Local Editor, Ames and Ankeny
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I grew up in Waterloo/Cedar Falls Iowa and studied journalism at Iowa State here in Ames.
I worked for daily newspapers as a reporter for the Fort Dodge Messenger and the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier before moving to South Carolina in 2006.
I was a staff writer for the Charleston Post & Courier in Charleston, SC until June 2011, when I took a job with Patch and returned to Iowa.
An Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo had placed girls in isolation cells and denied their access to education, an advocacy group alleges. The home's director has been replaced. Should more be done?
Mills Fleet Farm hopes to offer the lowest prices on merchandise of all sorts.
Iowa State Center Announces Iglesias will perform at Stephens Auditorium. Find out when you can buy Iglesias tickets.
The Iowa State Daily reports that hundreds of students will be homeless while moving from one apartment to another in August.
A woman waived down an Ames Police officer recently to report that a man had been attacked with a baseball bat.
Jim Mowrer, a Boone native who hopes to unseat Steve King, announced this week that he was backed by a union committee.
The City of Ankeny has had problems with people holding promotional signs on medians, curbs and streets.
Here's some news from local Facebook pages, that you might have missed. Enjoy and follow them if you like.
Nevada man and son and Sioux City man could spend several years in prison for alleged DOT fraud.
Ames Police Blotter: July 19 to July 23.
Craig and Shirley Phinney of Cops Against Cancer will hold a fundraising BBQ Charity Classic from 5 to 11 p.m. Aug. 3 at DMACC.
The International Edsel Club is holding its national annual car show at Quality Inn & Suites on East 13th Street off of I-35 through Saturday.
“ … they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert,” King told Newsmax.
