Ames uses an emergency response system from 2008 that no longer displays addresses on screens at the Ames Fire Stations, and according to members of the fire department, the new system budgeted for fiscal year 2027/28 would improve real-time information updating and potentially response times. According to Ames Fire Chief Rich Higgins, a new system.
SOUTHPORT — Walfred (Walle) Johanson of St. James, NC died on July 21, 2022, after complications related to open heart surgery. Born to Dorothy Sprague…