Last month I attended the Iowa Parks and Recreation Association Conference as part of my internship with the City of Ankeny Parks and Recreation department. This conference allowed me to meet and ...

CoriAnn Theroux, owner of The Green Dragon Bookshop in Fort Dodge, first developed the Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour ... gems — from cozy cafes to scenic parks — while supporting small businesses.

Ankeny has grown since it started 150 years ago on April 22, 1875. A look at where it started and how it got to be the 5th ...

Mrs. Clark's Foods, an Ankeny-based food manufacturer, will receive $708,000 in tax credits from the Iowa Economic Development Authority for a facility expansion. The company already is getting up ...

New tonight- Ankeny is now the fifth largest city in the ... and infrastructure improvements. Two other Central Iowa cities were ásupposed to hold a special census. City leaders from Johnston ...

New tonight- The Ankeny Fire Department is investigating a house fire. It happened around 4 this afternoon... on áSoutheast Rio Circleá. That's on the southeast side of the city. Officials say ...

An Ankeny food manufacturer and packager with plans to expand its operations that had received tax incentives from the city to do so is now also to receive aid from the state of Iowa. The Iowa ...

Each titleholder in the Ms. Wheelchair Iowa program focuses on a key issue during their year in the sash and crown, and Campbell explains her platform. “I’m trying to get amusement parks a ...

Ankeny Centennial coach Scott DeJong, who holds the Iowa high school record with seven state girls basketball championships, has announced his retirement. Keith Murphy of WHO-13 and Dan Holm of ...

In 2023, David Downing, a former Iowa Department of Natural Resources executive officer and parks asset manager, reported a $100 million backlog in needed repairs and upgrades for Iowa state parks.