DES MOINES — Precipitation averaged more than an inch below normal for the month of May, streamflows are dropping, soil moisture is low and shallow groundwater conditions are a concern in several areas of the state, according to the latest Water Summary Update. Nearly 90 percent of Iowa is experiencing
Read More →DES MOINES, IOWA — Thursday, June 10, 2021 — A new automated pawn record system implemented by the Des Moines Police Department has significantly improved the process of reporting and finding stolen goods. LeadsOnline is the nation’s largest online investigation system and provides access to transactions from thousands of reporting
Read More →Representatives from the City of Clive and CCS will be available to media at 4:30 PM At 10:02 AM a building fire was reported in the lower level of 2190 82nd Street in Clive. The Clive Fire Department and multiple neighboring agencies quickly responded. Upon arrival, firefighters found heavy fire
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May 05, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Jean Berger is the executive director on the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union, the only sports organization in America dedicated to girls’ sports, plus speech and music competitions. She is the first-ever female director of the organization that has roots more than a century deep. We asked her to
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May 03, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
People like to talk about what the law says. And in Iowa, the law has a lot to say. Just look at the Iowa Code. It now fills eight volumes and costs $295 for a complete set. But common sense costs nothing — although the 18th Century thinker Voltaire once
Read More →The Covid-19 pandemic persists. Be safe. Be considerate. Be compassionate. Continue to be creative. Find ways to celebrate your thankfulness safely with family and friends. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts Quote of the Week “My father
Read More →DOWNTOWN DES MOINES, IOWA (Apr. 26, 2021) — The Downtown Farmers Market – presented by UnityPoint Health — Des Moines will begin its season with the opening bell in the Historic Court District in Downtown Des Moines (DSM) on Saturday, May 1 at 7 a.m. Several frontline workers and vendors
Read More →Today, our Nation mourns the loss of one of our Nation’s most dedicated patriots and public servants. Walter Frederick “Fritz” Mondale served the people of Minnesota as their Attorney General from 1960-1964, as a United States Senator from 1964-1976, as Vice President of the United States from 1977-1981, and as
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April 20, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Extra
The rain drizzles against my hat in a steady pat-pat-pat. It can’t decide whether to come down in a torrent or to give up and go back home. Perhaps it’s waiting until a May wedding or a fun Fourth-of-July picnic or that special barbecue with your sweetheart. “Oops!” I
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