Local Talk 2018 Archives

                                       

Local Talk is a KHOI signature local interview program that explores people, stories, and events of central Iowa. It celebrates the creativity, diversity and civic spirit of our community. The show airs Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday at 7:00 AM, 12:00 noon, and 7:00 PM. Local Talk is a collaborative effort and a training program for KHOI's volunteer reporters. You are invited to join the reporting team if you wish to learn reporting skills and explore central Iowa with us.
New Year's Eve
12/31/2018
 
Loving the Enemy, Ames Progressive Alliance
12/28/2018
 
The Day After Christmas
12/26/2018
 
A Tribute to the Christmas Tree
12/24/2018
 
Christmas Yard Light Art, Driving & Drinking During Holidays,
Farwell Brown's Historical Photos
12/21/2018
 
Techno Holidays and their Discontents
12/19/2018
 
Abelardos Restaurant, Small Towns in Story County
12/17/2018
 
Supervisors and Sustainability
12/14/2018
 
Luminarys, Lucia, Rocky Raccoon
12/12/2018
 
CAFO Hearing Tuesday, Rocky Raccoon,
Public Art for Ames Neighborhoods, Hazard Mitigation Plan
12/10/2018
 
Amazing Grace, Families of Victims of Homicide and Violent Crime,
Snow Removal
12/07/2018
 
Farmers Union, Christian giving, and Hanukah
12/05/2018
 
BLM Exhibit, City Council & Internet
12/03/2018
 
Master Matrix and Charlie Brown
11/30/2018
 
Ed Fallon, Indigenous Iowa, Velveteen Rabbit
11/28/2018
 
Sand Hill Cranes & Having a Restaurant at 16 Years Old
11/26/2018
Smiles, Laughs, and Ecstatic Outbursts,
the Wild Turkey, Innovation in Housing Policy
11/23/2018
Picking corn for Thanksgiving and The Nevada Journal
11/21/2018
 
Great Harvest Bakery and Cafe, Local Media and Democracy,
White Breasted Nuthatches
11/19/2018
 
Support your Local Community Radio, KHOI
11/16/2018
 
FFA, Prudenterra,Colo Library
11/14/2018
 
Veterans Day, Climate Action, Winter Safety
11/12/2018
 
Nicholas Johnson, SustAmes, Snow Magic
11/09/2018
 
Election Results, Women Sharing Support,
AFOs and Wind Turbines
11/07/2018
 
Inclusive Ames, NextGen, City Council
11/05/2018
 
Stand Up and Vote Out
11/02/2018
Story County Candidates and Secretary of Agriculture
10/31/2018
 
DSM Vigil
10/29/2018
 
Senator Sanders, Governor Reynolds, Facts About Voting
10/26/2018
 
Candidate Forum for the Story County Board of Supervisors
10/24/2018
 
American Indians, Juncos, Convention & Visitors
10/22/2018
 
Student Demonstrations, County Agricultural Extension Councils,
Homecoming Parade!
10/19/2018
The World Food Prize, Child Health,
Rotarian Water Project
10/17/2018
 
Eastern Tiger Salamanders, Job Market in Story County
10/15/2018
Hate Flyers in Des Moines, Everts Flower Card,
Smart Business Challenge
10/12/2018
 
Call of the West, More Ragtime, Mary Poppins Jr.,
VOTING
10/10/2018
 
Teaching about Native Americans, Refugee Exhibit,
School Safety
10/08/2018
 
Ames High Class of 1978 Reunion, Emerald Ash Borer,
Civic Update
10/05/2018
 
Lovestruck Balladeeers, Tariffs, Frankenstein
10/03/2018
Moonlight Express, Ames Male Heroes in Social Service,
Future Discussions About Assault in Ames
10/01/2018
 
Ames Pridefest, Coming Out, Next Gen,
Farewell to Our Beloved Landlord Dennis Jones
09/28/2018
International Peace Walk, Ku Klux Klan
09/26/2018
 
Preventing Sexual Violence, Growing Hops,
Dragonflies, Community Grants
09/24/2018
 
Vigil for Celia Barquín Arozamena,
Maximum Ames Music Festival,
"The Wild Ones" and Hometown Teams
09/21/2018
Celia Barquin Arozamena, Road Closings,
Hos-Paws for Pets
09/19/2018
 
Young Poets, Math PhD, Hometown Teams Exhibit
09/17/2018
 
IA Supreme Court Hearing on DAPL Pipeline,
Live Green, Ames Roadwork
09/14/2018
Solar Smart, Story City Carousel, Funerals
09/12/2018
 
Rise for Climate Action in Ames,
Emergency Preparedness Month
09/10/2018
 
Tariffs and Iowa Farmers, Ames Tribune Speaks
09/07/2018
First Nations and Pufferbilly Days
09/05/2018
 
Labor Day 2018
09/03/2018
Climate Mobilization, Rodeos, Monarchs, Deer and Squirrels
08/31/2018
Marshalltown recovery, Farmers Climate March and
Road construction update
08/29/2018
The First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March,
The Goldfinch is Nesting, Public Events & Entertainment for September
08/27/2018
Rusty-patched Bumble Bee,
large Community-Based Compost Programs
08/24/2018
 
Bridges of Madison county
08/22/2018
 
Conservation Learning Group, Inclusive Organizations
08/20/2018
 
Crickets, Fall Football
08/17/2018
 
Recovery Efforts at Pella, Iowa Arboretum,
LIKE in Conversations
08/15/2018
Emergency Management, Mosquitoes
08/13/2018
Ames City Parks, Blue Jay, Rummage Rampage
08/10/2018
 
Marshalltown Tornado, Purple Martin Colony
08/08/2018
Up-Cycling: Using Garbage as a Building Resource
08/06/2018
 
Bull Riding, Roads, College Athletes
08/03/2018
 
Tornado in Marshalltown, Howard Hammond,
I-35 Flyover Ramp
08/01/2018
ARES, Tips to prevent Cyberbullying,
KHOI Birthday Aug 12!!
07/30/2018
 
What to do about plastic, Ames Progressive Alliance
07/27/2018
 
Ragbrai, Rental Gap, Trafficking
07/25/2018
 
OPERATION: DONATE WITH HONOR, POINTS TO PONDER,
VISITORS BUREAU
07/23/2018
Veterinary Summer Experience, CCI Convention,
Ames History
07/20/2018
 
IOWA CCI, IOWA INTERNATIONAL CENTER, BIODIVERSITY
07/18/2018
ART EXHIBITION, EAGLE DAY, RAGBRAI DETAILS
07/16/2018
 
Iowa Summer Games, Eagle Day at Blank Park Zoo,
Lead-Free Ammunition, Recycling at ISU
07/13/2018
 
Birds, Welcoming Iowa, Raising Readers
07/11/2018
 
Points to Ponder, Dropping of a Major,
Mid Iowa Community Action
07/09/2018
Denitrifying Bioreactor Field Day
07/06/2018
 
Independence Day Special
07/04/2018
 
Flooding in Story County, Suicide and Self-Care
07/02/2018
 
Yoga+Craft Brews, Community Academy,
Cycle gAmes
06/29/2018
Lake Comar, Patience Lueth, Re-Wilding Iowa
06/27/2018
 
Sir Magazine, Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau
06/25/2018
Summer Solstice, ISU Football, Primary Health Care
06/22/2018
 
Turtle Genomes, 110 Personalities, Wheels for Work
06/20/2018
 
Rezoning Lincoln Way, Leadership Ames
06/18/2018
 
Hawaii volcano, NASA project
06/15/2018
Local New, CASA, Air Quality Lawsuit
06/13/2018
 
Homelessness and RATS Program
06/11/2018
 
Learning Iowa’s History, Rummage Rampage
06/08/2018
 
Dan/Ray Wetherell and Forgotten Iowa History,
Jefferson Bell Tower Days, Watersheds
06/06/2018
 
Candidates with Cal: Iowa Primaries
06/04/2018
Slim’s Country Market, Roosevelt Summer Sunday Concerts,
And Art Walk 2018
06/01/2018
 
Scandinavian Days, Tom Flack, Cemeteries, Sadika and YES
05/30/2018
 
Memorial Day
05/28/2018
 
Ponder, James Behn, Burial, APA
05/25/2018
 
Jim Mowrer Candidate for IA Sec of State,
Ames Healthy Life Center
05/23/2018
 
Governor Candidate Wilburn, NASA Launch, Farmers Market
05/21/2018
 
Fetal Heartbeat, Jake Porter
05/18/2018
Marco Batallia, Movie Theatres Updated
05/16/2018
 
Untitled
05/14/2018
 
Ethiopia, Governor Candidate Norris, Ames Water
05/11/2018
 
Cathy Glasson, Mainstreet Ames, Kirsten Anderson
05/09/2018
 
Nate Boulton, Ames rental cap,
4th Congressional District Forum
05/07/2018
 
Iowa Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Law
05/04/2018
 
Decorah Dad, Boone County, and Democratic Socialist Summit
05/02/2018
 
Decorah Eagles, Sandhill Cranes, First Amendment, and Dancing
04/30/2018
 
Black Birds, ACCESS Assault Care Center
04/27/2018
 
All Things Woodcarving
04/25/2018
 
Weiss Music Collection and Jazz Party
04/25/2018
 
Eagles, Student Protest, Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau
04/23/2018
 
Untitled
04/20/2018
 
Prudenterra, and National School Walkout Day
04/18/2018
 
Eagles, Mental Health, Foodies & Brew
04/16/2018
 
Sanctuary City Law, Re-Homing Pets
04/13/2018
South Sudanese Immigrants, Safari, and Erickson Public Library
04/11/2018
 
ISU Ada Hayden Herbarium, Prairie Chickens, Domestic Terror
04/09/2018
 
Untitled
04/06/2018
 
Water Quality Forum, Teen Maze, A Few Good Men
04/04/2018
 
Ames City Council, Iowa Schools, Latino/a Studies
04/02/2018
 
Jim Mowrer Candidate for IA Sec of State,
Ames Healthy Life Center
03/30/2018
 
Deidre DeJear, Gilbert History, Rollie Link
03/28/2018
 
ISU Admissions, DACA 5K, March for Our Lives
03/26/2018
 
Habitat for Humanity, ISU Athletic Donates $1,000,000
to Financial Aid, Cranford Building
03/23/2018
Choral Festival, March For Our Lives
03/21/2018
 
Mental health care, Poverty simulation
03/19/2018
 
Egypt, ISU Biographical Dictionary & Turkey Vultures are Back!
03/16/2018
 
Water Rocks, El Buen Gusto, Utopia
03/14/2018
 
Dr. Cyndi Hanson, Ghana, Spring Weather - Oh My!
03/12/2018
 
Untitled
03/09/2018
 
Burmese Refugees, Farm & Water Activists, J.D. Scholten
03/07/2018
 
Untitled
03/05/2018
 
Ghana, All-Iowa Arts Showcase, RAGRAI in Ames
03/02/2018
 
Ourdoor Alliance, Woodpeckers, Bells, Genealogy
02/28/2018
 
Women’s Day, Planned Parenthood, Visitors Bureau
02/26/2018
 
Clean Water Fund, Municipally owned Internet Service Internet
02/23/2018
 
Energy, Young Artists, Angry Jurors
02/21/2018
 
Untitled
02/19/2018
Chinese New Year of the Dog, Figure Skating,
Backyard Bird Count, Ames School Student Services
02/16/2018
 
Valentine Hawks, International Students, Continuing Farm Bill
02/14/2018
 
Hierarchies, Heath Alan Band, Hazard Mitigation
02/12/2018
 
Green Dot Exhibition, Chris Martin's Art & Ghana,
ISU Symposium for Sustainability
02/09/2018
 
February Traffic Pileup, Caucuses, Farm Bill, and Theatre
02/07/2018
 
Sokoto Nigeria, Ames City Council, Saw Whet Owls
02/05/2018
 
Caucuses, Inclusive Ames, Ames Healthy Life Center
02/02/2018
 
Water Quality, LOL
01/31/2018
 
Marijuana laws and lawsuit, Immigrants and DACA
01/29/2018
Ames High School Renovation, Fossil Free Fast
01/26/2018
 
Snowy Owl, Women's March
01/24/2018
 
2018 Womens March, January Thaw,
IA City Mayor Throgmorton
01/22/2018
 
News Roundup, Community Foundation, ACSD updates,
Herman Banning exhibit
01/19/2018
 
Bond Isssue, 50s, Water Forum
01/17/2018
 
Chamber of Commerce, Humanitarian Award, MLK Day
01/15/2018
 
Smart Business Challenge,
Heart of Iowa Social Democrats will Repair Tailgate Lights on MLK Day
01/12/2018
 
Bus Stop Breakfasts, Cambridge City Center, Ed Rood
01/10/2018
 
Emergency Preparation, Cold Weather Preparation
01/08/2018
Opioid Epidemic Town Hall Meeting, 
Lego Learning
01/05/2018
 
Magic in Story County with Father Time 2018
01/03/2018
 
IA Attorney General Sues Over Net neutrality, 
Polar Vortex, River Otters
01/01/2018