Main Street has a new addition: nestled between Raygun and Cooks’ Emporium you can find a store unlike any other in Ames. With fresh sourdough peering out the window and a glass case filled with everything...
In November of 2023 the school board voted nearly unanimously to allow the Ames Multipurpose Educational Services (AMES) Center, formerly home to the Beloit Campus of the Lutheran Services of Iowa program,...
I will forever be grateful to have grown up in Ames. I may be biased, but this is the best place to raise a family and the best school you can send your kids to. Many parents and families I've talked to...
I remember being in fourth grade, reading the Hobbit. One day as I was nearing the end of the book, I asked my mother whether she had read it too. “No,” she laughed, “we adults have no time for these...
I am going to miss Ames High. I have come to this realization slowly as graduation day has inched ever closer, and my excitement at leaving has been overshadowed by an increasing sense of melancholy. Hidden...
The father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer, famously stated, "Patience is a conquering virtue." That is a quote that applies to Ames High's goalkeeper: senior Fin DeLisi. DeLisi has had plenty of...
The state of Iowa held its breath during the first round of the Class 4A Boys State Basketball Tournament as one of the first round matchups saw the reigning back-to-back State Champions, Valley, narrowly...
To my fellow Ames High Students:
Over the four years during which I have attended Ames High School, I have observed a significant shift in culture. When I first walked through the weathered main entrance...
The Ames High cheer program has grown tremendously over the past few years. In the senior cheerleaders' freshman year, only two cheerleaders from Ames High made it onto the All-State team. By the following...
In the Gospel, Jesus says that the two greatest commandments are to love the Lord with all your heart and soul, and to love your neighbor as yourself. For the volunteers at the Ames Romero House, these...
