The Iowa Special Olympic Summer Games will get underway in Ames this week. Special Olympics spokesperson, Megan Filipi (Fuh-lip-ee) says the state summer games is their largest state competition of the whole year.

She says the event gets started with the torch run.

The Special Olympic Games is an event for those with intellectual disabilities.  Learn more about this event or Special Olympics at soiowa.org

Dar Danielson, Radio Iowa