McGowen Hurst Clark Smith (MHCS) invites you to the annual ShredItOnMayDay event on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. This community event is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot of their West Des Moines office at 1601 West Lakes Parkway. This free event is open to the public
Read More →The brand new Trailside Dog Park will officially open in Waukee on Friday, April 5. A public ribbon-cutting event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Following the event, the park will be open to pass holders. This is the first dog park to be built in Waukee. “We heard from many
Read More →The Final Party with Game Grumps is here! Join in on this very special summer tour with Arin and Danny as they retire the present live format. The guys will be playing games, making jokes and having a blast in front of a live audience! You will not want to
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Posted March 20, 2019in Stray Thoughts
The altar at the First United Methodist Church in Cedar Falls was decorated with bouquets of beautiful flowers last week. Dozens of people gathered there to celebrate the life of a wonderful woman at the conclusion of her 84 years on this Earth. Those blossoms offered especially poignant symbolism. Ruth
Read More →“Greta” R | 98 minutes A sweet, naïve young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz), doesn’t think twice about returning the handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner is Greta (Isabelle Huppert), an eccentric French
Read More →The Des Moines Arts Festival and Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino are proud to invite non-profit organizations to apply for participation in the award-winning Prairie Meadows Community Outreach Program. This program was named winner of the Best Community Outreach Program award by the International Festivals & Events Association and offers
Read More →The sun is shining for homeowners and business owners in the Waukee, Iowa area, as the Solarize Waukee program is set to commence this April. The program will allow individual home and commercial property owners to access competitive prices for solar installations through the power of volume purchasing. The City
Read More →Spectra, the industry’s leading venue management company partnering with 750 clients, recently honored Chris Connolly, General Manager of Iowa Events Center, with their Venue Management General Manager of the Year Award. Each year at its General Manager meetings they recognize a leader who successfully adds to the experiences for fans
Read More →Bo Ramsey to perform Friday, June 28 at 8 p.m.; William Elliott Whitmore to play Saturda, June 29 at 8 p.m. Bo Ramsey and William Elliott Whitmore will take the Roots Stage at the 2019 Des Moines Arts Festival®presented by Nationwide June 28th and 29th, respectively. Friday, June 28 at
Read More →EMC Insurance Companies is the title sponsor of DAM to DSM, which replaces Dam to Dam, the popular race that ended with its 39th annual event in 2018. DAM to DSM will continue the tradition of running 20 kilometers from the Saylorville Dam to downtown Des Moines on the first
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