Metro Law Enforcement Officers will increase their presence in the area of Clive and Urbandale on April 13 for an event organized by the Central Iowa Traffic Safety Task Force, (CITSTF), and Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau, (GTSB). Law Enforcement Officers from many central Iowa jurisdictions will be enforcing all traffic
Read More →Phillip Chen, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt Distinguished Professor of Art and Design at Drake University, has been awarded a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. Chen, who teaches courses in printmaking and drawing, is
Read More →DOWNTOWN DES MOINES, IOWA (April 5, 2018) – The countdown begins! Opening Day of the Downtown Farmers’ Market presented by UnityPoint Health – Des Moines is just one month away. The Market will open for its 43rd season on Saturday, May 5. The Market is produced by the Greater Des
Read More →The City of Urbandale’s Community Development Department issued a total of 153 building permits in the first quarter of 2018, with a total valuation of $23.7 million. This is the highest total first-quarter valuation since 2012. Of the first quarter building permits issued from January through March 2018 by the
Read More →Des Moines, IA (April 4, 2018) —The Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation is pleased to announce that Neumann Brothers Construction has begun the installation process of “A Monumental Journey” at Hansen Triangle Park bordered by Grand and 2nd Avenues, in downtown Des Moines. The world-class public art project, designed
Read More →GREATER DES MOINES, IOWA (April 4, 2018) – The regional skatepark taking shape in Greater Des Moines (DSM) will be called the Lauridsen Skatepark, the skatepark’s Campaign Cabinet announced today. The skatepark — planned to take shape along the Principal Riverwalk in Downtown DSM — is named after Nix and
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Posted April 04, 2018in Feature 1
Blood, bullets and attacks at local churches have many getting serious about safety. Violence against people of faith is nothing new. At some point during the first century, probably around 30 AD, Roman authorities crucified the very first Christian, a man named Jesus of Nazareth. The execution’s finer points — such as the number of nails
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Posted April 04, 2018in Feature 2, Uncategorized
50 seasons of Triple-A baseball This season marks a milestone in Iowa baseball history. The Iowa Cubs home opener on Thursday, April 5 celebrates 50 seasons of Triple-A baseball in Des Moines. The team started as the Iowa Oaks in 1969, then became an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs in 1981, and one year later was christened as the Iowa
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Posted April 04, 2018in Feature 3
Iowa’s Culinary Trendsetters Our fourth annual CHOICE awards The idea for the CHOICE awards originated 15 years ago and was inspired by Japan’s Living National Treasures. That program honors “preservers of important intangible cultural properties.” In the years after World War II, anxiety arose in Japan that their unique cultural
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Posted April 04, 2018in Political Mercury
Political fight will have implications for two of the more vital figures in Iowa’s economy — the price of corn and soybeans. Some of the nation’s top renewable-fuels and corn and soybean advocates, backed by hundreds of farmers and ag businesspeople, rallied outside of Nevada, Iowa, one recent Saturday afternoon
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