The 50-acre multi-sports turf complex GrimesPlex will now be known as the Hy-Vee MultiPlex Powered by the City of Grimes. The facility fully opened this spring and is located near the grocery chain’s store in Grimes. Hy-Vee and the City of Grimes have signed a five-year naming rights agreement. There
Read More →November 25, 2024, Des Moines, Iowa – The City of Des Moines, Polk County and eight suburban communities of Altoona, Ankeny, Bondurant, Clive, Johnston, Urbandale, Windsor Heights and West Des Moines have agreed to stay members of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) and work together over the
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Posted November 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), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. — John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Archive Library —
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Posted November 26, 2024in Morain
A list of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for Cabinet positions suggests strongly that he envisions the U.S. Cabinet playing a very different role from those that key appointees have traditionally played in the past. Most of Trump’s nominees have relatively little administrative experience and/or familiarity with the duties and obligations
Read More →I played a role in a movie three weeks ago, without even so much as a screen test. Well, technically speaking, I suppose, I didn’t actually debut on the big screen. It was more of an off-screen performance. It began this past summer when a group of residents of Green
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Posted November 19, 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 →GRIMES, IOWA – Athletes and Unified partners from across the state will assemble at four locations on November 22-23 to compete in the Special Olympics Iowa State Bowling competitions. State Bowling will feature over 1,400 athletes competing in singles, doubles, team, and Unified bowling events. Bowling is Special Olympics Iowa’s
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Posted November 18, 2024in Stray Thoughts
I was asked to speak last week at the annual conference of the National Freedom of Information Coalition. My remarks boiled down to a simple message: The public needs more information *about* their governments, not more secrecy *from* their governments. I explained a troubling trend I see worming its way
Read More →Des Moines, IA – The Iowa Motion Picture Association and Fridley Theatres are proud to announce a strategic partnership that will strengthen Iowa’s position in the future of the film industry and allow local filmmakers to have greater access to theatrical exhibition. This collaboration brings together two esteemed organizations in
Read More →Jingle in the Junction November 21, December 5, 12, & 19 5th Street, Valley Junction FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE West Des Moines, 11/15/24 – The Historic Valley Junction Foundation is pleased to announce Jingle in the Junction, a holiday shopping event with free family-friendly entertainment in beautiful Historic Valley Junction under
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