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Posted March 30, 2023in Just Released

The Iowa Clinic announces Jeffrey Dietzenbach, MD, FACS as Associate Medical Director

Physician-leader to support Clinic operations and risk management program West Des Moines, Iowa – The Iowa Clinic today announced the appointment of Jeffrey Dietzenbach, MD, FACS – General Surgery, as the Clinic’s Associate Medical Director. His appointment will be effective April 1, 2023. “I am pleased to announce Dr. Jeffrey

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Posted March 29, 2023in Just Released

Keep Iowa Beautiful announces annual Pick-Up Iowa program

DES MOINES, IA (March 29, 2023) – Keep Iowa Beautiful invites Iowans to join the Great American Cleanup and an estimated 3 million volunteers across the nation by removing litter from public areas during Pick-Up Iowa from April 15th, 2023 through July 31st, 2023.  Pick-Up Iowa creates focused efforts to clean

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Posted March 29, 2023in Just Released

Principal announces five-year extension agreement for Principal Charity Classic

New improvements and renovations implemented to enhance tournament experience and sustainability efforts (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Principal Financial Group® announced a five-year extension agreement with the Principal Charity Classic to continue its long-standing support for the annual PGA TOUR Champions tournament held at the Wakonda Club in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Posted March 28, 2023in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:

From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content.  – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration

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Posted March 23, 2023in Morain

03/23/23

One state among the 50 registered an increase in the incidence of cancer in 2022. That would be Iowa. The only one. Only Kentucky ranked ahead of Iowa last year in the rate of its residents’ cancer cases. But Kentucky’s rate dropped last year. Iowa’s grew. The reasons for those

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Posted March 21, 2023in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:

From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content.  – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration

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Posted March 21, 2023in Letters

Evans misled by article about the 303 Creative case

Randy Evans, who is usually a defender of the First Amendment, has been misled by a New York Times article, written by David Cole, the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, about the 303 Creative case, now under consideration by the Supreme Court. Evans correctly notes that

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Posted March 20, 2023in Stray Thoughts

Is it right to treat big whales differently from small fish?

On a late summer afternoon in Bloomfield 40 years ago, the people of Iowa learned about an unofficial government principle we have seen repeated in recent weeks. Although this has played out in various ways through the years, it ultimately comes down to the same concept: If your problem is

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Posted March 16, 2023in Morain

03/16/23

Words can convey both meaning and opinion. They therefore can be weaponized, stretched beyond their literal usage, to win favor, or to bully, or to slander. Propagandists know the power of words – that’s how they earn their daily bread. The word “hate” and its derivatives offer an example. Wordsmiths

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Posted March 14, 2023in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:

From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content.  – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration

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