Next year, the Roland-Story school district will mark 50 years since consolidation. The district wants to build new athletic facilities, reports the Ames Tribune, but — in a sign of how old things are — the school is “landlocked” and has no available room around it.
Last weekend, the Story City outlet mall closed for good. (Articles: Ames Tribune, KCCI) It wasn’t too hopping in the early 2000s, and this weekend’s opening of the giant outlet mall development in Altoona was the death knell.
Roland-Story wants to buy the mall land and build a football field where the building is now. Article/plans: Story City Herald (note: north is left on that map). There will be a public tour of the current field — and auditorium, which despite being built in 1990 is obsolete in both lights and audio — Sunday to gin up support for a bond issue next year.