Blood, sweat & 26.2
What pushes marathon runners and other endurance athletes past the finish line? The first “marathon,’’ according to ancient Greek legend, was run circa 490 BC. A Greek courier named Pheidippides [...]
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Posted June 30, 2021in Feature 1
Posted June 02, 2021in Feature 1
Summer Arts + Entertainment
Here comes the fun, again… Central Iowa’s summer agenda offers loads of live music, on-stage action, art, film, outdoor endeavors and events. Ready? Set. Seize the sunshine! Good mornin’… sunshine! [...]
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Posted May 05, 2021in Feature 1
Central Iowa Summer Sports Preview
I-Cubs, Iowa Barnstormers, Des Moines Menace. We can’t wait! Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Báez top the list of current Chicago Cubs superstars who have honed their craft at Principal [...]
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Posted March 31, 2021in Feature 1
Opening in May: The nation’s biggest skatepark
The biggest skatepark in the nation? In Des Moines? Yes. Roughly 15 years in the making, the Lauridsen Skatepark is set to open at the end of May in the [...]
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Posted March 03, 2021in Feature 1
Oops!
On Sept. 29, 1905, F. D. Harriman, an attorney from Hampton, lost control of his vehicle, hit a bridge and crashed into a ditch. Tragically, Harriman died as a result, [...]
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Posted February 03, 2021in Feature 1
CITYVIEW’s Best of Des Moines
You know the drill by now. For nearly three decades, CITYVIEW’s Best Of Des Moines Poll has informed central Iowa about its biggest, best, brightest, tastiest, most fabulous, most effective, [...]
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Posted January 06, 2021in Feature 1
Winter fun guide
Vaccinations are on the way, which means… Can you hear that? That’s the sound of the proverbial opera singer singing. It’s almost over. It’s nearly finished. Soon, we will stick [...]
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Posted December 02, 2020in Feature 1
Twas the night before: A Christmas classic for the holidays
Publisher’s note: Thirty-eight years ago, when Michael Gartner was editor of The Des Moines Register, he walked over to the desk of writer Bob Hullihan and said, “How about writing [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Feature 1
World Record
Remember the first time you witnessed “Guinness World Records”? Recall the majesty of seeing a man standing nearly 9 feet tall? Or a woman not quite 3 feet high? Or [...]
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Posted September 30, 2020in Feature 1
70 wonders of Des Moines
“Is this heaven?” You probably remember the now famous “Field of Dreams” query, where a man who is experiencing some sort of an afterlife emerges from the Kevin-Costner character’s corn [...]
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