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Posted October 24, 2025in Just Released

Celebrate Photographer Appreciation Month with Keep Iowa Beautiful’s 16th Annual Photography Contest

(October 23, 2025) – In recognition of Photographer Appreciation Month, Keep Iowa Beautiful is inviting photographers of all skill levels to enter the 16th Annual Keep Iowa Beautiful Photography Contest. [...]

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Posted October 24, 2025in Just Released

Waukee Opens 2 Neighborhood Parks in 1 Week

Waukee, Iowa –This week, Waukee Parks and Recreation opened its 21st and 22nd parks in the Spring Crest and Painted Woods West neighborhoods. Over the last several years, adding neighborhood [...]

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Posted October 24, 2025in Just Released

Nine educators named Iowa Regional Teachers of the Year

DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Education today named nine teachers from across the state as the 2026 Iowa Regional Teachers of the Year. Representing Iowa’s nine education regions, [...]

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Posted October 23, 2025in Just Released

DMACC President Rob Denson has receives the Michael Bennett Lifetime Achievement Award from the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK)

The award was presented to him by his wife, Pat, during the recent PTK Induction Ceremony held at the DMACC Boone Campus. The award is given to retiring college presidents [...]

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Posted October 21, 2025in Just Released

Des Moines Art Center Receives $113,000 Legacy Grant from Prairie Meadows to Launch 3-Year Campaign to Revitalize Pappajohn Sculpture Park

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 21, 2025) – The Des Moines Art Center has received a $113,000 Legacy Grant from Prairie Meadows to launch a transformational initiative that will see the John [...]

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Posted October 21, 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), [...]

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Posted October 20, 2025in Just Released

HOPE MINISTRIES THANKSGIVING VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION—OPEN NOW

DES MOINES, Iowa—Hope Ministries will be delivering thousands of meals to people in need on Thanksgiving—and they’re asking for the help of volunteers! Volunteer registration is open now at hopeiowa.org. [...]

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Posted October 20, 2025in Just Released

$51 Million Judgment Issued Against Safeguard Metals LLC and Jeffrey Ikahn for Operation of Fraud Scheme Targeting Older Adults

DES MOINES – The Iowa Insurance Division announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has entered a final judgment imposing nearly $25.6 million in [...]

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Posted October 20, 2025in Just Released

Meals from the Heartland’s Annual Hunger Fight Packages 1.47 Million Meals, Still Aiming for 2 Million

Volunteers who attended Meals from the Heartland’s 18th Annual Hunger Fight last week packaged 1.47 million meals for hungry children and families. These nutritious meals will help feed 5,680 children [...]

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Posted October 16, 2025in Morain

10/16/25

As I write this column on Sunday, October 12, the United States government is still shut down. Federal employee are not getting paid.  No, wait, that’s not quite true. MOST [...]

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