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 United States to conduct a multi-state human trafficking operation. This operation, named “Coast to Coast,” was a grassroots effort involving
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Posted August 27, 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), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. — John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Archive Library –
Read More →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) have completed the installation of two new DART art shelters in Urbandale. A ribbon cutting will be held on Tuesday,
Read More →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 7 at all Iowa store locations, the two weeks ahead of the Iowa vs. Iowa State football game. Customers will
Read More →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 owners to understand how heat affects their animals. Follow these simple tips to ensure your beloved pet enjoys – and survives
Read More →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 bringing this event and others back in 2024 to keep the fun going all season. Rock Around the Clock Concert
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Posted August 26, 2024in Stray Thoughts
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 like to portray issues in terms of absolutes — as in, my position is the very best way to address
Read More →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 and school supplies for South Union Elementary, the dealerships also purchased and donated 1,000 backpacks to the Des Moines School
Read More →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 the protective coating to her newest creation, Altus in Olde Town Altoona. The mural towers over the historic district on
Read More →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 and families experiencing homelessness. The Resource Hub and Transportation Grants for Students Experiencing Homelessness will help Iowa school districts address
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