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Posted April 27, 2018in Uncategorized

Podcast #1 – Test

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Posted April 27, 2018in Just Released

PARTNERSHIP’S TAUSCHECK WINS NATIONAL DRAKE ALUMNI AWARD

Tauscheck is the Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient GREATER DES MOINES, IA (April 27, 2018) – Tiffany Tauscheck, Chief Strategy Officer at the Greater Des Moines Partnership, has won the [...]

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Posted April 27, 2018in Just Released

Former skinhead to speak against hatred at Central Presbyterian Church in Des Moines

Frank Meeink was just 14 years old when he shaved his head and began recruiting people into the Neo-Nazi movement in Philadelphia. At the age of 18, he was arrested [...]

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Posted April 26, 2018in Just Released

DOWLING ALUMS PUT ON AN ORIGINAL PLAY

​The Dowling Catholic​​​ ​Performing Arts Department will premier​ ​”Smarty Pants,” ​an original musical production written by two alumni, Bridget Grace Sheaff and Theodore Bartemes, both 2010 graduates. ​ The show [...]

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Posted April 25, 2018in Stray Thoughts

Big isn’t necessarily bad, but dumb certainly is

The executives at Wells Fargo & Co., nation’s third-largest bank, should send a nice sympathy card and a big bouquet of flowers to former president George H.W. Bush. Were it [...]

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Posted April 25, 2018in Just Released

Erna Morain Named Waukee’s 2017 Citizen of the Year

Waukee, Iowa — Waukee Mayor Bill Peard recently named long-time resident and community advocate Erna Morain Waukee’s 2017 Citizen of the Year. The Citizen of the Year honor is given [...]

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Posted April 23, 2018in Just Released

Drake Relays increases community activities along Forest Avenue

The Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee has expanded its footprint this year with a community-friendly assortment of food vendors and attractions outside of Drake Stadium. A section of Forest Avenue [...]

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Posted April 23, 2018in Just Released

Restored Sculpture to be Reinstalled at Botanical Garden April 25-26

DES MOINES, Iowa (April 23, 2018)—Spectral Liberation, a 29-foot tall, rainbow-hued stainless steel sculpture, will be reinstalled Wednesday, April 25 and Thursday, April 26 at the Greater Des Moines Botanical [...]

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Posted April 23, 2018in Just Released

Rebuild Cedar Bridge!

Madison County Chamber of Commerce: Madison County officials were called to the iconic Cedar Covered Bridge north of Winterset around 6 a.m. on April 15, 2017. The bridge was fully [...]

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Posted April 20, 2018in Just Released

Bishop names Dr. Barbara Quijano Decker as new Catholic Charities executive director

Bishop Richard Pates has named Dr. Barbara Quijano Decker, J.D. as the new executive director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Des Moines. In this role, she will oversee [...]

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