Ankeny News

Ashland Ridge The first Ashland Ridge Character Counts activity was held on Sept.

21 - A 35-year-old Des Moines man was arrested on a warrant and charged with assault.

An outstanding young Ankeny resident is being sought for the city's Youth of the Year award.

October 9, 2008-- Federal regulators are taking what they call "serious action" against two central Iowa banks.

Ankeny residents can drop off tree and branch debris from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the city maintenance facility, 211 S.E. Lorenz Drive.

Special education students from Ankeny High School and Northview Middle School take a field trip each Monday to Ankeny Lanes to prepare for the Iowa Special Olympics, which will be held Saturday.

Wall Street's recent troubles should have minimal effect on the city of Ankeny's finances and none on the school district's, leaders said.

Achievements Kyle Preuninger of Polk City, a student at Woodward-Granger High School, was awarded the dean's scholarship at Coe College in Cedar Rapids.

A plan that could significantly alter Uptown Ankeny is nearing completion, the city's top planning official said Monday.

Ankeny residents can rid themselves of debris for free on Saturday, Oct. 11. Trees and branches between one and eight inches in diameter will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day at the city maintenance ...

Ashland Ridge More than 200 students and family members attended the first 'Ashland Ridge Fun Run' on Sept.

The candidates seeking to represent Ankeny in the Iowa House disagree on how to deal with companies that employ illegal immigrants.

Ankeny Funeral Home and Crematory, 1510 W. First St., will collect gently used coats, shoes and boots for The Ankeny Klothing Exchange through Oct.

Danielle Salwey of Des Moines looks for grapes under a net designed to protect the vines from birds during the annual harvest at Summerset Winery on Sept.

An upcoming ride celebrating Iowa's trails will feature a new trail from Ankeny to Slater.

Hobbytown USA brings an array of supplies and materials for Ankeny-area hobby enthusiasts.

Ankeny residents have rated their city so highly in surveys that it was recently awarded a Voice of the People award.

Ankeny residents are invited to observe Fire Prevention Week at an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

Police say they've arrested a married Marion couple in connection to the body found last month outside of Marion High School.

Alan Zhou, a freshman violinist at Ankeny High School, was one of four students who won scholarships for a spot in Drake University's scholarship string quartet.