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Des Moines to host 2025 National Speech & Debate Tournament
Des Moines has been selected to host the 2025 National Speech & Debate Tournament for the second year in a row. The National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA), headquartered in West Des Moines, is celebrating …
Read MoreABI opens registration for 42nd Business Horizons Program
Registration is now open for the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s 2025 Business Horizons summer program, available to all Iowa high school students in grades 9-12. The program will take place July 13-17 at …
Read MoreJeff Chelesvig to retire from Des Moines Performing Arts
Jeff Chelesvig, the president and CEO of Des Moines Performing Arts (DMPA), is retiring. He will remain in the role until Aug. 31 while the board of directors for DMPA conducts a national …
Read MoreWest Des Moines Chamber concludes two-year talent attraction campaign, launches High School Leadership Academy
The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce has announced the conclusion of its two-year Talent Attraction Campaign (TAC). The initiative was designed to strengthen the workforce pipeline and promote West Des Moines as a destination …
Read MoreHow removing civil rights protections for trans Iowans would affect the workplace
Protestors flooded the Iowa State Capitol this week to object to House File 583 and Senate File 418, bills that would remove civil rights protections for transgender and gender diverse Iowans.
If …
Read MoreBallerina Misty Copeland named 2025 Bucksbaum Lecture speaker
Drake University has named ballerina Misty Copeland as the featured speaker for its 2025 Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. on April 2 at the Knapp Center. Copeland, an award-winning ballet dancer, co-founded Life …
Read MoreMVS launches Sease Awards at Drake Law School
McKee, Voorhees & Sease PLC (MVS) has launched the Sease Awards, a new program at Drake Law School named after Edmund J. Sease, a former managing partner of MVS. Sease helped develop MVS into an …
Read MoreCommunity celebrates start of construction for 515 Walnut Tower
Local city and business leaders gathered downtown today for the groundbreaking of …
Read MoreIowa Food Bank Association poll finds 2 in 3 Iowa voters believe food insecurity negatively affects their community
A new survey from the Iowa Food Bank Association conducted by online polling company Civiqs found that 2 in 3 Iowans believe food insecurity negatively affects their communities, and 52% said the state is not …
Read MoreStrategic America founder and Chairman Mike Schreurs announces retirement
Mike Schreurs, chairman and chief strategist of Strategic America, an employee-owned, marketing and public relations firm based in West Des Moines, announced he will retire effective March 1. Schreurs founded Strategic America in 1980 in …
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