With very hot weather expected this weekend the Polk County Health Department encourages residents to take extra precautions to stay safe. Hot and humid conditions are expected in central Iowa Friday into Monday. High temperatures are forecast in the low- to mid-90s, with heat index values expected in the 90s
Read More →Willard “Bill” Boyd III, a member of Nyemaster Goode’s Business, Finance and Real Estate Department, will serve as the 133rd President of The Iowa State Bar Association, during the 2019-2020 year. Boyd was born and raised in Iowa City, attended undergrad at the University of Michigan, the University of Iowa
Read More →IRONMAN, a Wanda Sports Group company, is excited to announce that Des Moines has been selected as a new multi-year host venue, beginning with the 2020 IRONMAN 70.3 North American Championship. Certified Piedmontese Beef will serve as the title partner for the new triathlon taking place on June 21, 2020.
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Posted June 26, 2019in Stray Thoughts
What in the world has gotten into us? Through the years, we poured ourselves into political campaigns, put out yard signs for our favorite office-seekers, and held “coffees” to encourage our friends to back our candidates. It wasn’t unusual for our views to be at odds with those of our
Read More →“It is the end of art to inoculate men (and women) with the love of nature.” Henry Ward Beecher, in Star Papers, or, Experiences of Art and Nature (1855) – NOTE: parenthetical addition mine Featured Cultural Offering: ARTS in Central Iowa abound. From the Des Moines Arts Festival in the
Read More →Hoyt Sherman Place – Sunday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Blackberry Smoke will embark on their extensive “Till The Wheels Fall Off” headline tour this fall with stopping at Hoyt Sherman Place on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will go on sale this Tuesday, July 2 at 10
Read More →Coming to Hoyt Sherman Place – Friday, Nov.22 at 8 p.m. In 1977, history was made upon the release of THE GRAND ILLUSION album. DENNIS DEYOUNG AND THE MUSIC OF STYX celebrate that history by performing the album in its entirety plus all eight Top Ten hits “Lady,” “Babe,” “Come
Read More →The Urbandale 4th of July Committee is thrilled to announce the 2019 Urbandale 4th of July Celebration schedule. Our theme is Celebrating Red, White and U! Logo attached. Some NEW events to 2019 include a Beer Garden sponsored by Hy-Vee during the Abby Normal show on July 3rd, a Hotdog Eating Contest sponsored
Read More →At Johnston Green Days 50th Anniversary Celebration on June 15, the Bill Riley Talent Search Senior winners were announced by the 1982 BRTS Champion High-Tenor Doug Cline of “The Buffalo Heads Quartet,” on left, and the “Queen of Green” Debra Heldt of Charter Bank, on right, both are from Johnston.
Read More →At Johnston Green Days 50th Anniversary Celebration on June 15, the Bill Riley Talent Search Sprout winners were announced by the “Queen of Green” Debra Heldt of Charter Bank, on left, and the 1982 BRTS Champion High-Tenor Doug Cline, on right, both of Johnston. Third place winner Isabelle Ryan, 9,
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