Fire crews dealt with high winds Monday as they fought to contain a house fire in west Ames on Monday, which hospitalized one ...

Wauconda Fire District Battalion Chief Jason Daun said crews received a report of a grass fire that got out of control. Daun said it was learned the resident was burning material in a barrel. The wind ...

Sparks or flames from the garbage caught the dry grass on fire and it burned the lawn. He says the fire was on the way to dry stubble in the field, but they were able to stop it before it got there.