Painting a picture with yarn
Joyce O’Brien’s fiber art has been displayed in the offices of Gov. Terry Branstad, U.S. Congressman David Young and State Senator Jack Whitver. “I made it up,” says Joyce O’Brien. [...]
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Posted September 04, 2019in Your Neighbors
Posted July 31, 2019in Your Neighbors
Your new Mrs. Iowa is… Meghan Drane!
A childhood dream comes true. “I’m a military wife,” explains Meghan Drane. “I’m a mom of four. I’m from Iowa. We’ve lived on the East Coast, West Coast and Europe.” [...]
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Posted July 03, 2019in Your Neighbors
New fire chief
Safety comes first for Pleasant Hill’s first full-time female fire chief. Of the 30,000 fire departments in the United States, about 150 of them have a female fire chief — [...]
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Posted June 05, 2019in Your Neighbors
148 medals and counting
When Frank Perez hears footsteps, the 76-year-old can still shift into another gear. Thump, thump, thump. “I heard these footsteps,” says 76-year old Frank Perez, as he remembers his best [...]
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Posted May 01, 2019in Your Neighbors
Not exactly a quick project
Dave Baker is working on the first of five photography books highlighting Iowa. There is nothing to do in Iowa. You have likely heard it before. But Dave Baker wouldn’t [...]
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Posted April 03, 2019in Your Neighbors
Twice retired
U.S. Army Reserves welcomes new ambassador. Dale Andres retired in 1995 after spending nearly a quarter of a century serving in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve where he attained [...]
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Posted March 06, 2019in Your Neighbors
Dream student
How did opera singing happen to a girl who grew up in Waukee? Opera is a bit of an unknown in the Hawkeye state, but for people who appreciate classic [...]
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Posted February 06, 2019in Your Neighbors
Plenty of sunshine
The Golden Oldies barbershop quartet produces joy for others while enjoying the music themselves. Energy immediately fills the air as the four gentlemen, in perfect unison, burst into deep [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Your Neighbors
8-second intervals
Local rodeo rider gears up to haul full-time professionally. Earning hourly wages at a 9-to-5 is all well and good, but for Briar Dittmer, he prefers to be paid eight [...]
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Posted December 05, 2018in Your Neighbors
Eddie and Rose
Drake Neighborhood Community Garden offers a place to grow, learn and share at no charge. Those who know Eddie Robinson well say that he is multilingual — speaking English, Spanish [...]
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