Monday, November 17, 2025

Join our email blast

Posted November 02, 2022in Just Released

CEO Elizabeth Presutti to leave DART after 14 years

Presutti and her husband are returning to North Carolina Des Moines, IA – Elizabeth Presutti, CEO of DART (Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority), announced she will be leaving the [...]

Read More →
Posted November 02, 2022in Stray Thoughts

Ferentz fields Q’s, but governor rarely does

It is safe to assume Kirk Ferentz has not enjoyed the glorious autumn in Iowa the way he would prefer.He has feverishly worked his Bubble Yum during the Hawkeyes’ games [...]

Read More →
Posted November 02, 2022in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:

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, [...]

Read More →
Posted November 02, 2022in Morain

11/03/22

Although its safety mechanisms have improved, farming is still considered America’s most dangerous major occupation. Government service may fast overtake it. The recent attack on Paul Pelosi, 82-year-old husband of [...]

Read More →
Posted November 02, 2022in Feature 1

Porch Pirates

Protecting packages from theft in the age of online shopping When Nathan Peterson ordered a $100 Apple HomePod speaker and was notified it had been delivered to his apartment, he [...]

Read More →
Posted November 02, 2022in Feature 2

Hungry like the Wolves

After just missing the NBA G-League playoffs last season with a 15-17 record, the Iowa Wolves are gearing up to start their season this November with better results and a [...]

Read More →
Posted November 02, 2022in Business Feature

22 from 2022: Business people who made a difference

For the fourth year, CITYVIEW’s Business Journal recognizes the contributions of outstanding business leaders who have made a difference in their communities. The business world is ever-changing — as are [...]

Read More →
Posted November 02, 2022in Civic Skinny

An update on Marty Tirrell. Judicial performance and voter outreach. Veteran homelessness. Top home sales. And a historic conversation.

Marty Tirrell, the sports broadcaster and conman, is back in Des Moines, wearing an ankle bracelet while on “home confinement status” until his release date from the federal prison system [...]

Read More →
Posted November 02, 2022in Political Mercury

Will Iowa’s silent majority choose Mike Franken?

Admiral Mike Franken, the most senior retired military officer to seek office in Iowa, has barnstormed the state for months, hitting his native rural western Iowa on repeat with a [...]

Read More →
Posted November 02, 2022in Film Review

There is a promising idea at the heart of ‘Black Adam’

“Black Adam” opens with a burst of exposition and backstory so cumbersome that it might as well be self-parody. (“Before Rome, before Babylon, before the pyramids …”) Amid the mumbo [...]

Read More →
House - Rack Locations