DES MOINES – Des Moines Water Works has raised the flashboards on the low head dam on the Raccoon River because of low river levels. Boaters (kayakers and canoeists) need to be aware of this low-head dam and the portage trail around it. Signs in Des Moines Water Works Park
Read More →(West Des Moines, Iowa – Aug. 2, 2023) — Bank Iowa today announced the addition of Jim Gocke as in-house general counsel. Having advised the bank as an external resource for several years, Gocke brings to the position institutional knowledge of the bank, including its culture and risk tolerance. He
Read More →(DES MOINES, Iowa—August 1, 2023) The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University hosted the 2023 Iowa Character Awards on Friday, July 28, at Prairie Meadows Event Center. Eleven Iowa individuals and groups were recognized for their exceptional character, including Lisa Brinkmeyer VanDeventer, Jay Byers, Covenant Construction Services/CCS
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 Archive Library
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Posted August 02, 2023in Feature 1
Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling has carved out a new genre of music through her combination of expert violin skills and electronic, dubstep and pop elements during her 16-year music career. Stirling’s career started on YouTube in 2007. She garnered more than 13 million subscribers, which helped her win YouTube’s Artist
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Posted August 02, 2023in Feature 2
Breakfast is not what it used to be. In the days of the classic diners of Des Moines, breakfast was a 24-hour-a-day offering of eggs any way you wanted them, with hash browned potatoes and a choice of bacon, sausage or ham with white or wheat toast and jam. Pancakes
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Posted August 02, 2023in Business Feature
The antique industry in the United States expanded by 3.3% between 2018-2023, according to market research firm IBISWorld. Changed spending habits in a post-pandemic world and a supply chain furniture shortage are offered as reasons for the increased traffic at antique stores. But are Des Moines area shops reflecting national
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Posted August 02, 2023in Civic Skinny
With the college football season approaching, we take a look at coaching contract details behind some of the state’s highest-paid employees. For comparison, CITYVIEW also requested contract details of some of the lesser-known coaches at the state universities. The University of Iowa In the aftermath of a less than stellar
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Posted August 02, 2023in Political Mercury
A pastor and businessman from Texas, with roots in Georgia, is pinning his presidential bid on a Christian ethos of bringing divided people together on common issues. Ryan Binkley, a Republican, thinks the appetite for hopeful leaders remains strong in the nation. His inspiration comes from an abiding Christian faith,
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Posted August 02, 2023in Film Review
Are Barbie dolls demeaning or empowering? Director Greta Gerwig opts for the latter theory in this beamingly affectionate and deliriously pink-themed fantasy comedy-adventure produced by Barbie’s corporate manufacturer Mattel and starring Margot Robbie whose own superhuman blond beauty makes her the only possible casting as Barbie herself. As the curtains
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