Ends Stage I Voluntary Conservation Measures August 15, 2025 — Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW) announced today that it is exiting the Water Shortage Plan effective immediately. This includes the Stage I voluntary 25-percent reduction on watering and irrigation announced last week. CIWW’s Technical Committee voted unanimously to resume normal
Read More →DES MOINES – The Des Moines Water Works Board of Trustees, representing Iowa’s largest drinking water utility, today announced its opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement to rescind placing segments of the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers on Iowa’s impaired waters list. “The impairment of the Raccoon and
Read More →West Nile Virus Risk High Across Iowa; Detected in Polk County Mosquitoes DES MOINES, IA — The Polk County Health Department is urging residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites as Iowa experiences high levels of West Nile virus activity in mosquitoes. Statewide mosquito surveillance by Iowa State University shows
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Posted August 14, 2025in Morain
The Democratic presidential nomination appears to be wide open today. No shortage of obvious hopefuls, with another batch who are probably mulling it over. More will pop their heads up in the weeks and months to come. Here’s one who deserves serious consideration: George Clooney. I’m not joking, and this
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Posted August 12, 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 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration
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Posted August 11, 2025in Stray Thoughts
Lyman Dillon resides in the dusty recesses of Iowa history for his role in 1839 in one of Iowa’s earliest infrastructure projects. Dillon’s work also figures indirectly in a modern-day lesson on how NOT to run a government. This how-not-to-do-it tutorial occurred last week during a Jones County Board of
Read More →JOHNSTON, Iowa (August 11, 2025) – Iowa PBS invites families to a Be My Neighbor Day celebration on Sunday, September 7, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Iowa PBS studios in Johnston. Inspired by Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, this free community event is all about spreading kindness, building connections and
Read More →DES MOINES – On Saturday, August 30, Skate DSM will give away 50 brand-new skateboards and helmets to beginner skaters as part of the Des Moines Streetstyle Open, the city’s premier multi-day skateboarding festival. “We’re excited to once again give the gift of skateboarding to Des Moines area kids during
Read More →Des Moines, IA— Des Moines city officials, local leaders, and project partners gathered this week to celebrate the groundbreaking of the 1435 Mulberry project, a new $56.6 million housing development that will bring over 200 units of workforce housing to the heart of downtown Des Moines. Designed by ASK Studio
Read More →August 7, 2025 — Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW) announced today that it is ending the Stage III lawn watering ban and moving to Stage I of the organization’s Water Shortage Plan, which calls for customers to voluntarily reduce outside watering by 25 percent. As part of the move to
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