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‘Get on Board’ aims to remove barriers to get more kids skateboarding

Five hundred skateboards will be given to Des Moines-area children to create greater awareness of the sport and encourage more youths to take up the activity, under a new program announced today. The “Get on …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: U.S. Global Leadership Coalition leader shares views

The Hill ran an opinion piece this week that juxtaposed an unlikely trio of names in the headline. The piece, “Elton John, Vladimir Putin and my last conversation with Colin Powell,” was written by Liz Schrayer, president …

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Dress for Success launches capital campaign

Dress for Success Des Moines, a nonprofit that serves women entering the workforce, has launched a capital campaign to raise $285,000. Dress for Success Des Moines supports unemployed or underemployed women in Central Iowa by …

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Iowa DHS offers free counseling services following weekend tornadoes

The Iowa Department of Human Services is making free, confidential counseling and support available to Iowans affected by last weekend’s severe weather through the Project Recovery Iowa program. The program offers virtual and in-person counseling …

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March/April dsm Magazine unveiled

The March/April dsm Magazine was unveiled Tuesday at the Willow on Grand in Des Moines.

You can read the full issue here.

Here are two of our favorite articles:

Free Food for All: Five years ago, the Drake Neighborhood Little Free Pantry Project …

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Iowans sharply divided on banning transgender girls from female sports, Iowa Poll finds

Des Moines Register: Iowans’ opinions are split nearly evenly on a new state law that bans transgender girls and women from competing in female sports offered by Iowa’s schools, colleges and universities. Forty-six percent of Iowans …

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Black Futures fundraiser to send Oakridge students on visits to historically black colleges

For 15-year-old Zamiratu, the chance to visit historically Black college campuses (HBCU) will be the fulfillment of a dream her parents were never able to realize.

Zamiratu, whose last name is withheld for privacy because she …

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Five girls’ state basketball tournament athletes receive IBA scholarships

The Iowa Bankers Association presented five Iowa high school seniors with the 2022 Iowa Bankers Association Student Athlete Achievement Award during the Iowa high school girls’ basketball tournament on March 4-5 in Des Moines. One student from each …

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ISU de-escalation simulator offers training to law enforcement, students

Kyle Burgason and David Peters, two Iowa State University professors of criminal justice and sociology, respectively, used grant funding to bring the VirTra-100 judgmental criminal justice simulator to campus last fall. The ISU Police Department …

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Urban Dreams asking for community support at East High School after Monday’s shooting

Three teenagers were shot near East High School Monday afternoon, leaving one 15-year-old male dead and two females ages 16 and 18 in critical condition, the Des Moines Register reported. Des Moines police announced this morning …

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