Des Moines, IA- The Polk County Board of Supervisors held a public meeting today (June 4) at 1:00 and voted unanimously to rescind the Curfew Order that took effect on Sunday, May 31 and was amended on June 2, 2020. The Curfew Order was put in place at the request
Read More →Waukee, Iowa — Waukee Mayor Courtney Clarke has named community advocate and military veteran Reggie Bell Waukee’s 2019 Citizen of the Year. The Citizen of the Year honor is given each year to an exemplary resident who represents the true spirit of community service. The Citizen of the Year acknowledgement
Read More →June 3, 2020, Des Moines, IA—The Iowa Restaurant Association today announced that they are seeking relief from the state legislature in the form of tax and fee forgiveness for many of Iowa’s 6,000+ hospitality establishments, as well as other small businesses. The Association sent a proposal to key lawmakers seeking graduated
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa (June 3, 2020) – The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden is moving its popular summer concert series online for the month of June. Music in the Garden, presented by EMC Insurance Companies, will be livestreamed via Facebook Live on the Botanical Garden’s Facebook page (facebook.com/dmbotanicalgarden) Thursdays June 11, 18 and
Read More →Summer session will begin June 8 at the Gregory & Suzie Glazer Burt Boys & Girls Club at Drake University DES MOINES, IA—June 3, 2020—Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa (BGCCI) will reopen the Gregory & Suzie Glazer Burt Boys & Girls Club, located at 25th Street and Forest
Read More →Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa, Goodwill of Central Iowa, West Des Moines Community School District and Younker 8 at Unity Point among 19 beneficiaries of Bank Iowa’s Helping Hand initiative (Des Moines, Iowa – June 1, 2020) — Bank Iowa today announced the recipients of its first-ever crowdsourced community give
Read More →Please be advised that NE 72nd Street/NE Yoder Drive between NE Bluff Drive and NE 134th Ave., and NE 126th Ave. east of NE 68th Street will be closed beginning Tuesday, June 2, 2020 as part of a Bridge Replacement project. See the attached for project location and posted detours.
Read More →Health care professionals receive special invite to visit DMACC greenhouse DMACC Horticulture students traditionally open the DMACC greenhouse for a public plant sale at the end of every spring semester. This spring, the public sale had to be canceled due to COVID-19, but students had already begun raising hundreds of
Read More →It breaks our hearts to announce we must postpone the festival due to COVID-19 concerns. We are coming back bigger and better than ever on August 6-8, 2021. Almost all of this year’s lineup is still in for 2021 — including headliners Leon Bridges, Of Monsters and Men, and Tyler
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa (May 28, 2020) –In celebration of Art Week (June 19-26), Polk County Conservation, the Great Outdoors Foundation, Mainframe Studios and the organizers of Art Week are teaming up to offer a self-guided art treasure hunt to help you explore various parks and trails in our community. Find
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