Posted September 15, 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 – “It has always been easy to hate
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Posted September 14, 2026in Morain
We’re seven weeks from the midterm elections. Mail-in and absentee voting has already begun in some states. Voters are starting to pay more attention to the candidates and to the parties they represent. And President Trump insists it’s all about himself. That may be substantially true. Both for his supporters
Read More →This week the United States and its people are soberly remembering the stunning terrorist attacks that weaponized jetliners to kill thousands of people in the American homeland on September 11, 2001. Their deaths constitute the most tragic effect of the episode, and they continue as open wounds for family and
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Posted September 08, 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 – “If I were to remain silent, I’d
Read More →JOHNSTON, IOWA (Sept 3, 2026) – Each year the state of Iowa picks a side for one week leading up to the Iowa–Iowa State football game. Rivalries form between coworkers, friends and families. Half wearing black and the other half wearing cardinal. This year, LifeServe Blood Center is encouraging donors
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa (September 2, 2026) – The Iowa Architectural Foundation (IAF) has announced the recipients of its 2026 Community Enhancement Awards, recognizing three individuals and organizations whose leadership and investment have made a significant positive impact on Iowa communities. This year’s recipients are Dave Morgan – SingleSpeed Brewing Co.
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Posted September 02, 2026in Stray Thoughts
In recent weeks, people from Cherokee, Des Moines and Ottumwa have contacted the Iowa Freedom of Information Council with concerns about the refusal of local officials to share documents distributed to city council and school board members before they meet. Typically, Iowa government boards and councils send their members
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Posted September 02, 2026in Feature 1
This month we begin trading the corn sweat, swimming pools, tank tops and shorts for crunchy leaves, crisp air, hoodies and blue jeans. What us central Iowans are fortunate we don’t have to trade in are the events we have the opportunities to go to. The weather changes, but so
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Posted September 02, 2026in Feature 2
From the human point of view, dirt is the ultimate outsider. We try to keep it out of sight, out of mind and outdoors. We kick it off our shoes, spit on it and degrade it linguistically with dirty jokes, dirty minds, dirty secrets and dirty truths. In the end,
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Posted September 02, 2026in Business Feature
Some days they are accountants. On other days, they are recipe developers. One hour, they are marinating meat. And the next, they are in a marketing meeting. Through all their roles, they are always the consumer’s liaison. For years, Des Moines didn’t need someone to bridge the gap between Iowa
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