resources Todd Reifsteck.

Enjoy a 90- or 150-mile two-day ride through central Iowa. The ride will begin and end in Urbandale with an overnight in Ames.

Boosting soil health with cover crops was the topic of a soils seminar on June 5 at the Scheman Building on the Iowa State University campus in Ames.

Shelly Palmer, a 2013 graduate of Mid-Prairie High School, was awarded the P.E.O. STAR Scholarship for $2,500, at the high school awards ceremony by Karen Ross.

This hotel located in Ames, Iowa is only 4.4 miles from Hilton Coliseum sporting venue.

Jim Gibbons, a former Cyclone wrestling coach and candidate for Congress, has been named market executive of First American Bank-Ames.

It irks Paul Lunde that he's often left out of news stories about Iowa's 2014 U.S. Senate race.

AMES, Iowa - Iowa State track star Betsy Saina has been named the school's female athlete of the year for the second year in a row.

Newscast Media DES MOINES-The teachers who deliver the most engaging and interesting lectures may have been your favorite, but a new study suggests they probably did not help you learn more than your "boring" teachers.

Brett Neese does not exactly stand out as a potential leader on the startup scene.

A hog disease called porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, after spreading to 11 states in less than two months, poses no risk to consumer safety, according to Greg Stevenson of the veterinary diagnostic lab at Iowa State University.

Employees at Iowa State University's student newspaper found white powder in a letter Wednesday afternoon, prompting the evacuation of their offices and an investigation, the newspaper's editor said.

Members of the Iowa state Board of Regents voted at the outset of their meeting Wednesday morning to elect Regent Bruce Rastetter as the board's president.

Steven Lasky sees potential customers for DNA analysis everywhere, even researchers featured on TV shows.

UPDATE: The Iowa State Patrol reports that the children missing from Onawa, Iowa Tuesday evening were found.

The National Weather Service says the deadly tornado that struck near Oklahoma City late last week was another top-of-the-scale EF5 that packed winds reaching 295 mph.