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Ankeny native punches ticket to Paralympic Games in Paris with Team USA
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Ankeny man is heading back to the Paralympics and is doing so in impressive fashion. Justin Phongsavanh qualified for Paris on Saturday with a seated javelin throw of 31.81 meters. Phongsavanh posted on Facebook that it was the second-farthest throw of his career and...
Winterset Police remember former chief 1 year after his unexpected death
WINTERSET, Iowa — It's been one year since former Winterset Chief of Police Ken Burke passed away unexpectedly after serving his community for 20 years. Burke was well-known in the city of over 5,000 residents, and was referred to as the "epitome of police officers" by people who knew him best. Burke would also sit in on city council meetings even when he didn't have to, because he cared about Winterset so much.
Death Bloom underway at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
DES MOINES, Iowa- The flowers on the agave ovatifolia at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden are officially opening. Around a month ago, we first introduced you to the death bloom. This agave takes around 10-15 years to bloom and wen it does, it puts on a show. It’s 15-foot stem sprouted around two months […]
Des Moines Police Investigating City's 11ths Traffic Death This Year
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Des Moines Police Department is investigating the city's eleventh traffic related death of the year. Police say officers responded to the report of the crash a little after 8:30 Saturday night at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Holcomb Avenue. Investigators say officers found several people hurt at the scene, including one person who was pronounced dead.
Your doughnut fix may have to wait: Structure fire closes Krispy Kreme in Clive
A structure fire Saturday night at the Krispy Kreme store in Clive caused severe smoke damage throughout the building, prompting what's expected to be an extended closure, according to a news release from the Clive Fire Department. The Clive store provides doughnuts to the two other metro Krispy Kreme stores,...
State softball preview: 5 CIML schools begin quest for Class 5A title on Monday
The state softball tournament gets under way on Monday with the Class 5A quarterfinals at Harlan Rogers Park. The Class 5A field includes the top four teams in the final rankings, but a rash of upsets in regional play also saw three teams ranked ninth or lower make it to Fort Dodge along with unranked Cedar Rapids Prairie.
Young Mustangs plan to play for now at state softball tournament
Jul. 21—The last time Shaun Hudnut coached at a state tournament, he was guiding the PCM baseball team to Principal Park in 2010. His daughter Addi was just 2 years old and that season ended with a 2-1 loss to Davis County in the quarterfinals. Flash forward to now and Coach Hudnut returns to the state tournament. This time, he's the head coach of the softball team and Addi is a 16-year-old ...
Des Moines Register at 175: Celebrating businesses with family ties that help Iowa endure
The vast variety of Iowa businesses that have reached the century mark ranges from insurers to agricultural equipment manufacturers to an upscale department store chain. But many members of the century club are alike in one aspect: They are the product of multiple generations of family ownership. ...
Historic front page from the Des Moines Register, Nov. 6, 1978: Ten die in Younkers fire
The Nov. 6, 1978, edition of the Register’s sister afternoon paper, the Des Moines Tribune, reports on the Nov. 5 fire in the Younkers store at Merle Hay Mall, which kills 10 employees. The fire was the deadliest in Des Moines history. It started in a leaky heating and cooling system before the store opened that Sunday. Relatives of the victims later sue the city for failing to enforce numerous fire and building codes.
Waukee Arts Festival attracts thousands to Centennial Park
WAUKEE, Iowa- The 9th annual Waukee Arts Festival is taking place at Centennial Park. The free festival started on Friday evening and 4,000 people came out. There are 140 vendors this year, including local artists selling their creations and local eateries providing food. Tim Hanson is a vendor who is attending his first art festival. […]
Big Ten primer — Iowa’s greatest football moment
USC goes to Big Ten media days this week in Indianapolis. Let’s get to know our new Big Ten football neighbors. Next up: the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa has been a solid and nationally relevant program for most of the past 40 years. Hayden Fry revived the program in the early 1980s after two decades of irrelevance. Kirk Ferentz took the baton from Fry and has kept Iowa relevant the past 25 years, with a BCS bowl win nearly 15 years ago and a few other BCS/New Year’s Six bowl appearances. However, what matters most at Iowa and other Big Ten schools...
Greene County Supervisors Will Meet Tomorrow Morning
The Greene County Board of Supervisors will meet today. The Board will consider for approval the 2024-25 renewal of the Iowa Communities Assurance Pool (ICAP), the 2024 fiscal year county report of the substance abuse prevention grant from New Opportunities, and the semi-annual quarterly investment report from the county treasurer.
Centennial Park's main playground gets new equipment and more shade in Waukee this fall
Waukee plans to upgrade the main playground at one of its larger parks this fall to appeal to more children and provide additional shade. Waukee City Council members unanimously approved a nearly $650,000 quote for the purchase of playground equipment, surfacing and other site amenities for Centennial Park's nearly 25-year-old central playground on July 15.
‘We’re going to have a blast:’ Winterset community prepares for RAGBRAI riders
WINTERSET, Iowa (KCCI) — With just days until thousands of bicyclists pour into town square, Winterset is making its final preparations before hosting the third day of the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. Winterset last hosted five years ago, in 2019. But for 2024, riders are...
Statement from Mullan spurs new direction for stormwater utility rate
Jul. 20—Newton City Council is taking a new direction for the proposed stormwater utility rate increase after a council member lobbied for an option that he argued would better address issues residents faced during the floods back in May, but in doing so he re-started the whole process and the matter won't finish until September. Council members were about to take action on the second ...
City of Adel Needs Public’s Help for Beggars Night Date
The City of Adel is asking for residents’ feedback to help nail down a date for the annual Halloween celebration. Halloween is still a few months away, but the City of Adel is looking to secure the day to host their trick or treating event. According to the city, there are three suggested dates to choose from for Beggars Night 2024. The proposed dates are Saturday, October 26th, Thursday, October 31st, and Saturday, November 2nd.
RAGBRAI in Indianola “Just Eat It” Wednesday
RAGBRAI will stop in Indianola this Wednesday, day four of the annual event. Indianola has been designated as a “meeting town” in between the overnight stops of Winterset and Knoxville, and the theme for the Indianola stop will be “Just Eat It.” The current proposed route has the riders entering the city on Hwy 92, turning north and traveling through the downtown Indianola square, where the proposed activities including food trucks, vendors, entertainment, a bike shop, safety tent, and hydration station will be located as riders then make their way south onto Highway 65/69 towards Milo.
Akron Westfield And Remsen St Mary’s in 1A State Baseball Quarterfinals In Carroll On Monday
The quarterfinals of the state high school baseball tournament are Monday in Carroll. In the opener top ranked Akron-Westfield takes on Bedford. For Akron-Westfield its the first trip to the state tournament since 2017. That’s Akron-Westfield coach Gordy Johnson who says it was at the end of last season he...
Canton High School graduate, a retired U.S. Army colonel, named deputy director of federal office
WASHINGTON − U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern recently named Brian Pearl, a native of Canton, Mo., as the agency’s deputy director. Pearl graduated from Canton R-V High School. He will serve in the agency’s second highest-ranking position as its chief operating officer. In addition to other responsibilities, Pearl will oversee GPO’s operations division, which includes plant operations, security and intelligent documents, official journals of government and customer services. These business units are responsible for GPO’s most important products including the U.S. passport, Congressional Record, Federal Register, White House print materials, secure federal credentials and other congressional and executive branch products and services.
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