Bank Iowa celebrated two more marketing wins on Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA Central Iowa) PRIME Awards Ceremony. The annual event recognizes marketing and communications excellence among brands across Iowa in various businesses and industries. Bank Iowa won two awards of merits in the
Read More →The DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient and responsible way of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. Waukee area residents can be a part of the effort. The Waukee Public Safety Building at
Read More →The Invincible Czars–a mini-orchestra from Austin, Texas–are touring the country while performing a modern and completely original score accompanied with the 1920 German silent film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.” The band performs its music live while the movie plays on the screen behind them. Its website says, it “aims
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Posted October 10, 2019in Stray Thoughts
Fifty-three years ago, I was a high school kid in southern Iowa who knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my life: I wanted to be a journalist. The first step on that journey occurred when I walked into the offices of the Bloomfield Democrat and introduced
Read More →Rich and Kim Willis have received the prestigious 2019 Tocqueville Society Award. This award is United Way of Central Iowa’s highest honor, given annually to an individual or household who exemplifies inspirational and sustained leadership and service to the central Iowa community through United Way. Tocqueville Society, United Way’s premier
Read More →Quote of the Week “The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.” -Mary Oliver, poet, National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize (1935-2019) Featured Cultural Offering BEAST VILLAGE
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Posted October 02, 2019in Feature 1
A conversation with a co-founder of one of Des Moines’ most famous haunted attractions and two of his key collaborators. Ian Miller and his brother started Big Al’s Slaughterhouse a decade ago. In the beginning, the duo’s DIY haunted popup attraction operated on the city’s Southside — behind the American
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Posted October 02, 2019in Feature 2
Witness the on-ice action at Wells Fargo Arena as the Iowa Wild take aim at a return to the playoffs while offering an unforgettable fan experience. The Iowa Wild made franchise history last season. For the first time in its six-season existence, the team reached the American Hockey League (AHL)
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Posted October 02, 2019in Feature 3
Learn why some central Iowans are turning to holistic, functional medicine to cure body, mind. Brittany Cousins was frustrated with the moodiness and lethargy she felt from the thyroid condition with which she’d been diagnosed. About three years ago, her doctor diagnosed her with hypothyroidism, a condition in which the
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Traditional network stations don’t usually report their lower viewership.
I’m amazed at how the traditional, over-the-air, television networks consistently report that “newspapers are dead.” Their anchors report that story time and again, but never report their own losses in viewership. The most recent example took place on the October 6, 2019, broadcast of CBS News Sunday Morning hosted by
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