What: The Waukee Police and Fire Departments will open doors to the Waukee Public Safety Building for their first annual Halloween Open House, treating costumed kids to candy and more! [...]
Read More →Young Variety, Variety – the Children’s Charity’s young professional group, is set to host their first ever Charity Concert on Friday, Nov. 2 at Noce in downtown Des Moines. The [...]
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Posted October 24, 2018in Stray Thoughts
Each year in October, when the Iowa countryside transforms from gorgeous summer greens to harvest season hues of tan, some of the world’s top agricultural scientists and anti-hunger activists gather [...]
Read More →The Des Moines Community Playhouse held the 2018 Dionysos Awards on Sunday, Oct. 14. The theatre honored 18 backstage, front-of-house, and education volunteers, and announced 10 acting award winners. The [...]
Read More →On Thursday, Oct. 11 two members of the Polk County Board of Supervisors will be recognized at the Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center (EMBARC) Annual Dinner. Supervisors [...]
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Posted October 10, 2018in Stray Thoughts
There’s an old expression that officials of Indian Hills Community College obviously have not heard about — or have chosen to ignore. The expression is simple: If you find yourself [...]
Read More →DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa Wild announced today management has selected forward Cal O’Reilly as the team’s captain for the 2018-19 season. O’Reilly will serve as captain for the second [...]
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa – Oct. 4 — Polk County Veteran Affairs will be collecting new and gently used winter coats, hats and gloves that will be donated to veterans and [...]
Read More →The Historic Valley Junction Foundation (HVJF) announces the publication of a new book, “Pursuit of a Dream – James Jordan: His Life and His Legacy,” written by West Des Moines [...]
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“Judge” Besler
If Jason Besler is a judge, he should resign. Besler was one of two men nominated to fill a vacancy on the Sixth Judicial District Court in Iowa City. Gov. [...]
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