Grimes, IA September 14, 2017: The second annual Grimes Mayor’s Bike Ride, also known as Tour de Grimes, will take place on the morning of Saturday, September 16. With two rides planned, a long route (48+ miles) and a Family Route (4.2 miles), there will be great options for bikers. The
Read More →PLEASANT HILL, Iowa – On August 25, 2017 the Pleasant Hill Fire Department received the latest Public Protection Classification (PPC) rating from the Insurance Service Office, Inc. (ISO). Prior to today’s announcement, the City earned its most recent ISO rating in 2006. Based on a scale of one to ten, with ‘one’
Read More →The Drake University football program announced that the Bulldogs will once again make history when they travel to the People’s Republic of China in May 2018. The Bulldogs made international headlines in 2011 when they traveled to Tanzania for the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl, the first intercollegiate game of American
Read More →(DES MOINES, Iowa) Maternal health providers across Iowa are part of a growing movement to save babies in our state. Within three hours, 50 maternal health providers from all corners of Iowa ordered more than 9,000 posters, brochures and app reminder cards from Count the Kicks. Count the Kicks materials
Read More →September 13 – Altoona, IA. The three-time Emmy Award winning musical quartet, The Blenders, is coming to Prairie Meadows this holiday season as part of their Holiday Soul Tour. They will perform their vocal, harmony-based music in The Meadows Events Center on Thursday, December 21 at 7:30pm. The Blenders have
Read More →DES MOINES, IA – Katie Stien, National Sales Manager for Catch DesMoines, has been named a 2017 “Forty Under 40” honoree by Association Forum and USAE Magazine. Forty Under 40 awards are given annually to 40 accomplished association ornon-profit professionals who are under the age of 40 and demonstrate highpotential for continued success
Read More →DES MOINES – The Des Moines Symphony debuts its 2017-2018 80th Season with “Invitation to the Dance” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sep 23 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sep 24, 2017 at the Des Moines Civic Center (221 Walnut Street, Des Moines). Joseph Giunta and the Des Moines Symphony open our 80th Season, ‘Music in Motion,’ with Weber’s
Read More →Aging Resources of Central Iowa recently was presented one of 16 awards at the 2017 National Area Agencies on Aging (n4A) Aging Innovations and Achievement Awards luncheon in Savannah, Georgia. The awards program, sponsored by WellCare Health Plans, Inc., recognized Aging Resources’ Family Caregiver Program for implementing a successful initiative
Read More →Jockeys Spend Time with Young Patients in Honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month September 11 – Altoona, IA. Prairie Meadows’ top Quarter Horse jockeys will be at Blank Children’s Hospital for a surprise visit on September 13. The jockeys will bring along the racetrack’s mascot, Half Pint, as well as
Read More →Des Moines, IA – The acclaimed host for more than 40 years of of NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” Garrison Keillor shares hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon, and “late-life fatherhood” in a rare live stage appearance on Monday November 6, at 7 p.m. at the
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