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Dress for Success Des Moines to move to Urbandale location

Dress for Success Des Moines, a local nonprofit that serves women entering the workforce, announced the organization will be moving later this summer from its present location at 6000 Grand Ave. in Des Moines to 7025 Hickman …

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United Way of Central Iowa’s Buck looks back at successes, continued challenges as she prepares for retirement

As Elisabeth Buck prepares for her last day leading the United Way of Central Iowa, she is quick to credit others for accomplishments that have been achieved during her time as its president.

“None of it have …

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Winners of Give Back Iowa Challenge announced

Volunteer Iowa has announced the winners of the seventh annual Give Back Iowa Challenge, a campaign in which businesses encourage their employees to volunteer and log their hours as part of a statewide competition. This …

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Kickoff party set for Saturday for artist-in-residency launch project in Dogtown

A kickoff party is planned for Saturday to celebrate the launch project of a collaboration among Invest DSM, Bravo Greater Des Moines and Group Creative Services. The groups have worked for months to solidify their …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Older Americans have saved trillions. Now what?

Baby boomers and older Americans have saved trillions of dollars over the past several decades and now they have started handing it out to heirs and others, write Ben Eisen and Anne Tergesen for the Wall …

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Iowa State Historical Society’s mobile museum begins 3-year, 99-county tour

Fresh off a 16-month pit stop for the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Historical Society of Iowa’s mobile museum is getting back on the road with a brand-new exhibition. Housed in a custom-built Winnebago RV, “Iowa …

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Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup begins Thursday in Des Moines

Forty-eight regional championship youth soccer teams from across the country will converge in Des Moines on Wednesday for the U.S. Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup competition. Among the teams competing on July 8-11 at the Cownie Soccer …

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Tickets available for Disc Golf Pro Tour’s Des Moines Challenge this weekend

Spectator passes are available online for the Disc Golf Pro Tour’s Des Moines Challenge, presented by Discraft at Pickard Park in Indianola this weekend, July 9-11. The Des Moines Challenge is one of 13 stops on the Disc Golf …

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Report: 850 Iowa restaurants receive federal pandemic relief

The U.S. Small Business Administration on Friday announced the closure of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund program, which provided $28.6 billion in emergency pandemic relief funding to more than 100,000 restaurants nationwide.

In Iowa, 850 restaurants …

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Deadly accident on Adventureland ride is 2nd since 2016

Associated Press: Authorities are investigating the cause of an accident that killed a boy on a popular boat ride at Adventureland Park in Altoona — the second deadly incident on the ride in five years. The …