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Golf in Des Moines got off to a quick start 125 years ago when a dozen men met at a sporting goods store on a Tuesday evening in 1897 and voted to form the Golf …
Two recent stories about research in Iowa produced opposite reactions. One gave me a sense of pride and hope; the other, disappointment and concern.
First, the good news.
A California startup with operations in Ames …
White Ghost, the 12-foot fiberglass statue by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, dominates the northwest corner of the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park with its simultaneously sweet and sinister face.
My friend K.C. stood nearby …
Mount Rainier is going bald.
I was 14 when I first saw the western Washington volcano’s snow-covered peak on a family vacation in 1961. The 14,417-foot mountain is visible in clear air from more …
This week, I’ll be attending a reunion of my business school class, so I’ve been thinking a lot about how different business and leadership were in the 1990s compared with today. Our MBA curriculum focused …
This year marks the 100th anniversary of
Better Homes and Gardens magazine, which makes it a good time to look back on the eclectic accomplishments of its founder, as well as relearn some interesting facts …
I think we can all agree the economy in recent months has been confusing.
Few of us expected another recession so soon after the COVID downturn in early 2020. But depending on who is …
What do oil spills, workplace safety violations, failure to adopt alternative energy practices, regulatory investigations, bad corporate structure and no female directors on a board have in common? These are all factors – along with …
The $200 million “CyTown” entertainment district Iowa State University athletic director Jamie Pollard wants to build between the school’s football stadium and basketball arena is a gobsmacking concept saddled with questions.
Pollard said CyTown will …
Top: The entrance to Ingersoll Park, which was located east of Polk Boulevard between Grand and Ingersoll avenues.
Bottom: The Ingersoll Park Theater in 1907.
“Coney Island of the West” is what Des Moines’ Ingersoll …
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