A generous gift from an Iowa couple means good things for DMACC’s Culinary Arts program and Ankeny’s school stadium renovation. Susan and Dennis Albaugh have graced the learning institutions with a million dollar donation…which will translate to 2000 more stadium seats along withan improved press box and upgraded concessions.

Married people are more likely to send Christmas cards according to an AP study. Two-thirds of married women…52 percent of married men.

You’re a mean one….Mister Grinch….with somebody or bodies…making  a sweep of Ames lawns…helping themselves to Christmas decorations and then scattering them helter skelter. If you’re missing reindeer…inflatable snowmen..and the like… contact the Ames police Department @ 515-239-5133.