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Mostly we see rubber bands on our newspapers, holding our hair back, binding our produce, or else piled in a drawer somewhere, forgotten. But a lesson from MacGyver tells us a rubber band...

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Ames city officials have confirmed the Kohl's rumor is in fact true. The retail chain plans on opening another department store here in 2013. It would make a home in a building separ...

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The former Taco Bell on Lincoln Way and Sheldon Avenue shuttered near the end of 2010. Booths and seating areas within are still intact as is the Iowa State University's CY mascot pa...

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A white-on-white color scheme sounds like a no-brainer on the surface. Whites go together no matter what, right? Well, no. The truth is, combining multiple whites in a single space t...

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The weather is heating up this week and the first official day of summer is here. As you plan for your summer vacation, here are a few safety tips to keep your home safe and secure. ...

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Ames Patch searched for single family homes in Ames with three bathrooms and we found three homes all for less than $150,000 on AOL. First is 282 Village Drive, a 4 bedrooms 3 bath ...

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The average size of a new home built in 2010 was about 2,400 square feet. But don’t you sometimes think you need a little more elbow room in that modest Cape Cod — like, maybe a whole oth...

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Many different issues may appear while in the middle of a remodel project.  Zillow provides us with one of the easiest and unsuspecting ways a budget can change.  It's called the Ripple E...