The PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour will bring its thrilling, adrenaline-filled, edge-of-your seat excitement to Wells Fargo Arena on April 22. The PBR’s Velocity Tour will be making its debut in Des Moines. For one night only, some of the best bull riders in the
Read More →Def Leppard announced they will return to Des Moines with Poison and Tesla in support at Wells Fargo Arena on April 24. Tickets will go on sale Saturday, Jan. 21 at 10 a.m. at Hy-VeeTix.com, the Wells Fargo Arena Box Office, by phone at 844-55-HYVEE or any Des Moines area
Read More →Families within the Urbandale Community School District (UCSD), or those considering open enrollment, with kindergarten-age students for the 2017–2018 school year are invited to attend a Kindergarten Registration Meeting at their neighborhood school. To be eligible for kindergarten a child must be 5 years old by Sept. 15, 2017. All
Read More →The Des Moines RV & Outdoor Show comes to the Iowa Events Center Jan. 20–22. With 100,000 square feet of outdoor recreation, the show boasts one of the region’s largest displays of RVs and campers for sale under one roof. Promoting the American farmers’ story, Iowa native Chris Soules from
Read More →On Jan. 9, Hy-Vee, Inc. rolled out the red carpet to honor first responders, veterans and military members for a private screening of the new film, “Patriots Day.” Hy-Vee partnered with actor and producer Mark Wahlberg to show the movie to local heroes as part of a fundraiser for the
Read More →If the Electoral College follows form, a person whom millions consider to be a buffoon and egomaniac or worse will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. While the characterizations will upset some as at least disrespectful, it is rightly aimed at the man entering the presidency
Read More →Residents of Greater Des Moines are invited to share their opinions on which local transportation projects they would like to see receive funding from the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). Eighteen projects are under consideration, ranging from trails, streetscapes and transit buses to the reconstruction of existing roads
Read More →Chow’s Booster Club will host nearly 1,700 gymnasts from around the Midwest at the 14th Annual Chow’s Winter Classic to be held Jan. 13-15 at the Jacobson Exhibition Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds.Competition begins Friday in the three-day event featuring gymnasts from eight states competing in USAG levels 3-10
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Posted January 04, 2017in Feature 1
America has been waging war on poverty since the Lyndon Johnson Administration when the 36th president famously declared “war” on this abstract idea during his state of the union address in January of 1964. And while America has long since bailed on the other war it was fighting at the
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Posted January 04, 2017in Feature 2
If these walls could talk, there’s no doubt that the Hatton House would spin splendid tales of high society while alternating sordid stories of some unsavory faces hailing from the lowest places. During the last 130 years, the grand old dame, located at 1730 Seventh St. in Des Moines, has
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