Posted November 16, 2023in Morain
Rooting for one political side or the other in America today increasingly resembles rooting for a sports team. They’re not the same thing. On the surface they do appear similar: the cheering crowds, the yard signs and bumper stickers, the media coverage, the fan clothing, the arguments over coffee or
Read More →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 of Iowa, with a $1 million federal request pending. Demand for truck drivers continues to grow across the state
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 –
Read More →(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 Thanks Giving event tomorrow, Wednesday, November 15 and Thursday, November 16, 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., while supplies last. St.
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Posted November 13, 2023in Stray Thoughts
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 result when the perception of some person’s or some institution’s values are contradicted by the reality of the actions they
Read More →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 in Des Moines. Veterans are often offered special discounts from retailers each Veterans Day as a ‘Thank You’ for their
Read More →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 customer service, network engineering, and other operational positions this year. This month, an award ceremony was held with corporate executives,
Read More →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 Need’ campaign. For every 10 lb. tube of ground beef sold at Fareway Oct. 30 – Nov. 4, one pound
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Posted November 09, 2023in Morain
“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 it similarly. The surprise breach of Israeli guard posts along the Gaza border by Hamas commandos on Oct. 7 caught
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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