The Iowa Senate Education Committee approved legislation Monday to change state law defining bullying in schools, keeping it ...

Last week saw a slew of new singles, fresh videos and premiering music projects from local artists. Is it the spirit of ...

Generations of Des Moines residents have flocked to their neighborhood swimming pools for fun and to find relief from the heat, especially during potentially deadly  heat waves. For almost 90 […] ...

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The blues. An evocative word used more than two centuries ago by John James Audubon when he wrote to his wife that he “had ...

When Tobi Parks opened a 250-capacity music venue in Des Moines’ Drake neighborhood in 2019, she was enacting her plan B. “I ...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is set to play a top role as the Senate Judiciary Committee chair in hearings next week on courts ...

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