Posted May 06, 2026in Feature 1
Des Moines seems to punch above its weight in almost every way. The Des Moines Art Festival has received national acclaim, and now local ones are continuing to pop up and showcase some of the best local talent the city has to offer. The local food scene is marveled at
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Posted May 06, 2026in Feature 3
The Des Moines Menace returns for the 2026 soccer season, looking to defend its Great Plains Division title from 2025. After posting a 10-1-1 record, Charlie Latshaw III returns as head coach. Kyle Davy, Des Moines Menace club manager, is excited for Latshaw’s return. “Coach Latshaw led one of the
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Posted May 06, 2026in Feature 2
My paternal grandfather died five years before I was born. I know of him only through family lore: Though only 5 foot, 5 inches and weighing more than 220 pounds, he could perform full backflips and run 100 yards in 11 seconds. After a spell in the carnival, his brothers
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Posted May 06, 2026in Business Feature
While the technology continues to evolve, many entrepreneurs say its greatest value lies not in replacing human work but in creating more space for it. AI in any industry AI can be incorporated into just about any small business — even an upholstery business. At Repinned, Riana LeJeune’s upholstery
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Posted May 06, 2026in Civic Skinny
The arrest of Kristin Ramsey in the Ashley Okland murder case has raised a few questions, as what the public has been provided so far is not very helpful in determining why it was presented to a grand jury 15 years later. The use of a grand jury is also
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Posted May 06, 2026in Political Mercury
Iowa native Don Tate jokes that people often ask if he was born with a pencil in hand. It would explain a lot. Tate, who was raised in Des Moines, has 90 published books to his name as both a writer and illustrator, with a four-decade career in book publishing
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Posted May 06, 2026in Film Review
Back in 1994, director Peter Farrelly made “Dumb and Dumber,” a willfully stupid, aggressively crude but ultimately lovable comic yarn. With his latest Prime Video offering, “Balls Up,” Farrelly attempts to conjure that same magic, but the result has a generic, streaming-ready sheen that feels like the first draft of a
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Posted May 06, 2026in Food Dude
The Latin King is an Iowa legend. Begun in 1947 by Rose and Jimmy Pigneri, its name comes from New York City’s Latin Quarter in the days when “Latin Americans” there, and here, were mostly Italian. The restaurant then was limited to what are now parts of the “Pink Room”
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Posted May 06, 2026in Des Moines Forgotten
Radio is still one of the most personal media formats. In a car, it becomes a companion — something you turn on without thinking, something that fills the space of a commute. After a few consistent listening sessions, hosts start to feel familiar, even personal, as if they are speaking
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Posted May 06, 2026in Joe's Neighborhood
The sky is definitely falling. How do I know this? Because when we should be heading to the bunker, we’re going to instead fly eight miles high over an ocean in several hundred tons of metal. Yup, my wife and I are flying out of Iowa to visit our daughter
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