Ankeny's Week in Review: AHS Prom Photos, the Birds and the Bees, Library Relocating and More

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Ankeny High School held its prom Saturday, April 21, at the Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines. Check out our photo gallery containing more than 50 photos from the event!

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It's pretty easy to form a consensus against bullying in our schools. But where does the responsibility rest to improve the situation? With parents? With the schools? Or somewhere else? There's still time to weigh in on this week's Patch poll.

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In this week's Parents Talk, we asked parents for advice on how to start a conversation about the birds and the bees. Where do you stand on this issue? There's still time to let us know!

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A summary of incident reports with individual charges provided by the Ankeny Police Department and published on April 24.

5) VIDEO: Who's the 'Evil Mastermind' at Ankeny High School?

Ankeny High School's video production class recently posted their fifth video of the year on YouTube. Check out what's going on among students at AHS!

6) Meyer to be Recommended as Principal for Ankeny's Southview Middle School

Superintendent Matthew Wendt will recommend Dan Meyer to the Ankeny Board of Education to serve as the principal for Southview Middle School beginning with the 2013-14 school year. Meyer was selected from an internal pool of highly qualified applicants.

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A roundup of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and other alcohol-related charges extracted from our recent police blotters provided by the .

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Bloggers and would-be bloggers: posting has never been easier because we've made it ridiculously easy to start — or continue — blogging on Ankeny Patch.

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A summary of incident reports with individual charges provided by the Ankeny Police Department and published on April 26.

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Accel Fitness recently was named the Ankeny Patch Readers' Choice for the best overall gym in town, so we caught up with owner Rob Evans to get reacquainted with this gym and why people love it.

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We love our animals, but we don't love all their behaviors. Like the chewing of our best shoes. The peeing on our bed when we're at work. Or how they greet visitors to our homes.

Luckily, we've got a veterinarian and a dog trainer standing by to help you solve your pet problems. Check out what's been discussed so far.

12) Ankeny's Kirkendall Public Library Will Relocate to Fire Department May 11-28

The library will move to a temporary location at the Ankeny Fire Department headquarters, located at 120 N.W. Ash Dr., while its current facility is recarpeted and other improvements are made.

13) Want a Little Tom Cruise in Your Life? So Do Other Ankeny Residents

Feel like spending your Sunday night snuggled up on the couch with your family watching a good movie? See which flicks Ankeny residents were checking out this week.