The tax levy rate for 2025-26 was $10.25 per $1,000 of taxable property, a 1.59% increase from the previous year’s $10.09.

Colo-NESCO boys basketball player Brady Handsaker talks moving from the wing to the post and how it has paid off in a big way ...

Ames girls wrestler Sarah Higgins on how emotional it was for her to qualify for state last year as she attempts to do it ...

The legislation, Senate File 75, applies to Story, Johnson and Black Hawk counties, which are home to Iowa State University, ...

Rick Sanders, president and director of the ISU Research Park, is among the Ames Tribune's Influential Iowans.

Colo-NESCO guard Hayden Hendrick and sophomore post player Josie Earles talk about Hendrick's impact as a freshman on the ...

Whether she's scoring in the post or cheering on her teammates, Kaylor Johnson loves being a part of the Ballard girls ...

Here are the Ames Tribune female Athlete of the Week nominees for the week of Dec. 7-13. AmesTrib.com readers vote to ...

The Ames boys wrestling team took part in the Council Bluffs Wrestling Classic on Dec. 12-13 at Council Bluffs and the Little Cyclone boys basketball team scored victories over Dallas Center-Grimes ...

The addition of Ankeny Centennial transfer Evan Abbott could take the Ballard boys basketball program from state qualifiers to state champions.

See kids ride the Santa Express to meet Santa, hosted by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad on Dec. 13, 2025, in Boone, Iowa.

Ballard junior Evan Abbott, an Ankeny Centennial transfer, talks joining the Bomber boys basketball team to pursue a state title.