Cambridge News

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

Best 4th of July Fireworks From Manhattan to Mt. Rushmore, 16,000 pyrotechnic displays will be celebrating Independence Day.

Cruel irony came in the form of a street sign as Tony Malone pushes a catamaran to help neighbors salvage items from their flooded home on Water Street Friday morning, June 6, 2008, in Cambridge, Iowa.

NEW JOBS Franklin J. Feilmeyer has joined Pasley and Singer Law Firm in Ames. His practice is concentrated in estate planning, probate, business, taxation and municipal law.

Heavy storms smashed houses, deluged neighbourhoods, toppled trees and left thousands without power across the Midwest on Friday in the latest round of fierce weather.

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 ...

By L. LARS HULSEBUS and TODD ERZEN lhulsebu@dmreg.com Posted at 04:05 on 06/07/2008 Many central Iowans woke up in the early hours of Friday to the same sound: water gushing into their basements and backyards ...

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

Corning, Ia. - The tornadoes, hail and torrential rain that raked the state Wednesday were topped off Thursday by more of the same.

A warning on the National Weather Service Web site stated: "Heavy rain early morning over already saturated soil will cause quick runoff into the South Skunk River in Ames." At 1 p.m. today the National Weather ...

Tri-County photos by Marlys Barker Char and Dave McHone of Maxwell will hold a plant sale and exchange on June 7. While the town of Maxwell gets ready for its city-wide garage sales on Saturday, June 7, one ...

“Now, we have a lot of places to get outside and be healthy.”

By MIKE KILEN mkilen@dmreg.com Posted at 04:05 on 05/16/2008 Lisa Hein and Andrea Chase wield color markers and spin two maps around a conference table until, after an hour, both are filled with circles, arrows ... via Indianola Record-Herald

3200 block of Southwest Birch Drive, March 28 - A 40-year-old Ankeny man was charged with operating while intoxicated. 1000 block of Southeast National Drive, March 28 - A 41-year-old Ankeny woman was charged with public intoxication. 211 S.W. Walnut St., March 28 - A 40-year-old Ankeny woman was charged at the Ankeny police station with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. 211 S.W. Walnut St., March 29 - A 41-year-old Ankeny woman was charged at the Ankeny police station with operating while intoxicated. 800 block of Southeast Sherman Drive, March 29 - A 21-year-old Huxley woman was charged with driving while barred and possession of narcotics. 1200 block of Southeast Oralabor Road, March 29 - A 39-year-old Minnesota woman was charted with possession of narcotics, possession of drug paraphernalia and interference with an official. 1002 S.E. National Drive, March 31 - A 25-year-old Waukee man was charged at Wal-Mart with fifth-degree theft. 1002 S.E. National Drive, March 31 - A 19-year-old Cambridge man was charged at Wal-Mart with fifth-degree theft. 1002 S.E. National Drive, March 31 - A 19-year-old Cambridge woman was charged at Wal-Mart with fifth-degree theft. 100 block of Southeast Oralabor Road, March 31 - A 21-year-old Story City man was charged with fifth-degree theft. 231 N.W. School St., March 31 - A representative of Iowa Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons reported the theft of money and services. Loss was estimated at $1,625. 3300 block of Southwest State Street, April 1 - A 29-year-old Ankeny man was charged with operating while intoxicated. 1400 block of Southwest State Street, April 3 - A 28-year-old Des Moines man was charged with possession of narcotics. via Des Moines Register

College-bound Iowa youth active in 4-H/FFA livestock projects and current undergraduate students may apply for $74,500 in scholarships available from the Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advancement . via Market Wire

With a seven-year building expansion plan in place, the Ballard Community School Board now plans to share information with the public in a series of meetings during the next two months. via Ames Tribune

“They lived in an old house out near the river. That's why they call the bridge 'Wheeler Bridge.' The house burned down one Christmas Eve.”

A nasty northerly wind sent snowflakes scurrying down Cambridge's small business section, marking yet another bitterly cold afternoon in an already too long winter. via Ames Tribune

Hospitals Visiting hours are 3:30 to 8 p.m. at Mary Greeley. Mary Greeley Medical Center The names of the following patients are published with their permission: Admitted Jan. via Ames Tribune

Hospitals Visiting hours are 3:30 to 8 p.m. at Mary Greeley, 2 to 8 p.m. at Story County and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Boone County. via Ames Tribune

Donald Alvin Neale of Kinross was born on June 23, 1924, in Cambridge, Iowa. He died at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City, Friday, Jan. via The Gazette