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
Read More →Beaverdale, Iowa – The Beaverdale Fall Festival Board of Directors is looking for financial and leadership support to help continue the tradition of the Fall Festival community parade. The parade has been on hiatus since the pandemic-related cancellation of Beaverdale Fall Festival in 2020. An expanded festival returned in September
Read More →IOWA BUSINESS HALL OF FAME HONORS REYNOLDS CRAMER, ELIZABETH ‘LIZ’ GARST AND RICK TOLLAKSON GREATER DES MOINES, IOWA (Jan. 17, 2023) – The Greater Des Moines Committee will recognize Reynolds Cramer, Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Garst and Rick Tollakson as the 2022 inductees to the Iowa Business Hall of Fame. The inductees
Read More →ACTORS: Ames Community Theater will be casting for their summer musical “Pump Boys and Dinettes” February 8 and 15 from 7 PM to 9 PM at the ACTORS studio (120 Abraham Dr). The show, which takes place on Highway 57 in North Carolina, follows the lives of four men who
Read More →EARLHAM, IOWA (January 13, 2023) Join Dallas County Conservation Board for the release of a rehabilitated Bald Eagle into the wilds of Dallas County. This event will occur at Kuehn Conservation Area on January 22, 1-2:30pm. Kay Neumann, Director of Saving Our Avian Resources (SOAR), will tell the story of
Read More →DES MOINES, IA (01/13/2023) (readMedia)– Jeremy Parsons, of the Clay County Fair in Spencer, Iowa, will officially be named CEO and manager of the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Gary Slater, who has held the top position since 2001, announced his retirement in October of 2022. Parsons’ appointment
Read More →Scott Bennett of Ankeny has been named the new President of the DMACC Foundation Board of Directors. Bennett has served on the DMACC Foundation Board since 2018, most recently as Vice President. Bennett replaces Rita Perea as President of the Foundation Board. “We’re excited to welcome Scott into his new
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Posted January 12, 2023in Morain
Political pundits are having a field day with the dramatic election of Republican Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the U.S. House last week. McCarthy finally won by a one-vote margin after 15 ballots, the most ballots needed in a Speaker election since before the Civil War. McCarthy desperately craved the
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
Read More →The West Des Moines Historical Society and the Val Air Ballroom will pull the curtains during a private tour Saturday, January 28 at 1 p.m. Built in 1939, the Val Air (301 Ashworth Road, West Des Moines) was originally an open air music and dance venue, bringing everyone from Big
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