Newell is proud of ISU’s Press Paws dog therapy
Whether he is transferring abandoned shelter dogs on airplanes, taking his dog, Jake, to college to help students de-stress, or simply allowing school kids to cuddle with a pet, it [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in People & Pets
Posted April 02, 2025in Iowa Artist
Wood focuses on still life photography of plants and cut flowers
Flowers and plants can be beautiful to see and intoxicating to smell. Yet, when Molly Wood approaches a live plant to photograph with her camera, it is more than capturing [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Commercial real estate transactions in Polk County from Dec. 19, 2024, to Jan. 14, 2025
304 N.W. COLLEGE AVE., ANKENY SALE DATE: 2024-12-20 SALE PRICE: $1,912,000 SELLER: PROVISION PROPERTIES II LLC BUYER: 1213 DULUTH LLC ACRES: 1.433 SQUARE FEET: 16,560 NO ADDRESS LISTED SALE [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in Collections & Hobbies
Fessler taps into a love of arcade games
Dan Fessler’s love for arcade games started in his hometown of Clear Lake. He enjoyed games like The Simpsons Arcade Game, Cruis’n USA, and various shooting games for a specific [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in Your Neighbors
DMPS art curriculum coordinator brings student creations to Mainframe
Kathleen Davenport has experienced quite the rise in her 10 years of employment at Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS). She was an art teacher at Howe Elementary, Madison Elementary and [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in Lunch With...
David Baruthio at Waterfront West Des Moines
David Baruthio is Des Moines’ most traveled top chef. A native of Strasbourg, France, the “cradle of great chefs,” he began working in Michelin star restaurants at age 15 under [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in Sound Notes
Sound Advice
The Iowa State Fair has announced its grandstand concerts, running from Aug. 7-17. As of press time, Megan Moroney with opener Kameron Marlowe is already sold out. Other grandstand acts [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in Your View
Posted April 02, 2025in Cars in the City
‘Super Cruise’ on the all-electric Cadillac is amazing
The Cadillac brand conjures up luxury. Songs are written about driving Cadillacs, not Fiats. The Optiq, Cadillac’s newest all-electric vehicle, debuted in 2025. The Optiq Luxury 1 is a smaller [...]
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Posted April 01, 2025in 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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