Waukee, Iowa — The City of Waukee is declaring that a Snow Emergency Parking Ban will go into effect in Waukee at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. This parking ban will remain in effect until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The parking ban applies to all
Read More →If you grew up in Iowa, chances are pretty good that you hurried home after school to watch “The Floppy Show.” Join in the fun with a celebration of the newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular “Images of America” series at Artisan Gallery 218 on Monday, February 26 at 6:30 p.m., as local
Read More →The Des Moines Community Playhouse has the most celebrating, eye-popping, song-singing, 100-year loving, big-doings season ever. The theatre’s 100th season includes four musicals, plus drama, comedy, and family shows. Be part of the excitement as the titles are revealed at the 2018-19 Season Announcement Party, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 26,
Read More →DES MOINES — Tickets go on sale today, February 1 at noon, for the 2nd annual Coffee & Donut Festival taking place on Saturday, April 7 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Seven Flags. Coffee lovers and donut aficionados can indulge in their passion with the wide variety of
Read More →Winterset, Iowa — The Rebuild Cedar Bridge Committee in Madison County has started a campaign on GoFundMe.com to try to finish fundraising in an effort to rebuild the iconic covered bridge destroyed by arsonists in April 2017. Approximately $70,000 is still needed to reach the $597,076 estimated cost to rebuild
Read More →Find your valentine early this year at the 7th annual Des Moines Sweetheart Charity Date Auction. This year’s auction is Saturday, February 10, from 6-9 p.m. at Jasper Winery with all proceeds benefiting Young Variety- the Children’s Charity. The evening’s main event is the date auction. Twenty of the most
Read More →The Chichaqua Valley Trail in Central Iowa will be the site of the fourth annual bicycle-music festival called Pedaler’s Jamboree Iowa. It is named and will be patterned after a jamboree that has become a major tourism event the past nine years on the Katy Trail in central Missouri.
Read More →Des Moines — Iowa Egg Farmers, in partnership with Fareway Stores, Inc., recently conducted a buy two dozen, give one dozen promotion during the holiday season. The campaign aimed to give back to individuals that are food insecure in the communities Iowa egg farmers live and serve. Thanks to overwhelming customer
Read More →Iowa City blues musician Kevin B.F. Burt was the winner of the Solo/Duo competition at the 34th International Blues Challenge (IBC), presented by the Blues Foundation, on Saturday evening. In addition, he won the Lee Oskar Best Harmonica award and the Cigar Box Guitar award for Most Promising Acoustic Act.
Read More →DES MOINES — Three female Iowa artists whose works capture the beauty and balance of nature are featured in a new exhibition on display in Gov. Kim Reynolds‘ formal office at the State Capitol. The Iowa Women’s Art Exhibition includes pieces from Alexandra Ackerman of Iowa City, Stephanie Failmezger of Peosta
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