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Knapp’s office in West Des Moines is adorned with autographed photos of the likes of basketball great Michael Jordan and boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Knapp, a huge boxing fan, saw Ali box in an exhibition …
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of sitting down for a few moments with William C. Knapp, one of the most successful and benevolent businessmen this city has ever seen. We were talking …
Thakur Neupane, owner of Kathmandu Restaurant.
Thakur Neupane knows what it’s like to put in effort for a new business. After opening Kathmandu Restaurant’s first location on Southeast 14th Street in 2016, he says he …
Junior Achievement of Central Iowa has received a $250,000 contribution from Wells Fargo, which will enable the nonprofit to eventually expand its programming to an additional 10,000 teen students. With the lead gift, Junior Achievement …
United Way of Central Iowa will push for legislation in 2020 that would eliminate the ability of Iowa high school students to drop out of school at age 16, as part of a legislative agenda …
A 131-year-old home on the Dorothy’s House campus gets demolished Tuesday. Photo by John Retzlaff
Kellie Markey, founder of Dorothy’s House, stood with other onlookers Tuesday morning and watched a 131-year-old home on the organization’s campus …
Des Moines Performing Arts’ President and CEO Jeff Chelesvig recently became president of the Independent Presenters Network, an international consortium of 40 leading Broadway presenters, theaters and performing arts centers, including DMPA. The IPN supports …
Des Moines-based nonprofit Above + Beyond Cancer is calling for cancer survivors, caregivers and all who have been touched by cancer to apply for a trek to Africa next summer. The trip, scheduled June 13-26, …
The Mid-Iowa Council of the Boy Scouts of America has awarded Des Moines community leader Suku Radia its highest honor for community volunteers, the North Star Award. “We would be hard-pressed to find a brighter, …
The trust of the late hotel magnate Leona M. Helmsley and her husband, Harry, has given the Iowa Department of Natural Resources $650,000 to restore stone buildings at Backbone State Park before the state parks …
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