GREATER DES MOINES, IA (April 10, 2023) – The Downtown Farmers’ Market presented by UnityPoint Health – Des Moines will host its opening day for the 2023 Market season on Saturday, May 6. The Market takes place every Saturday morning from May through October. Hours are 7 a.m. – Noon, with
Read More →April 7, 2023 (Urbandale, IA) – On Sunday, April 30th, Mentor Iowa will host the 20th annual Mentor Iowa Tidrick Honors auction presented by GreenState Credit Union at Toad Valley Golf Course in Pleasant Hill, Iowa. The 20th annual event is free and open to the public and offers complimentary
Read More →What: United Way of Central Iowa’s Stuff the Bus annual book drive is a community-wide initiative dedicated to providing children with greater access to books, so they can improve reading skills. Athene USA and EY, United Way’s Stuff the Bus sponsors, along with hundreds of local businesses and individuals
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Posted April 06, 2023in Morain
I need to apologize to the Iowa Hawkeye women’s basketball team for jinxing them in the NCAA tournament final game last Sunday. I didn’t wear my Hawkeye sweatshirt. I know, I was more than 700 miles from Dallas during the game. I know it wouldn’t have made any difference if
Read More →Whether it’s watching Dad working on a car engine in the garage, eagerly waiting for a chance to use a wrench or admiring Mom’s handiwork as she cleans and bandages that nasty cut on a sibling who fell from a tree, children are often only a step behind that special
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Posted April 05, 2023in What the?
Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to celeste@dmcityview.com — Be sure to include your name Next month’s photo: This month’s winner “When your dad is president of the Johnny Cash fan club…” — Tom Geraty Runners Up “It is good to see that the son Johnny Cash had
Read More →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 April 05, 2023in Stray Thoughts
The Iowa Legislature and Governor Kim Reynolds cannot seem to make up their minds whether they support parental rights or are against Mom and Dad being the decision-makers when it comes to their children’s well-being. Trying to analyze Republican officials’ views on parental rights is challenging. Baseball’s infield fly rule
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Posted April 05, 2023in Feature 1
As minor league baseball seasons go, the 2022 campaign more or less resembled most others for the Iowa Cubs. Until, that is, the very end. Trailing as they loped in from their positions for the bottom of the ninth on Sept. 28, the “local boys” as they’re labeled on the
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Your American dream becomes your worst nightmare
The term “American Dream” was coined by Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Truslow Adams in 1931. His dream was simple: “Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” For many Americans, a piece of that dream includes home ownership. So,
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