Against Ames on Monday, the Tigers kept things interesting, building double-digit leads and then letting them fade away. But Valley (21-3) hung on, beating the Little Cyclones, 53-50, to advance ...

Ames enters the 2025 Iowa boys state basketball tournament with a chip on its shoulder. The Little Cyclones have amassed a 21-2 record that included an unbeaten run through the Iowa Alliance ...

Arizona — Jack Kibbie, a farmer from Emmetsburg who served as president of the Iowa Senate earlier this century, has died at the age of 95 in Arizona. Kibbie’s late daughter, Jackie Kibbe ...

AMES — Ames entered Tuesday's Class 4A Substate 2 final game ... that lifted the No. 6 Little Cyclones to a 48-43 victory and a trip to next week's Iowa high school boys state basketball tournament.