Stickers, finger skateboards, sunglasses, candy and other goodies helped students relieve stress before finals by coming together to make mental health kits.

While effective vaccines for COVID-19 should have heralded the benefits of mRNA vaccines, fear and misinformation about their supposed dangers circulated at the same time.

The virtual cell culture on Sakib Ferdous’ 34-inch computer monitor started with 50 bright red diamonds spread across the screen, each representing an unprogrammed cell ready to be converted to a disease-fighter.

The Ames City Council approved three steps regarding trash hauling and waste-to-energy options and one step to investigate in their workshop Tuesday where one local hauler said the conversations “scared the hell” out of him.