Des Moines Water Works raises flashboards on Raccoon River
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 [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Just Released
Posted August 02, 2023in Just Released
Bank Iowa Welcomes Jim Gocke as In-House General Counsel
(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 [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Just Released
Lisa Brinkmeyer VanDeventer, Jay Byers amongst central Iowans to receive 2023 Iowa Character Awards
(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. [...]
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Posted August 02, 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 August 02, 2023in Feature 1
Iowa State Fair concerts
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. [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Feature 2
The ultimate metro breakfast
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, [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Business Feature
Antique stores catering to the times
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 [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Civic Skinny
Coaching contracts, road safety plans and broadband funding
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 [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Political Mercury
Presidential candidate wants to chase hate from public life
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 [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Film Review
A Barbie girl in a Barbie world
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 [...]
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