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Posted August 27, 2024in Just Released

Iowa Office to Combat Human Trafficking participates in multi-state operation

August 27, 2024 DES MOINES, Iowa – On August 22, 2024, the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Office to Combat Human Trafficking partnered with law enforcement and service providers from across the [...]

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Posted August 27, 2024in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Adventurers:

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 27, 2024in Just Released

New DART Art Shelters in Urbandale Enhancing Rider Experience

A ribbon cutting is planned for Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 5:15 PM. The City of Urbandale, Urbandale Public Art Committee, and the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) [...]

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Posted August 27, 2024in Just Released

FAREWAY KICKS OFF THE FOURTH ANNUAL IOWA WAVE SHIRT ROUND UP

NEWS RELEASE (BOONE, IA) – Fareway Stores, Inc. is partnering with The Iowa Wave Shirt to conduct the fourth annual Round Up at the register from August 26 – September [...]

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Posted August 27, 2024in Just Released

Extreme Temperatures for Animals – Keep Pets Safe During the Heat

Des Moines, IA (August, 26, 2024) – With most of Iowa experiencing extreme temperatures and parts of the state experience record or near record highs this week, it’s vital for pet [...]

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Posted August 27, 2024in Just Released

Fall Events in Grimes

Five hundred pounds of food. That’s how much was donated to the local food pantry through the Rock Around the Clock Concert series last year. The City of Grimes is [...]

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Posted August 26, 2024in Stray Thoughts

Voters, be careful what you ask for

We are in the home stretch of another presidential campaign, and it is important for voters to be alert for the unintended consequences of candidates’ promises. Office-seekers and their supporters [...]

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Posted August 23, 2024in Just Released

1,000+ Kids Get Free Backpacks with School Supplies

WHO: 50 employees from 7 Dewey Auto and Stew Hansen Auto dealerships. (They’ll stop selling and repairing vehicles for an afternoon to serve the community.) Along with the 450 backpacks [...]

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Posted August 22, 2024in Just Released

“Altus” shines light on bright history and future of Altoona

Mural will be the highlight of a new pocket park in the eastern Polk Co. community  ALTOONA, Iowa – Artist Mila Sketch has completed the final brush strokes and applied [...]

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Posted August 22, 2024in Just Released

Iowa Department of Education awards grants to 25 school districts to connect students facing homelessness with resources they need to attend school

DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Education today announced that 25 school districts received a total of $424,400 in competitive grants to support transportation and basic needs of students [...]

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