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
Read More →(Boone) – The Iowa Governor’s Office and the Iowa Department of Public Health donated more than 35,000 masks on May 22 for Fareway to distribute the masks to their customers. “We appreciate the generous donation, and partnership with Governor Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Public Health,” said Fareway President and
Read More →Business Donates to the Community through Serve Local WEST DES MOINES, IA: Smash Park has recently provided its patrons a chance to help give back to the community through their new fundraising platform, Serve Local. The new program allows guests to select a charity of choice from a list of partner
Read More →DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa Wild, in conjunction with the American Hockey League (AHL), announced today that Kaapo Kahkonen is the winner of the Aldege “Baz” Bastien Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding goaltender for the 2019-20 season. The award is voted on by coaches, players and members of the
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