Sunday, November 2, 2025

Join our email blast

August 18, 2025 by Press Releases in Just Released

SBA Opens Nominations for 2026 National Small Business Week Awards

Nominate America’s Great Entrepreneurs in Every State    (DES MOINES, Iowa) – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has opened nominations for the 2026 National Small Business Week Awards. National [...]

Read More →
August 18, 2025 by Press Releases in Just Released

CIWW Exits the Water Shortage Program

Ends Stage I Voluntary Conservation Measures August 15, 2025 — Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW) announced today that it is exiting the Water Shortage Plan effective immediately. This includes the [...]

Read More →
August 14, 2025 by Press Releases in Just Released

Des Moines Water Works Board of Trustees Issues Statement Regarding U.S. EPA Action on Impaired Waters

DES MOINES – The Des Moines Water Works Board of Trustees, representing Iowa’s largest drinking water utility, today announced its opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement to rescind [...]

Read More →
August 14, 2025 by Press Releases in Just Released

Polk County Health Department Urges Mosquito Bite Prevention

West Nile Virus Risk High Across Iowa; Detected in Polk County Mosquitoes DES MOINES, IA — The Polk County Health Department is urging residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites [...]

Read More →
August 11, 2025 by Press Releases in Just Released

Iowa PBS to host Be My Neighbor Day

JOHNSTON, Iowa (August 11, 2025) – Iowa PBS invites families to a Be My Neighbor Day celebration on Sunday, September 7, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Iowa PBS [...]

Read More →
August 08, 2025 by Press Releases in Just Released

Skate DSM to Give Away 50 Skateboards & Helmets at the Des Moines Streetstyle Open

DES MOINES – On Saturday, August 30, Skate DSM will give away 50 brand-new skateboards and helmets to beginner skaters as part of the Des Moines Streetstyle Open, the city’s [...]

Read More →
August 08, 2025 by Press Releases in Just Released

Ground Breaks on New Downtown Housing to Add 200+ Units to Des Moines Core

Des Moines, IA— Des Moines city officials, local leaders, and project partners gathered this week to celebrate the groundbreaking of the 1435 Mulberry project, a new $56.6 million housing development [...]

Read More →
August 07, 2025 by Press Releases in Just Released

CIWW Ends Stage III Lawn Irrigation Ban; Implements Stage I — Voluntary 25% Reduction in Watering

August 7, 2025 — Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW) announced today that it is ending the Stage III lawn watering ban and moving to Stage I of the organization’s Water [...]

Read More →
August 06, 2025 by Press Releases in Just Released

Prairie Meadows Awards $650,000 Legacy Grant to Mercy College of Health Sciences

DES MOINES, IOWA — (August 5, 2025) Mercy College of Health Sciences is proud to announce it has received a $650,000 Legacy Grant from Prairie Meadows in support of the College’s [...]

Read More →
August 06, 2025 by Press Releases in Just Released

Statewide leadership program graduates 14 long-term care professionals

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (August 5, 2025) – Fourteen professionals from long-term care organizations across Iowa have completed a year-long executive leadership program through the Iowa Health Care Association (IHCA), [...]

Read More →