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Recent News in Ames

Apr 2nd, 2025 👍 4077

Olive Garden will open a new restaurant at the northwest corner of Highway 30 and Dayton Avenue in Ames that will create 150 jobs, a spokesperson said. The Italian chain—known for its never-ending soup, salad, and breadsticks—will be its ninth in Iowa.

Apr 2nd, 2025 👍 2476

Governor Kim Reynolds signed 11 bills into law Friday—among them a change to the open container law to include THC drinks, a measure to count sports betting winnings as earned income, and a law to secure EMS funding—and several other bills that update state policies.

Apr 2nd, 2025 👍 4475

Stanley Hardin, the grieving father of 23-year-old Stashaun Brown fatally shot amid group gunfire at a private event in October 2021, and his family have offered a $1,000 Crime Stoppers reward—hoping to encourage someone to provide information on the unsolved incident.

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