A new pack of Wolves
The 2024 season was less than ideal for the Iowa Wolves. For the second season in a row, the squad only won seven games, compiling a 7-27 record in back-to-back [...]
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Posted November 05, 2025in Feature 1
Posted October 01, 2025in Feature 1
The return of Halloween
Since 1938, trick or treating in Des Moines has taken place on Oct. 30, commonly called “Beggars Night,” in hopes to deter bad behavior from taking place on Halloween night. [...]
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Posted September 03, 2025in Feature 1
Fall Arts & Entertainment Guide
The leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter, and the weather is cooling off. What does not change is the array of things to do around central Iowa. From [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Feature 1
Rockin’ at the Iowa State Fair
The Iowa State Fair has many staples that fairgoers recognize or have experienced time and time again. The butter cow, the giant yellow slide, the midway, deep fried everything and [...]
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Posted July 02, 2025in Feature 1
Buffalo Bill, Des Moines and the Iowa State Fair
By the time the shows ended their 33-year run, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West had played to more than 50 million people. It was the spectacle of the era, performed for [...]
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Posted June 04, 2025in Feature 1
Picture Perfect
Each year, Keep Iowa Beautiful holds its Annual Photography Contest, inviting photographers to showcase Iowa’s natural and environmental beauty through their lenses and capture the essence of their favorite seasons [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Feature 1
Summer Arts & Entertainment Guide
That’s right Iowa; summer is back. With it comes a whole host of reasons to get out of the house and get out the sunscreen. Des Moines and the surrounding [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in Feature 1
Here come the cubbies!
The Iowa Cubs team is an institution in Des Moines. I-Cub fans pack the ballpark all season long and even watch at home. The fan loyalty is evidenced by CITYVIEW [...]
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Posted March 05, 2025in Feature 1
Mythic Irish blood
If anything has been learned from the popularity of DNA-based ancestry services, other than that your test results are likely being sold to insurance companies, it’s that “pure” blood is [...]
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Posted February 05, 2025in Feature 1
Best of Des Moines
Nearly 14,500 CITYVIEW readers voted these businesses, people, destinations and more as the 2025 Best Of Des Moines. There is a comforting feeling when you walk into a business and [...]
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