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Also on today's calendar: Loft Reserved.
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Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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1. Rinnan's 4 TDs push Urbandale to Iowa high school football win over Ames (amestrib.com) — Ames High's Little Cyclones fell 41-6 at home to Urbandale, dropping their record to 1-1 after a tough night containing quarterback Landon Rinnan's four touchdowns. Despite the lopsided score, Ames showed flashes with a long, clock-chewing scoring drive and strong running from sophomore Braylen Chambers before turnovers and field position swung momentum away.
2. Airports Named After Black Icons You Should Know (praisebaltimore.com) — Ames readers might be surprised to learn that their own Ames Municipal Airport honors pioneering Black aviator James Herman Banning, the first African American licensed by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The piece spotlights several U.S. airports named for Black icons, briefly sharing each person's historical impact and why their names were chosen for these busy travel hubs.
3. Water use permits for review, published 09/03/2026 (iowadnr.gov) — An Ames-based Landus Cooperative office is listed in a new Iowa DNR notice about a proposed industrial water use permit for its Carroll County operations, with public comments accepted through Sept. 29. Residents can review the permit details online and submit feedback by email or mail as the state evaluates how much groundwater the company may withdraw each year.
4. You Should Try a Gravel Garden (dwell.com) — Ames gets a shout-out as writer Ana McCracken's prairie-inspired gravel garden, built around her rustic farmhouse-style home, is featured as a model for low-maintenance, drought-tolerant landscaping. The article explains how gravel gardens work, where they thrive, and how homeowners anywhere can adapt the technique to match different house styles, small yards, and pollinator-friendly native plantings.
5. Researchers use data and AI to design next-generation organic electronic materials (eurekalert.org subscription) — Researchers based at Iowa State University in Ames are using data and AI to design new organic electronic materials that could power future wearable sensors and biomedical devices. Led by professor Wenjie Xia with partners at MIT and other universities, the project aims to link molecular structure to device performance, potentially making flexible, low-cost bioelectronics more effective and widely available.
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