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Posted December 10, 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 December 10, 2024in Just Released

Rotary Club of Des Moines Contributes $50,000 Grant to Ellipsis

DES MOINES, IA (December 9, 2024) – The Rotary Club of Des Moines awarded its annual community service grant at their December 9th weekly meeting. The grant was increased to [...]

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Posted December 09, 2024in Stray Thoughts

Insurance problems won’t go away by glorifying a murder

When and why did the United States turn into such a cesspool of hatred? Some people may disagree with that characterization. But events last week have or should put those [...]

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Posted December 06, 2024in Just Released

Central Iowa homeless Veterans can now access Mobile Clinic

Des Moines , IA — Des Moines IA — A Virtual Mobile Clinic (VMC) recently acquired by VA Central Iowa to provide medical services to Veterans in rural counties is [...]

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Posted December 06, 2024in Morain

12/06/24

Grandfathers and clocks have a lot in common. Remember the “Grandfather’s Clock” song? How the clock kept accurate time for the old man’s entire life? “Ninety years without slumbering, tick, [...]

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Posted December 04, 2024in Feature 1

Favorite Holiday Songs

Christmas music floods the airwaves through our radios, Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or however you choose to listen to the holiday tunes year after year. While some think it [...]

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Posted December 04, 2024in Feature 2

’Twas the night before…

Our Christmas classic for the holidays Publisher’s note: Forty-five years ago, when Michael Gartner was editor of The Des Moines Register, he walked over to the desk of writer Bob [...]

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Posted December 04, 2024in Business Feature

More than a show

Catching the latest flick at the movie theater has been a pastime for people of all ages, but with the advent of streaming services and the growing number of options [...]

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Posted December 04, 2024in Civic Skinny

Campaign donations rise. Business Record subscriptions drop. Nearly $25 million spent on naming rights.

Political campaign money flowed into the Iowa’s U.S. House of Representatives campaigns this past election season. All four of the House seats were up for grabs in Iowa’s congressional districts. [...]

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Posted December 04, 2024in Political Mercury

Kill Hal: ‘Numb and dumb is no way to go through life’

I am Dave. If you are online at all, you are Dave. We all are. Human editors, real ones, survive at near-extinction levels. Seeing one at work these days is [...]

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