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Fourteen Iowa communities have been awarded a total of $925,000 in Main Street Iowa Challenge grants from the Iowa Economic Development Authority for local improvement projects. The projects include building rehabilitations, upper-story renovations and facade …
A global pandemic won’t stop the annual Comfort Food Cook-Off fundraiser, Family Promise of Greater Des Moines announced this week. The annual cook-off will take place as a drive-up distribution event on Nov. 8, with meals …
At the very end of his 335-page biography “Unstoppable: The Nine Lives of Roxanne Barton Conlin,” author William B. Friedricks sums up the life of Conlin in nine roles: wife, mother, grandmother, attorney, feminist, political …
A packed Wells Fargo Arena during the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Well Fargo will be the site of the tournament again in 2023. Photo contributed by Catch Des Moines.
Wednesday’s announcement that Des Moines has …
Variety — the Children’s Charity is donating $30,000 to the Food Bank of Iowa to support the BackPack program and school pantries. According to a news release, the donation will provide up to 120,000 meals for children …
The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute is now accepting applications for the 2021 Community Connect program, which begins in February. The Community Connect program inspires and teaches participants that leveraging their purpose and passions improves …
Des Moines Register: The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is returning to downtown Des Moines. The NCAA announced today that the first and second rounds of the 2023 tournament are coming to Wells Fargo Arena for the …
More than 53,000 free meals were distributed in Des Moines this summer to families and residents as part of a program to help those in need because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a news …
Ames-area residents raised more than $67,000 as part of this year’s Ames Walk to End Alzheimer’s, held as an individual and small-teams challenge this year by the Alzheimer’s Association Iowa Chapter due to the COVID-19 …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: A “perfect storm” of overlapping professional and college sports in September helped drive sports wagering to a record month in Iowa and aid state-licensed casinos trying to reestablish themselves as a viable entertainment …
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