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Makeover for Central Iowa rivers?

Greater Des Moines rivers would be easier to use, more connected to bike trails and other recreation hot spots, and more aggressively preserved under a draft water trails plan developed by the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning…
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Pipeline work begins in Iowa, protesters vow nonviolent acts

Newton Daily News: Work has begun in Iowa on an oil pipeline despite repeated attempts by landowners and environmental groups to stop it, a spokeswoman for the Texas company building the pipeline told the Associated Press.…

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ISU ranks as a top fashion school in nation

Iowa State University is once again ranked as one of the top fashion schools in the nation, according to new rankings from Fashion School Career Advice. In fashion merchandising, Iowa State is No. 1 in the Midwest, …

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Partnership’s Woodard is president of the Junior League of Des Moines

Andrea Woodard, public policy manager for the Greater Des Moines Partnership, has started her term as the president of the Junior League of Des Moines, an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the…
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Partnership’s Woodard is president of the Junior League of Des Moines

Andrea Woodard, public policy manager for the Greater Des Moines Partnership, has started her term as the president of the Junior League of Des Moines, an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the…
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Polk County’s tax sale set for June 27

Polk County will be selling the delinquent property tax bills on 2,832 properties on June 27 at the Airport Holiday Inn’s Iowa Room. In the annual, fast-paced auction, bidders can buy (and pay) the delinquent …

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Johnson County puts $200,000 toward Coralville arena complex

Iowa City Press-Citizen: Johnson County will provide up to $200,000 in funding toward a new development in Coralville’s Iowa River Landing district that includes a new arena, the board of supervisors agreed Thursday. The project would …

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ISU physicist granted $1.25 million to study advanced materials

An Iowa State University physicist has won $1.25 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science and the National Science Foundation to study and model advanced materials with exotic properties. Rebecca …

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Minneapolis developers eye property on Ingersoll Avenue

Another big development could be coming to Des Moines, reported KCCI. City planners and developers saw a lot of wasted space on Ingersoll Avenue. But it was just a matter of time before the property across from Noah’s …

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YMCA’s Schwartz: Pool funding ‘very close’

The YMCA of Greater Des Moines appears to be on the finishing lap in the long process to raise funds for the Wellmark YMCA pool.


The $1 million grant from Vision Iowa announced Thursday “gets…
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