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Rent has nearly double in more than a decade’s time while families are spending almost half their paychecks on housing.

The organization was awarded $10,000 to help build eight housing units for extremely low-income tenants.

Just a walk away from Main Street, the planned apartments would be sustainable, long-term housing for those at risk of homelessness.

Ames Tribune Editors note: This article has been updated due to an error. The Board of Supervisors will not meet Tuesday, Jan. 5. The next board meeting will be held Jan. 12 Story County supervisor Latifah Faisal officially started her term Monday with their first meeting of the year.  The board met at 10 a.m. virtually due to COVID-19, broadcasting from the Story County Administration Building. Future board meetings will continue to be held on Tuesdays at 10 a.m., the board approved Monday...

Latifah Faisal will take over the seat Monday. Ames Tribune Former Story County Supervisor Lauris Olson spent her last days in office reminiscing through eight boxes of county records dating back to 1991 — a testament to her research-based approach in office. Among the boxes inherited during her term, Olson found public records requests, complaints about animal confinement applications and letters about drainage ditches. Some of the records she remembered from when she attended meetings as a...