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Some of the Nation's top jam, funk, and improv bands are headed to Miami for the North Beach Music Festival at the intimate seaside Bandshell Park on Friday and Saturday, December 10th and 11th.

The winter holidays are quickly approaching and that means the return of wrapping presents, advent calendars, and looking at all the twinkly Christ...

SunCrate providing mobile power Wednesday, March 10, 2021 4:16 PM A SunCrate, developed with help from a grant from the Iowa Energy Office, is set up in Ames to test its solar energy collection and distribution capabilities. Photo by Michael Crumb A Sioux City-based company is harnessing the power of the sun and using portable storage units that can provide power to homes and businesses when a natural disaster strikes, or to supplement the current energy supply when electrical load...

SunCrate providing mobile power Wednesday, March 10, 2021 4:16 PM A SunCrate, developed with help from a grant from the Iowa Energy Office, is set up in Ames to test its solar energy collection and distribution capabilities. Photo by Michael Crumb A Sioux City-based company is harnessing the power of the sun and using portable storage units that can provide power to homes and businesses when a natural disaster strikes, or to supplement the current energy supply when electrical load...

Ames Tribune An Iowa State project that brings electricity to disaster areas was put to use after a derecho tore through Iowa and left many without power for days or even weeks.  Iowa State researchers and Sioux Citys SunCrate Energy have spent the past two years collaborating on a microgrid, decentralized energy sources that can be autonomous, to show its effectiveness during disasters. The researchers work, a used shipping crate with a solar panel on top, can be seen neighboring Bands...

Ames Tribune Design concepts of the future Ames plaza sparked excitement in community members ready for the new additions of green space, an ice rink, food trucks and more to the downtown.  The city of Ames held an open forum Thursday to receive input from the community on a downtown meeting space just east of City Hall where a parking lot is currently located. Plans for the space date back to the 1990s but never came to fruition, planning and housing director Kelly Diekmann said.  "We kind...