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RAGBRAI 2024 daily planner: Route, mileage and highlights along the way
DES MOINES, Iowa — The world's longest, oldest, and largest recreational bicycle ride is back for its 51st trek across the state of Iowa. This year's version of RAGBRAI — the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — departs from Glenwood on Sunday, July 21, and ends 434 miles later in Burlington on Saturday, July 27. In between, there will be overnight stops at Red Oak, Atlantic, Winterset, Knoxville, Ottumwa and Mount Pleasant, with plenty to eat, drink, do and see along the way.
Rural hospitals built during baby boom now face baby bust
OSKALOOSA, Iowa — Rural regions like the one surrounding this southern Iowa town used to have a lot more babies, and many more places to give birth to them. At least 41 Iowa hospitals have shuttered their labor and delivery units since 2000. Those facilities, representing about a third of all Iowa hospitals, are located mostly in […] The post Rural hospitals built during baby boom now face baby bust appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.
Our Town Belle Plaine: King Theatre
BELLE PLAINE, Iowa (KCRG) - The King Theatre has sat on Main Street in Belle Plaine for 94 years. “The King Theatre is a magical place where people of all ages have come for many decades to come, have fun with their family and friends,” says city administrator Stephen Beck. “It has a full stage on it, so it had vaudeville shows, live music. It has an orchestra pit. It also ran films there.”
Quilts of Valor presented to seven area servicemen
GARWIN – Seven Tama County area men were presented with a Quilt of Valor on Wednesday, July 3, as part of the July 4 Freedom Days celebration held in Garwin. Members of the Central Iowa Quilt Sew-ciety were on hand to help with the presentation of the quilts. These...
‘Citizens don’t realize that EMS isn’t already tax-funded’
DYSART – Local emergency medical service agencies are hoping a supermajority of Tama County voters will give the thumbs up this November to funding EMS as essential by approving a new property tax levy. Last Thursday, the newly formed Tama County EMS Advisory Council held its inaugural meeting at...
Amaya Peterson is State Fair Bound as 2024 Tama County Fair Queen
GLADBROOK – The Crowning of the 2024 Tama County Fair Queen took place on Tuesday evening, July 16, at the Tama County 4-H Fairgrounds in Gladbrook. Mistresses of Ceremonies for the evening were 2022 Tama County Fair Queen, Kaylynn Murty, 2023 Tama Counry Fair Queen Adelyn Siencknecht, and 2023 Tama County Fair Princess, Emily Hulme.
Gladbrook Methodist to host ‘Preserve the Taste of Summer’ Extension workshop
GLADBROOK – Summer is in full swing, and many families are growing home gardens. Preserving your garden’s summer bounty is a great way to enjoy your home-grown produce year-round – as long as you don’t serve foodborne illness, like botulism, with your home-preserved foods, say specialists with Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach.
Des Moines proposes 'harder-line' on homelessness, with camping ban, speedier removal
Following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Des Moines is looking to ban camping and reduce the number of days people have to remove their belongings from public spaces. Proposed ordinances that take what city leaders call a "harder-line" approach to addressing homelessness would end Des Moines' complaint-based system of dealing with homeless campsites. City staff would be empowered to remove and clean them up on their own initiative.
GMG alum’s darts supply company has cheeky roots in Garwin
MARSHALLTOWN – Darts is probably best known as a game that friends enjoy over drinks at their favorite local watering hole, and while that description is certainly apt, it’s also become a big-money competition with a growing level of popularity among players young, old and in between. Blake...
Horse found 500 pounds underweight in Des Moines, owner charged with livestock neglect
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A draft horse is still recovering after the Animal Rescue League of Iowa said someone called about a very thin horse pulling a carriage in downtown Des Moines. The Percheron Horse, named Bruce, was attached to a carriage on June 22 when officers with the...
Innovation meets tradition: How a Story County hog farm bloomed into a mushroom business
Editor's Note: The documentary crew cited in this story would not let the Ames Tribune reveal what company they were with until the film is released. A former Story County hog farm is in the spotlight for an environmentally conscious transformation. ...
Occupant of vehicle shoots at another vehicle in traffic, DMPD investigating
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Police Department is investigating a shooting incident where an individual inside a vehicle allegedly shot at another vehicle in traffic Thursday evening. At around 7 p.m. officers responded to a report of a shooting near the intersection of East 30th Street and Maple Street. According to police, the […]
Camper goes up in flames on I-35 in Polk County
POLK COUNTY, Iowa — A camper, also known as a travel trailer, went up in flames while traveling on I-35 just north of Ankeny Thursday night. At around 8:10 p.m. emergency crews responded to a report of a camper on fire on I-35 northbound near the Elkhart area rest stop. When firefighters arrived on scene […]
Trever Baumler pitches shutout to send Dowling Catholic to state baseball tournament
The Dowling Catholic baseball team sat at 12-14 on June 22, seemingly miles behind the powers of Ankeny Centennial and Johnston in the CIML. "We were just struggling to play clean baseball," Dowling coach Mark Roering said. "We kind of had to change our identity from thinking we're going to go out and get eight, nine or 10 hits a game and we had to start playing a little bit more small ball." ...
No phones, no exceptions: Des Moines school first with outright ban
DES MOINES, Iowa — The words are heavy. “It’s just been really hard. It’s hard for the kids…” The language belies the setting. “Just over time we’ve seen our students just disconnecting more and more…” What’s going on over at Bergman Academy? “It’s a withdrawal of anything that you are used to using — there’s […]
Final preparations underway in Knoxville ahead of RAGBRAI
KNOXVILLE, Iowa — In just a few days, thousands of cyclists will be crisscrossing the state. TheRegister's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa starts on Sunday. And the overnight towns along the route are making their final preparations for their day in the spotlight. The town square in Knoxville...
Fareway still planning second Waukee store, but hasn't set a construction date
Fareway still plans to build a second location in northwest Waukee but the supermarket chain does not yet know when. Fareway currently has a store at 200 S.E. Laurel St. in Waukee. The company also owns more than 7 acres on adjoining parcels about 2 miles away at the southwest corner of Northwest Sunrise Drive and Northwest 10th Street, according to Dallas County property records.
Historic front page from the Des Moines Register, Feb. 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died
It's known as the Day the Music Died ― when rock 'n' roll legends-in-the-making Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died shortly after a plane carrying them to their next gig crashed in a snow-covered Iowa cornfield outside Clear Lake. The Register's sister afternoon paper, the Des Moines Tribune, reports on the tragedy, which occurred early on Feb. 3, 1959, after the three performed in their Winter Dance Party at Clear Lake's Surf Ballroom. Holly would be among the first artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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