Arts and Culture

Farm Bureau Financial Services and the Future Farmers of America partnered to replace trees destroyed by last summer’s derecho in Benton County. Farm Bureau agent Teresa Meyer and members of the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA planted 20 …

The Downtown Farmers’ Market is set to return Saturday with a new look. File photo

For the first time in two years, the Downtown Farmers’ Market will ring the opening bell live on Court Avenue Saturday …

More than 250 Iowa high school students from 102 schools across the state participated virtually in the World Food Prize Foundation Iowa Youth Institute held virtually on Monday. The Iowa Youth Institute, now in its 10th year, …

Central Iowa made strides in each of the goals of its strategic plan, with more children graduating from high school, a higher rate of self-sufficiency and increased community well-being, according to the 2021 Community Impact Report that …

The Principal Charity Classic has announced the Meredith Corporation Million Dollar Charity Challenge, a hole-in-one challenge aimed at adding a new layer of excitement for players, spectators and Iowa charity beneficiaries. In the challenge, the first PGA …

United Way of Central Iowa will host its annual Live United celebration on Monday, where it will reveal its community impact report and the progress that’s been made toward its strategic goals for 2020. The …

Coopera, a multicultural analytics and consulting firm based in West Des Moines, has hired Jennifer Santos Esperanza as director of diversity, equity and inclusion. She most recently was a professor of anthropology at Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., …