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Bennie Lewis memorial service April 28
Ames News Online :: Obituaries & Memorials
Apr 23Bennie Lewis, age 79, of Ames died Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. A gathering of friends and family will be 3 to 7 p.m, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, April 27, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 4... »
Four-story fall in Campustown kills 21-year-old
Ames News OnlineFront Page
Apr 21Man's fall believed to be an accident. By Cmdr. Jim Robinson Ames Police Department (April 21, 2012 - 1 p.m.) On Saturday, April 21, 2012, at 1:52 a.m., Ames Police responded to 2519 Chamberlain Street in response to a report of an individual who fell ... »
Letter: Editorial was way over the line
Ames News OnlineFront Page
Apr 20The Ames Tribune's personal attacks on Goodman and Szopinski regarding tax abatement vote 'destructive, inappropriate and served no useful purpose.' Publisher’s note: From time to time, ANO will post a letter or commentary written by a reader on our Ho... »
Disrupted line Ames-Ankeny line puts city in dark for 20 minutes
Ames News OnlineFront Page
Apr 17By Susan Gwiasda City of Ames (April 17, 2012 – 5:45 p.m.) Another utility working near the Des Moines electric tie-line between Ames and Ankeny disrupted power to approximately half of the customers of Ames Electric Services. The outage occurred aro... »
Walter Robert "Bob" Twetten service is April 19
Ames News Online :: Obituaries & Memorials
Apr 17Walter Robert "Bob" Twetten of Ames died April 15, 2012 at the Israel Family Hospice after a brief, brave, and feisty battle with leukemia. The self-proclaimed old curmudgeon has gone to dance with his bride. A visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Wed... »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
FOLLOW UP ON MOSS CONTROL
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Apr 27Nick ChristiansApril 27, 2012Here is a follow up post from Mark Newton, Supt. of Ames golf and CC. The last one was on August 3, 2011. See that blog for more details.Here is Mark's cultural and chemical protocol from last year. Normal 0 false false f... »
Local Comedian Ben Gran Set to Rock Ames
Ames Progressive.Org
Apr 26Last summer, I attended the wedding reception of my good friends Luke and Sally Hertz Gran. The whole evening was beautiful — I especially loved the traditional barn dance hosted by members of the Porch Stompers and Onion Creek Cloggers — but there was... »
Waiting for Nam 1967
Ames Progressive.Org
Apr 25Dennis Maulsby is president of the Iowa Poetry Association and a member of Third Stanza, a poetry society in Ames that meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. at the public library. In an email, he writes, “Many of my poems are about war a... »
Iowa faith leaders call for action to limit climate change
Bleeding Heartland
Apr 20More than 50 religious leaders in Iowa have signed an appeal for "responsible precautionary action to limit global climate change." I've posted below the full statement below with all the signatories, including Catholic Bishops Martin Amos and Richard ... »
Iowa Congressional 1Q fundraising news roundup
Bleeding Heartland
Apr 16While many Americans dread tax day, April 15 holds a silver lining for political junkies: the chance to read the latest federal campaign finance reports. Follow me after the jump for details on the money raised and spent by Iowa's five U.S. House incum... »
