Grimes, Iowa – Special Olympics Iowa inducted the 2025 class, 12 individuals, into the Special Olympics Iowa Hall of Fame on December 11th. The Hall of Fame class includes four Special Olympics Iowa athletes – Rob Beard (Marshalltown), Corey Leonhard (Muscatine), Laura Lea Smith (Eldridge), and Britt Sandahl (Urbandale); and
Read More →West Des Moines, IA – Special Olympics Iowa invites the public to show their support by taking the plunge at the annual West Des Moines Polar Plunge® presented by Polar Seltzer on Saturday, December 6th at Raccoon River Park. The Polar Plunge is a unique opportunity for individuals, organizations, and
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa – KCCI-TV’s sixth annual Food Bank of Iowa Hunger-Free Holidays telethon on Giving Tuesday raised a record $532,937.73 to help Iowans facing food insecurity. That translates to 888,230 meals. The campaign continues and donations will be accepted through Dec. 31 at hungerfreeholidays.org. Thanks to a $100,000 donation
Read More →(November 19, 2025) – Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful continue their longstanding partnership of brightening communities across the state through the Paint Iowa Beautiful grant program. The Paint Iowa Beautiful program provides grant recipients free paint to support a wide range of public service and community betterment projects, from
Read More →The City received the designation for achieving some of the highest resident ratings in the 2024 National Community Survey. CLIVE, IA – Clive has been named the National Champion for Excellence in Trust in Government by Polco’s Best in Governance Awards – an honor reserved for communities that earn the
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November are being issued following the resolution of the federal government shutdown. This comes as a critical relief for more than 130,000 Iowa households who rely on SNAP
Read More →DES MOINES, IA — The Des Moines Symphony’s third Masterworks program of the 2025–2026 season, Strength – Scottish Highlands & Eroica, will be performed at 7:30 PM on Saturday, November 22, and 2:30 PM on Sunday, November 23, 2025, at the Des Moines Civic Center (221 Walnut Street, Des Moines).
Read More →Former Kennedy Center executive to begin January 2026, succeeding Jeff Chelesvig after 30 years of leadership. DES MOINES, IA (Nov. 10, 2025) – Des Moines Performing Arts (DMPA) proudly announces Monica Holt, a nationally recognized arts leader and former senior vice president of artistic planning at The John F. Kennedy Center
Read More →The bells are ringing tomorrow thru December 24th Des Moines, IA (November 6, 2025) — With more individuals and families facing hardship this holiday season, The Salvation Army of Greater Des Moines is stepping up to meet the rising demand for support. To ensure critical services remain available through the
Read More →(DES MOINES) – The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors today approved more than $5.7 million in grants to assist 42 agencies with homelessness assistance initiatives during the 2026 calendar year. “Iowa’s greatest housing needs include support for individuals with the lowest incomes who are at risk of homelessness,” said
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