Des Moines, IA – The public is invited to help improve the safety of people driving, biking, walking and using transit on the streets of Greater Des Moines by sharing [...]
Read More →March 27, 2024 – The Compost It! program’s curbside yard waste collection will begin for the season April 1. The program accepts small twigs and branches, leaves and lawn clippings [...]
Read More →DES MOINES – Valerie Van Kooten of Pella has been named the new administrator of the State Historical Society of Iowa, beginning April 5. “We are very excited to have [...]
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Posted March 28, 2024in Morain
What rights do Palestinians possess? Are they citizens of any nation? The answers to those questions are murky at best, particularly right now with war raging in Gaza. Technically, under [...]
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Posted March 26, 2024in The Culture Buzz
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), [...]
Read More →This year’s National Crime Victims’ Rights Week theme is “How would you help? Options, services, and hope for crime survivors.” It is critical that we all work to create [...]
Read More →Des Moines Public Schools is proud to announce that it has received the 2024 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [...]
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Posted March 25, 2024in Stray Thoughts
No problem is so big that we can’t run from it — or at least avoid thinking about it. That’s human nature. There are many concerns that should command our [...]
Read More →Iowa City, IA (March 21, 2024): Big Grove Brewery recently announced the recipients of their annual grant program which awards $8,000 to each selected nonprofit organization. A total of $48,000 [...]
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Iowans are born with a weather gene
My Iowa-coded genetic material struck like a squall when I wrote a letter to faraway family members. Before you could say “Chinook wind,” I’d flooded the page with a lengthy [...]
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