DES MOINES – Billy Currington, with his new single, “Do I make you wanna?” is set to perform in Des Moines on Sunday, June 25 for the Big Country Bash. Tickets to see this Georgia native are on sale now! The Big Country Bash is back and only three weeks away with a
Read More →Des Moines, IA — The 2017 Des Moines Arts Festival® has fulfilled its promise once again to add vibrancy to Central Iowa by harnessing new and creative talent. The announcement of this year’s dynamic performing artists, eVenti Verticali’s “WANTED” and Secret Walls, is no exception to this spoken rule. The whole family won’t want
Read More →Hubbell Realty President and CEO Rick Tollakson has received a national award for his leadership to establish water trails on 150 miles of rivers and creeks in Greater Des Moines. The National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) named Tollakson as this year’s recipient of the national John Bosley Leadership Award,
Read More →BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Sanders Trust, a Birmingham-based healthcare real estate and development firm, has broken ground on a $21 million rehabilitation hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. The Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital is a joint venture between Mercy Medical Center, a nonprofit corporation managed by Catholic Heath Initiatives of Iowa, and Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND).
Read More →WHAT: On April 20, new legislation was signed into law that will protect workers in the waste and recycling industry. HF314, Iowa’s version of the Slow Down to Get Around law requires motorists to slow down or move out of their way or face penalties. Iowa is one of sixteen
Read More →DES MOINES, IOWA (June 5, 2017) – New England Development has named Julie Dawson as Marketing Director of Outlets of Des Moines in Altoona, Iowa. Dawson previously served as event coordinator for the Altoona Chamber of Commerce where she managed events for the chamber to help promote area businesses.
Read More →The former Iowa native and current author is visiting Beaverdale Books on Sunday, June 4 at 1 p.m. — 2629 Beaver Ave. in Des Moines. But first, here are 10 Questions with Danelle Lejeune. Who is the smartest person you know? My dad. Cliche, but true. He forgives easily, laughs long
Read More →June 2, 2017 – Metro Waste Authority is accepting applications for their Environmental Enhancement Grant Program. These grants support environmental projects, such as public recycling infrastructure, community recycling education, water quality protection and improvement projects and pollution prevention. Recipients can receive $10,000, and two projects will be selected. Applications must
Read More →ANKENY, IA – Celebrate Floppy’s 60th birthday with the Ankeny Area Historical Society on June 9 from 6-8 p.m. at “Night at the Museum” at 301 SW Third St. The Floppy Show was a children’s television series starring Duane Ellett and his puppet-friend Floppy broadcast on WHO-TV in Des Moines from 1957-1987. The
Read More →Larry Cohen of Our Revolution to keynote second Iowa Working Families Summit AMES, IOWA — Larry Cohen, former President of the Communication Workers of America and Labor Chair of Our Revolution will keynote the second Iowa Working Families Summit, which will take place on Saturday, June 10th in Ames, Iowa.
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