If you love to read, stop by for FREE refreshments, then mix & mingle with FIVE local authors. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the authors of a fascinating array of books. They will be signing their books on Saturday, August 13 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Beaverdale Books,
Read More →WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (July 27, 2022) — Today, Hy-Vee Chairman and CEO Randy Edeker named Aaron Wiese as Hy-Vee’s next CEO, effective Oct. 1, 2022. Wiese is currently vice chairman of Hy-Vee, Inc. and president of the company’s supply chain and subsidiaries. Jeremy Gosch will remain as president and
Read More →11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central Time. Broadcast regionally on KFMG 98.9 FM; Simultaneously streaming globally through www.kfmg.org From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news. — John Busbee for The Culture
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Posted July 26, 2022in Morain
Independent voters appear to hold the key to the direction of the nation. Lots of fog around these days. Like the one that took over my brain during my recent bout with COVID-19 and stuck around for awhile. Same for my wife Kathy. Same for a bunch of our friends
Read More →West Des Moines, Iowa, July 21, 2022 – Job Rides announces a $10,000 donation from GreenState Credit Union to help with its statewide expansion. Job Rides, a nonprofit organization started earlier this year, provides transportation to work for the underprivileged and refugee population in the Des Moines area. Job Rides
Read More →AUSTIN, Texas (July 1) – Eric Kohlsdorf, a Des Moines, Iowa-based insurance agent, was named president-elect of the National Association of Health Underwriters Board of Trustees at the organization’s 92nd Annual Convention. “Eric has done tremendous work as a board member over the past year, and I’m excited to see
Read More →GREATER DES MOINES, IA (July 21, 2022) — The World Food & Music Festival has announced its lineup of nearly 50 food vendors representing 27 countries for the 2022 Festival. The Festival will return on Friday, Sept. 16 – Sunday, Sept. 18 at Western Gateway Park in Downtown Des Moines
Read More →CLIVE, IA – July 15, 2022 – At the 48th annual Clive Festival, the City of Clive and the Clive Community Foundation kicked off the public phase of the $10.6 million Greenbelt Landing capital campaign. Greenbelt Landing is the 14-acre park east of NW 114th St. next to Walnut Creek
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Posted July 19, 2022in The Culture Buzz
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central Time. Broadcast regionally on KFMG 98.9 FM; Simultaneously streaming globally through www.kfmg.org From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news. — John Busbee for The Culture
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Posted July 12, 2022in Stray Thoughts
It was not in the menu, but there was a heaping helping of irony served up one evening last week at a restaurant in Washington, D.C.U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was dining at Morton’s steakhouse. Demonstrators were outside, intent on ensuring he left with indigestion and not just a
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