“Altus” shines light on bright history and future of Altoona
Mural will be the highlight of a new pocket park in the eastern Polk Co. community ALTOONA, Iowa – Artist Mila Sketch has completed the final brush strokes and applied [...]
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Posted August 22, 2024in Just Released
Posted August 22, 2024in Just Released
Iowa Department of Education awards grants to 25 school districts to connect students facing homelessness with resources they need to attend school
DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Education today announced that 25 school districts received a total of $424,400 in competitive grants to support transportation and basic needs of students [...]
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Posted August 21, 2024in Just Released
Treasurer Smith Announces More Than Half-a-Million in Missing Money Found at Iowa State Fair
DES MOINES, Iowa – State Treasurer Roby Smith is celebrating another outstanding year of finding Iowans’ missing money at the Iowa State Fair. “This year marks another success at the [...]
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Posted August 21, 2024in Just Released
Iowa Department of Education launches new personalized reading tutor for Iowa schools, builds upon prior summer reading grants
41 elementary schools that were awarded grants to expand summer reading programs will be some of the first to use the reading tutor DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of [...]
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Posted August 21, 2024in Just Released
Urbandale Fire Department Achieves International Accreditation, Elevating Public Safety Standards
The Urbandale Fire Department has achieved Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI), joining the ranks of only seven fire departments in the state of Iowa [...]
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Posted August 21, 2024in Just Released
DART Delivers More Than 3.5 Million Rides in Fiscal Year 2024
2024 Iowa State Fair shuttle sets a new ridership record. The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) provided 3,504,072 rides across all transit services in Fiscal Year 2024 (July [...]
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Posted August 20, 2024in Just Released
Food Bank of Iowa receives 6,000 pounds of food from Iowa State Fair vendors
DES MOINES, Iowa (Aug. 19, 2024) — Sixteen Iowa State Fair vendors have donated 6,000 pounds of surplus food to Food Bank of Iowa at the close of this year’s [...]
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Posted August 15, 2024in Just Released
Urbandale Food Pantry Hosts 5th Annual Bike Ride to End Hunger in Central Iowa
Urbandale, Iowa (August 13, 2024) – The Urbandale Food Pantry (UFP) will host its 5th Annual Pedal for the Pantry Bike Ride, presented by F&G, on Sunday, August 25, 9:00 [...]
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Posted August 15, 2024in Just Released
Bank of America Announces 2024 Iowa Student Leaders
IOWA – Two Des Moines rising seniors, Nanees Akabar from Theodore Roosevelt High School and Frise Mukina from North High School, spent their summers participating in a prestigious paid summer [...]
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Posted August 14, 2024in Just Released
Iowa Department of Education awarded over $276,000 in federal funds to aid statewide FAFSA completion efforts
DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Education announced it was awarded over $276,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to expand its Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) [...]
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