Extra security will be on hand Saturdayin Ames as former President Donald Trump and other G-O-P presidential contenders join the crowd on hand for the Iowa-Iowa State football game. I-S-U police chief, Michael Newton, says the candidates make a big day even bigger.

He says security teams will try to minimize the disruption for football fans coming and going to Jack Trice Stadium. But he says people should expect to spend some extra time in the gameday traffic.

He says his department made mutual aid requests to other state, local and federal agencies to be sure enough law enforcement officers will be on hand. Republican candidates Vivek Ramaswamy, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson also have plans to be in Ames on gameday. Newton made his comments on the Iowa Public Radio show “River to River.”