City Offices Closed for Memorial Day on May 25

Published on May 19, 2026

City Hall, most City departments and divisions, the Community Center Gym, Ames/ISU Ice Arena, and Ames Public Library will be closed Monday, May 25, in recognition of Memorial Day. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, May 26.

Furman Aquatic Center will be open on Monday, May 25, weather permitting. For information on pool hours, visit Furman Aquatic Center Facebook page or www.amesparkec.org. CyRide will not operate on Monday, May 25, and will return to its summer schedule on Tuesday, May 26. For more schedule information, go to www.cyride.com. The Resource Recovery Plant, 110 Chantland Ave., will be closed Monday, May 25.

The Ames Patriotic Council will sponsor a Memorial Day parade beginning at 10:15 a.m. on Monday, May 25. The parade will start at City Hall, 515 Clark Ave. Anyone, especially any veteran, wishing to walk or ride in the parade is welcome. Parade participants should begin gathering at 9:45 a.m. in the parking lot on the west side of City Hall. The parade will proceed north along Clark Avenue and then east along Ninth Street to the Ames Municipal Cemetery, 310 E. Ninth St.

It will be streamed at www.facebook.com/AmesPatrioticCouncil/events and https://www.youtube.com/@CityofAmesTelevision.  In case of rain, the parade will be cancelled, and the program will move indoors to the City Hall Auditorium at 11 a.m.

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