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Music on the breeze: 7 free and low-cost outdoor concert series to check out for the 2024 season
For music lovers and nature lovers alike, there's nothing quite like hearing music in a park setting, surrounded by trees and green grass. Traditionally, Ames and the surrounding Story County area have offered a great selection of free or low-cost concerts in the great outdoors. That tradition continues this year...
Iowa insurers cut roof coverage, leaving customers with big bills and jeopardizing mortgages
After years of waiting, Vadim Shapiro finally got his new roof. He got a large bill, too. Shapiro, 57, said he asked his insurer for a replacement three years ago, after a hailstorm swept through his Clive neighborhood. He said a contractor believed the storm damaged his home enough to justify a new...
Meet the candidates running for Iowa Senate District 22 in Johnston, Urbandale
Two candidates are running to represent Iowa Senate District 22 in Johnston and Urbandale. Incumbent Republican Sen. Brad Zaun and Democrat Matt Blake are running for the seat. To help voters, the Des Moines Register sent questions to all federal and Des Moines area legislative candidates running for political office this year. Their answers...
Iowa elections: Meet Iowa's 4th Congressional District candidates
DES MOINES, Iowa — In Iowa's 4th Congressional District, Republican incumbent Randy Feenstra is running for reelection. He faces Republican primary challenger Kevin Virgil in the June 4 primary. Whoever wins will face Democrat Ryan Melton in November. The 4th District is one of the most conservative in the...
Final day for Waukee to finish special census form
WAUKEE, Iowa — Today is the last day for people in Waukee to fill out their census form. The city is one of many in central Iowa that opted to hold a special census this year. Depending on how fast their population has grown since the 2020 census, the...
Grimes will soon have a new outdoor amphitheater right by its library. What we know:
Grimes is building an outdoor amphitheater next to its new library. The city announced Wednesday in a news release that construction on the project, recently approved by the Grimes City Council, will start this summer. The amphitheater east of the library will seat up to 100 people and a boardwalk behind it will curve out over the neighboring detention pond.
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