The Middle of NOWhere Rural Art & Music Festival, known as MONfest, returns for its third summer with a more spacious layout.

Ballard boys basketball survived a scare against Carroll in the 3A state semifinals. The Bombers held on to reach Friday's title game.

A new state law has overturned Ames' gender identity ordinance just one month after it was approved. Gender identity was removed from the Iowa Civil Rights Act in February 2025 when Gov. Kim Reynolds ...

Opera Iowa brings “The Billy Goats Gruff” to the Ames Library — with free fun, big music and a troll who learns kindness.

Ames' new recycling program will start July 1 and run for five years. The program will coincide with the city's plans to construct a new Resource Recovery and Recycling campus for about $16.7 million.

Ames High School will have a flag football club and compete in competitions as part of the Des Moines Public Schools Girls Flag Football League.