Variety – the Children’s Charity has raised $4,162,143 to support underprivileged, at-risk and special needs children throughout Iowa. The funds have been raised throughout the year culminating with this weekend’s 43rd annual Telethon. “I want to thank all those who support Variety and its mission,” said Sheri McMichael, Executive Director
Read More →Dallas Center, IA (March 9, 2017) – Spring break Family Day Camps, a midnight meteor watching party, and a benefit dinner and concert highlight a year-long slate of events at The Brenton Arboretum to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the plantings of the first trees. The year’s biggest bash is
Read More →Event on March 10 at Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines The Iowa Army National Guard will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its off-base Recruiting Operation Center, located on the upper level of Jordan Creek Town Center, near Center Court, at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 10. Local
Read More →Waukee, Iowa — The City of Waukee launched “Imagine Waukee 2040”, a process to update the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is a long-range document addressing goals and policies for land use, housing, parks and open space, economic development and transportation systems. Once completed, the flexible and dynamic plan
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March 07, 2017 by Brent Antisdel
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For most of the 1990s, Kevin Murphy provided the voice of wisecracking robot Tom Servo on the movie-mocking series “Mystery Science Theater 3000.” The series ended its original production in 1999, but Murphy and his MST3K co-stars Mike Nelson and Bill Corbett have continued to poke fun at movies for
Read More →Des Moines, IA (March 7, 2017) – Central Iowa outpaced the level of improvement nationally in well-being, according to the latest Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index data released today. Central Iowa’s Well-Being Index score increased to 63.8 from 62.6, moving closer to the Community Goal for 2020 of 64.5. Nationally, the score
Read More →Thursday, July 27, 2017 Mary Chapin Carpenter will be gracing the Hoyt Sherman Place stage at 7:30 PM. Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Mary Chapin Carpenter hits the road in 2017, performing songs from her expansive 14-album catalog and new songs from her latest
Read More →The contestants may be all smiles and slobber, but this year’s Beautiful Bulldog Contest® at Drake University promises to be the fiercest competition in history. Registration for the 38th annual event closed this week with a record-breaking number of applicants — more than 120 English bulldogs from 13 states. The
Read More →2017 Iowa Genealogical Spring Conference will be held Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the IGS Library, 628 E. Grand Ave. , Des Moines, IA 50309. The conference will feature J. H. Fonkert from FourGenerations Genealogy. (https://fourgenerationsgenealogy.wordpress.com/ ) For most of his career, Jay worked as a state government policy analyst
Read More →With a Goal to Raise $100,000, More than 30 Volunteers Will Go Bald What: Funny Bone in West Des Moines, Iowa, will host a St. Baldrick’s Foundation signature head-shaving event to raise funds and awareness for lifesaving children’s cancer research on Tuesday, March 7. With a goal of raising $100,000, more than 30 participants will go
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