DES MOINES – The Carrie Chapman Catt Award program, created and administered by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, encourages eligible high school senior students to register to vote. Secretary Pate recently announced that as part of the initiative, 4,737 high school students registered to vote across 60 counties during
Read More →Hy-Vee customers generously supported Variety – the Children’s Charity by rounding up their total grocery bill in February to support children who are critically ill, at-risk, underprivileged, or living with special needs. This month-long initiative raised an impressive $220,385. The dollars raised through the Round Up campaign will help
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Posted April 17, 2025in Morain
It’s called “collective punishment” when an entire group or community is sanctioned for an act of one member, or a few of them. It’s a form of bullying. The punished group generally has no connection with the perpetrator other than living in the same area, with no control over the
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Posted April 15, 2025in 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 Podcast Library –
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Posted April 14, 2025in Stray Thoughts
A constitutional showdown taking shape in southern Iowa’s Decatur County could put taxpayers on the hook financially to defend the county’s efforts to silence a critic of public officials there. The Institute for Justice, a national nonprofit law firm, wrote Decatur County Attorney Alan Wilson last week expressing its concerns
Read More →Opportunity to hear from state leaders on scams impacting Iowans in the digital age Windsor Heights, Iowa (April 10, 2025) – The Iowa Department of Insurance and Financial Services, in partnership with the Iowa Attorney General’s Office and AARP Iowa, are kicking off the 2025 “Stop the Scammers” education roadshow
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Posted April 10, 2025in Morain
Rarely, if ever, has Iowa’s congressional delegation found itself situated to alter the course of America’s economy. But right now it can, and one of the six in the delegation has already taken a first step to do so. President Donald Trump last week, on April 2, imposed harsh tariffs
Read More →DES MOINES, IOWA — (April 11th, 2025) — Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design is delighted to announce its upcoming exhibition, Eclectic Blooms, a vibrant celebration of floral inspiration through the lens of seven distinct artists working across mixed media. The show opens Friday, April 11th and invites viewers to experience
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Posted April 08, 2025in 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 Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz
Read More →Opening Reception at Moberg Gallery FRIDAY, APRIL 11 5:00 – 8:00 PM 2411 Grand Ave. Des Moines, IA 50312 Free and open to the public | Parking behind the gallery Kathranne Knight | Recurrence Kathranne Knight’s exhibition, Recurrence, explores the deep reservoirs of meaning embedded in the acts of repetition.
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