The good Leaders from Des Moines Public Schools, Drake University and Des Moines Area Community College are working together to form a new partnership to recruit, educate and hire more [...]
Read More →The good Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa (BBBSCI) recently received a $4,000 gift from the Darden Foundation’s Restaurant Community Grants program, which will support BBBSCI’s Community Based Mentoring [...]
Read More →The good The Polk County Health Department recently announced that financial assistance is available for eligible families that have lead hazards in their home through its Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. [...]
Read More →The good Water. Cool water. Twenty Iowa cities will benefit from a combined total of more than $42.3 million in low-cost water quality loans through the State Revolving Fund. State [...]
Read More →The good Amanda the Panda Grief Center will host its annual volunteer appreciation event at its new facility in West Des Moines from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 4 The [...]
Read More →The good Mark one up for the advocates of privacy. The last thing our society needs are more cameras monitoring people’s every move. That’s why we applaud the Clive City [...]
Read More →The good Des Moines Metro Opera received a $25,000 grant from DuPont Pioneer last week to support its continued work of “educating and inspiring nearly 40,000 Iowans annually through its educational [...]
Read More →The good Getting some young adults to leave the comfort of their parents’ home can be a challenge. Trying to locate one who chose to hitchhike and train-hop across the [...]
Read More →The good Bad news for burglars in Des Moines. Since January, the police department has had plain-clothes officers assigned to a Crimes Against Property beat to assist with burglary investigations [...]
Read More →The good The State Veterans Home in Marshalltown has been awarded $23,840,617 from the Department of Veterans Affairs for renovation to the Dack and Malloy buildings at the State Veterans [...]
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