Baker Subdivision News Today

In the last of three meetings of the week, the Ames City Council concluded its budget meetings with presentations from city staff about their departments’ budgets, including transit, community development and general government/internal services Thursday. The council will hear from the public Tuesday and vote on the proposed budget. Transit Ames Transit Director Barbara Neal...

The Ames City Council evaluated current planning and zoning ordinances and discussed what it would like to be more flexible with zoning standards. There have been several cases where exceptions to the ordinances needed to be made in special circumstances but not for a city-wide policy change. “We’re seeing about an 80% rate of the...

First Interstate Bank closed Wednesday afternoon so its employees could volunteer. One of the projects was the new Habitat homes being built in west Ames.

Joseph Blasdell, 32, was initially charged with 17 counts.

Michigan State Police reported on Thursday that 31-year-old Joseph P. Blasdell is facing 15 charges after the incident in the Baker Subdivision around 10 p.m. on Nov. 5.

After a large group of disaster-related projects entered the application pool, the city did not receive the 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

The council will meet again Tuesday to make any changes and approve the $280 million budget and $289 million Capital Improvements Plan.

From a pedestrian bridge to Jack Trice Stadium to ice skating downtown, developers will be breaking ground or finishing up some exciting projects.