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Posted November 15, 2023in Just Released

DMACC BREAKS GROUND ON NEW $9 MILLION TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE

DMACC starts construction on a new 8,600-square-foot Transportation Institute.   Project funding includes a $1 million donation from DMACC alumnus Dennis Albaugh and a $1 million grant from the State [...]

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Posted November 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), [...]

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Posted November 14, 2023in Just Released

CATHOLIC CHARITIES’ FOOD PANTRY FEEDS THE HUNGRY THIS THANKGIVING

(Des Moines, IA) Catholic Charities’ Food Pantry, in partnership with St. Pius X parish in Urbandale, IA, will distribute hundreds of turkeys and other holiday meats during their annual Giving [...]

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Posted November 13, 2023in Stray Thoughts

Uneasy times as a librarian shuts out other ideas

The word for today is optics — but not the kind where your eye doctor is an expert. Instead of eyeglasses, I am thinking about the kind of optics that [...]

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Posted November 09, 2023in Just Released

VA Veterans enjoy free breakfast delivered

Des Moines , IA — Veterans who are current residents at the VA Central Iowa Medical Center were treated to a free breakfast delivered to them at the VA campus [...]

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Posted November 09, 2023in Just Released

Local Mediacom Employees Earn Company’s Top Service Awards

Des Moines, IA – NOVEMBER 9, 2023 – Mediacom Communications recognized 31 Des Moines-area employees who achieved the company’s top performance rankings and earned national and regional awards for outstanding [...]

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Posted November 09, 2023in Just Released

FAREWAY AND IOWA FARM BUREAU DONATE OVER 57,000 LBS. OF GROUND PROTEIN TO IOWA FOOD BANKS

NEWS RELEASE (Boone, IA) – Fareway Stores Inc. and Iowa Farm Bureau partnered together to donate 57,863 lbs. of ground protein to food banks across Iowa in the ‘Meat the [...]

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Posted November 09, 2023in Morain

There’s heavy lifting to be done

“Nightmarish” accurately describes the challenges both Israel and the Palestinian residents of Gaza confront in the Israel-Hamas war, now more than a month old.  The Biden Administration no doubt perceives [...]

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Posted November 07, 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 November 06, 2023in Just Released

‘Red Kettle Season’ is right around the corner: Salvation Army of Des Moines seeking donations and volunteers

DES MOINES, Iowa. (November 6, 2023) – The Salvation Army Capital Area Command wants to remind everyone that the 2023 Red Kettle Season is right around the corner, starting with [...]

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