The issue we didn’t know was an issue
Silly me. I thought I had been paying attention to the issues about which Iowans feel strongly. You know, things like inflation, taxes, government spending, the war in Ukraine, a [...]
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Posted July 31, 2023in Stray Thoughts
Posted July 26, 2023in Just Released
Greiner Named Director of Iowa Pork Industry Center
AMES, Iowa – Stepping into the director role, Laura Greiner is ready to guide Iowa State University’s Iowa Pork Industry Center in its efforts to maintain the state’s standing as [...]
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Posted July 25, 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), [...]
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Posted July 24, 2023in Stray Thoughts
Thin skin plagues some officials in Iowa
Around the time the famous movie “The Bridges of Madison County” premiered in 1995, author Robert James Waller was at a book-signing in West Des Moines. Between scribbling his signature [...]
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Posted July 20, 2023in Just Released
Iowa Insurance Agent Eric Kohlsdorf Named President of NABIP
WASHINGTON, DC – Eric Kohlsdorf, a Des Moines, Iowa-based insurance agent, was named the president of the board of the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP) at the [...]
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Posted July 19, 2023in Just Released
CITY OF DES MOINES SETS THE PURCHASE OF FORMER NATIONWIDE BUILDING AND PARKING GARAGE IN MOTION
DES MOINES, IOWA — Monday, July 17, 2023 — Tonight, the Des Moines City Council set in motion the first official financial steps to move forward with the purchase of the former [...]
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Posted July 18, 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), [...]
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Posted July 18, 2023in Stray Thoughts
When ‘governing’ loses track of its purpose
One of the photographs of my father that I clearly remember appeared on the pages of the Bloomfield Democrat about 60 years ago. Pop was standing chest-deep in a hole [...]
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Posted July 13, 2023in Just Released
40 Years and Counting: Urbandale Recognized for Excellence in Financial Reporting
Urbandale, Iowa – The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to the City of Urbandale for its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the fiscal [...]
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Posted July 12, 2023in Guest View
Identifying and interring the unclaimed cremains of American Veterans
Fourteen veterans who are buried Clarinda State Hospital cemetery will finally be given a formal military funeral. Like many Iowans, I watched the parades, speeches, fireworks and pageantry of the [...]
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