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GALLERY: Blank Park Zoo opens new lion habitat in Des Moines
DES Moines, Iowa — Blank Park Zoo opened its new Marjorie A. Foster Lion Conservation Center on Friday, featuring three lions in the zoo’s largest new habitat in more than a decade. The habitat is more than three times the size of the zoo’s previous lion habitat in...
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Des Moines: Halloween weekend plans
Friday 🎃 Beggars' Night | Dress up the kids and trick-or-treat along Ingersoll Avenue, where more than 40 local restaurants and businesses will hand out candy and treats. | 4:30–6:30pm | Ingersoll Avenue | Free! 🎹 Not Your Mummy's Halloween Concert | Dress in costume for a spooky evening of Halloween classics, pop favorites and surprises performed on the organ. | 6pm (dinner at 5pm) | Plymouth Church | Free! Saturday 🐾 Howl-o-ween | Dress up your pup for a pet-friendly Halloween brunch and costume contest, with a chance to win a hotel staycation. A portion of cocktail sales benefits the Animal Rescue League. | 11am | Mulberry Street Tavern | RSVP 💀 Día de los Muertos Community Celebration | Honor loved ones with cultural performances, community altars, local artists, food, music, storytelling and family activities. | 11am–4pm | Carver Elementary | Free! 🛼 Des Moines Roller Derby | Celebrate Halloween with an action-packed doubleheader as the Hot Shermans, Waveland Wavers and Beast Village battle for hometown bragging rights. | 5–8pm | Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center | $15; kids 12 and under free! 🌿 Happy Hour at the BOOtanical Garden | Explore poisonous plants, bat pollination and carnivorous
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Roose named Superintendent of the Year
The Iowa Golf Association is proud to recognize Brad Roose, Golf Course Superintendent at Pella Golf & Country Club, as the 2026 IGA 9-Hole Superintendent of the Year!. For approximately 15 years, Brad has played an instrumental role in maintaining and improving Pella Golf & Country Club, earning the respect of its membership and the admiration of golfers throughout the community. A Pella High School graduate with deep roots in the area, Brad brings a strong sense of local pride, a hands-on approach, and an unwavering commitment to providing an exceptional golf experience.
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Professional artists pave the way for upcoming graduates
Four professional artists from Mainframe Studios spoke during an artist panel in Cedar Hall on Oct. 15. The artists from Des Moines were printmaker Cody Hickok, painter Jess Quinn and ceramicists Emily McFarland and Jennifer Lee. When starting a business, gaining perception from professionals can allow a path to form...
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Newton radio station brought back on the air after going dark for months
NEWTON, Iowa — KCOB has been on the air for nearly 50 years in Newton. That all changed earlier this year. The station, along with others, including Energy 106.7, was taken off the air back in June. The shutdown followed the layoffs of much of the station’s staff a couple of years earlier. However, station […]
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Look WHO’s Talking: Starts Right Here Founder Will Keeps
DES MOINES, Iowa — Starts Right Here Founder Will Keeps joined WHO 13’s Skyler Stamps for Thursday’s edition of Look WHO’s Talking. Keeps talked about his background and the program Starts Right Here and how it helps students with their education in Des Moines. Keeps also talked about the progress made and the upcoming opening […]
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Jim Caviezel headlines Pulse Life Advocates’ November 21st Christmas Gala!
Pulse Life Advocates hosts their 16th annual fundraising dinner on November 21st at the Iowa Events Center in downtown Des. Moines, Iowa, with a pro-life Christmas Gala. Actor Jim Caviezel, who portrayed Jesus in Mel Gibson’s movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” will. present the keynote speech....
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Perry and ADM High Schools Qualify 16 Students for All-State Music Festival
Isaiah Christensen. Photo Courtesy of Perry Fine Arts. Perry and Adel-DeSoto-Minburn High Schools saw 16 students qualify for the Iowa High School Music Association All-State Festival over the weekend. Perry Band Director Blaine Schmidt shares that Isaiah Christensen was selected to the All-State Orchestra for the third consecutive year. He...
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$100,000 More for Effort to Boost 13 Museums in Iowa Great Lakes Region
(Dollar Bills with Bow - KIWA Staff Photo) Okoboji, Iowa (RI) — A group formed three years ago to support and promote museums in the Iowa Great Lakes area has received another $100,000 donation. Mary Dreier, a member of the Lakes Area Museum Alliance board of directors, says the...
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Des Moines Children’s Museum is making the move to a temporary location
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Children’s Museum is moving out of Valley West Mall this week, bound for a new temporary home in Urbandale. The museum has operated out of the mall since 2017 and even moved into a larger space within Valley West in 2019. The temporary move follows Valley West […]
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Area High School Students Earn All-State Music Recognition
Several area high school students received recognition from the Iowa High School Music Association as All-State Musicians. The 80th annual festival will be h eld on November 20th and 21st at Iowa State University in Ames. District Auditions for the 276-piece All-State Band, 220-piece All-State Orchestra, and 601-member All-State Chorus were held Saturday, October 24, at LeMars, Hampton, Independence, Atlantic, Indianola, and Iowa City. Approximately 17% of the students who audition are selected for membership in the All-State ensembles.