Teresa Kay Albertson

Good grief. I have been waiting 14 hours for a call back from my emergency plumber Ben Franklin. I’m now walking down the street talking to the two plumbers who live in my neighborhood. And it looks like I’m ready to fire Ben Franklin.

Ames Council decides to allow woman living in former school bus to remain living in vehicle on city streets.

Ames City Council votes to allow beleaguered Fringe Plan to expire with no replacement.

RT @ShillcockGeorge: I came to Iowa in August 2020 to report on Warren County and Indianola for the @DMRegister thanks to the amazing @caro…

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This woman says why is Avatar and A Man Called Otto showing everywhere in the state of Iowa for weeks and weeks and weeks, but the movie Women Talking is no where in the state ever.

RT @KellyAnnScott: The presses are running one last time tonight in Mobile. And we all have so much gratitude for those here who’ve kept…

Oh boy! Here we go!! Election Day is underway. How is turnout so far and what problem is on one county's ballots? https://t.co/uBoz0DT3ri via @DMRegister

Ames City Council reviews another Grand Avenue Intersections study. Hmmm, how many of these Grand Avenue studies have I reported on over the years? Five?

Ames City Council completes lengthy, detailed conversation regarding paved parking in front of residential property despite staff saying in July city doesn't receive complaints about these issues.

Ames City Council votes unanimously to continue working with developers to finalize an agreement for $150 million project, The Linc, including hotel, retail, commercial, and apartments.

Ames City Council proposes naming the new Downtown Plaza for Ames City Manager Steven L. Schainker.

Ames City Council has a mysterious plan to name the new Downtown Plaza for an unnamed person. Mayor says: "In this instance, there are unique circumstances surrounding the particular naming opportunity that will be proposed which I believe warrants waiving the typical procedure."

Just saw the first episode of #AlaskaDaily on #Hulu!! This show is spot on community journalism!! Downsized staff. Too few reporters to chase all the stories we want to. brilliant, devoted reporters dogging the truth. from my brief time living in Alaska, they got that right, too!

Almost the entire panel tonight is in support of moving away from print newspapers to digital news only.

Kim says when it comes to getting more local news to the public we are working on a solution to this question every day. Bringing news that is essential to readers’ lives is what it’s all about.

Kim says to the question will you bring back letters to the editor, community calendars and guest columns? That’s not likely. We study our readership and at least online, our readership doesn’t interact with these types of stories. But they do value high quality journalism.