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A virtual celebration of the renovation of the Enda M. Griffin Building in downtown Des Moines will be held at 4 p.m. June 13. The celebration, sponsored by the Iowa Architectural Foundation, includes a virtual …
The Des Moines Community Playhouse is offering online classes scheduled for 45 minutes or longer to students in kindergarten through ninth grade, all summer, the organization announced this week. Class sizes are limited; a complete …
Boone-based Fareway Stores Inc. on Tuesday presented a $250,000 donation to the DMACC Foundation to be used for the new DMACC Boone Campus Student Activity Center. Fareway will be the exclusive sponsor of the new …
Journalists covering the unrest across the United States are increasingly coming into harm’s way, even after identifying themselves as members of the press. In Des Moines, a Des Moines Register reporter was pepper-sprayed in the …
A construction crew working on the Ingersoll Avenue street project uncovered part of the trolley tracks that once were actively used on the street (left). In the undated photo at right, a construction crew is …
The World Food Prize is scheduled to announce the winner of its $250,000 laureate prize on June 11. The announcement is planned for 9 a.m. CDT on the World Food Prize’s website, www.worldfoodprize.org/live. Commonly called the “Nobel Prize …
An architectural rendering of proposed improvements to the entryway of the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens on the east bank of the Des Moines River. Architectural rendering by OPN Architects
A proposed $750,000 restoration of the …
The Des Moines Community Playhouse added 15 Live Theatre Drive-In performances, after the original announced performances of “Love Letters,” “Rounding Third” and “The Roommate” sold out in five days. Tickets for the added performances are …
Des Moines, like many cities across the country, has seen both …
A former colleague of mine from Minneapolis named Mel who lives in an area that was looted and burned following the death of George Floyd wrote about what we can and must do: “Start those …
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