Johnston, Iowa — Battle at the Barn in Des Moines will be featured in an upcoming episode of Iowa PBS’s Iowa Life, a magazine-style series uncovering the diverse tapestry of Iowa’s people, cultures and stories. The episode will premiere Monday, April 6 at 9:30 p.m. It will be rebroadcast Saturday, April 11
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Posted March 24, 2026in The Culture Buzz
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning indie radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. Quote of the Week – “I would maintain that thanks are the
Read More →Contribution is part of the nationwide Great American Egg Drive, a national effort by America’s egg farmers to donate eggs to food banks across the country this spring WHO: The American Egg Board, HATCH, Versova, Food Bank of Iowa WHAT: Versova will donate 280,800 eggs to the Food Bank of
Read More →The Iowa Lottery Grandstand Concert Series – Krause Group Stage DES MOINES, IA (03/23/2026) (readMedia)– The ultimate throwback party tour is coming to the Iowa State Fair Grandstand in 2026. TLC, Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue are bringing the It’s Iconic The Tour to the Iowa State Fair on Tuesday,
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa (March 19, 2026) – Keep Iowa Beautiful is calling on Iowans to help achieve our statewide goal of 2,500 volunteers to clean up litter across the state this spring. Iowans are invited to host a 2026 Pick-Up Iowa event in their communities. Pick-Up Iowa will run from
Read More →DES MOINES, IA (03/19/2026) (readMedia)– The Iowa State Fair is introducing several parking and traffic improvements for 2026 designed to make getting to and from the Fairgrounds smoother and safer. Following the 2025 Fair, Fair staff reviewed traffic patterns and collected feedback from guests, neighbors, vendors and partners. That feedback
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Wild today announced the donation of over 50,000 pre-packaged meals to the Des Moines Public Schools SUCCESS Program and local organizations through the team’s annual “Tame The Hunger” event. “We are thrilled to package and donate over 50,000 meals for the third year in a row in support of the
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Posted March 19, 2026in Morain
In times of war (and that’s what the U.S. is engaged in with Iran, regardless of what our government calls it), there is usually more than one cause. That’s true in spades for the current conflict. From the American side, it’s the unsettling potential threat of eventual Iranian nuclear weapons.
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Posted March 17, 2026in The Culture Buzz
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning indie radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. Quote of the Week – “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general
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Posted March 16, 2026in Stray Thoughts
City leaders in Des Moines are making it difficult to understand why they selected the new police chief, considering how they have imposed a code of silence about their recent $975,000 payout to one of the candidates who did not get the job. The payout and, even worse, the sealed
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