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Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center closed after storm damage
PRAIRIE CITY, Iowa — The Visitor Center at the Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge is closed due to storm damage at the building from earlier this week. The Bison Day scheduled for Saturday has been canceled. The Refuge grounds remain open to the public, sunrise to sunset. People can drive on the grounds and enjoy the prairie, […]
Beloved Union Park Rocket Slide reopens
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Rocket Slide at Des Moines Union Park opened in 1971 during the height of the “space craze”. “This is the city’s oldest play structure and we’re excited to give it a new lease on life,” Parks and Recreation Director Ben Page said at Wednesday’s reopening. The playground has been […]
Local animal shelter collects donations to help abandoned dog
GRIMES, Iowa- Volunteers at a local animal shelter in Grimes are turning to the community for help after finding an abandoned dog. Leo is one-and-a-half-years old and was alone and hurt, seeking shelter in a garage in Bondurant before Kristin Riding Coffman, a volunteer at Rescue Rehab Rehome, rescued him.
Utility crews work to restore power to storm-damaged metro
DES MOINES, Iowa — Strong storms that blew through the Des Moines metro Wednesday night caused tree damage and brought down power lines, leaving thousands of customers without electricity. At the height of the outage, around 17,000 MidAmerican Energy customers were without power. Crews have been working overnight to make repairs and as of 6:50 […]
Des Moines' new girls wrestling coach aims to build next generation
A new head coach is leading Des Moines Public Schools' girls wrestling team, and he wants to make it one of the most competitive programs in the state.Why it matters: Wrestling is a big deal in Iowa and Kendric Birden plans to pump up Des Moines' program and support its majority low-income athletes.State of play: While the entire district has just one women's team right now for its five high schools, Birden hopes to expand it someday so that each school has its own program.How it started: Birden grew up in a wrestling family. He also has arthrogryposis — a...
Hifi Brew Lounge opens at former Fox Brewing spot in Valley Junction
HiFi Brew Lounge is a new dining and drinks lounge at the former Fox Brewing location — and there are a few familiar names behind the spot. Driving the news: It's helmed by the owners of several well-known local businesses including Cooper's on 5th, Full Court Press and Renewal by Andersen, JB Berkley, the lounge's general manager, tells Axios.
The Grinnell Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors welcomed David-Paul Cavasos
The Grinnell Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors welcomed UnityPoint Health – Grinnell Regional Medical Center‘s new president, David-Paul Cavasos this morning. David-Paul shared more about his background and journey to Grinnell and also gave an update on hospital projects. After getting into the medical field through radiology as a...
UnityPoint staff recognized for driving sick girl from Des Moines to Omaha in a blizzard
On Jan. 14, a small team from UnityPoint worked nonstop for almost 10 hours to transport a critically sick child with only half a heart from Des Moines to Omaha during a blizzard. On Wednesday afternoon, UnityPoint medical center presented the team with a FOCUS Spotlight award for their outstanding work in helping to save 4-year-old Charlotte Lenhart's life. ...
Lawsuit: Nursing home’s failure to call 911 resulted in death
An Iowa nursing home is being sued for elder abuse and negligence in the death of a resident. The family and estate of Neuang Boun Sisamouth are suing Parkridge Specialty Care and Rehabilitation of Pleasant Hill, as well as the home’s corporate parent, Care Initiatives of West Des Moines, in Polk County District Court. Also […]
Beaverdale homes damaged in Wednesday’s storm
DES MOINES, Iowa — Storms pushed across the metro area, with wind and rain, but little damage, with one exception — the area around Beaver and Madison. The storm put tree limbs onto two homes, damaging the roofs. Also another branch went through the roof of a garage. Very large branches of trees were knocked […]
Two Jefferson High School Grads and Tower of Fame Recipients Team Up to Tie in Nutritious Lifestyle in New Book and Facing Food Insecurity in Iowa
Two Jefferson High School graduates are teaming up for an event that brings together nutrition education and awareness of food insecurity. Susie Kundrat is a 1984 Jefferson High School graduate, this year’s Tower of Fame Award recipient, and is currently on a nation-wide book tour as she wrote “Eat Move Groove: Unlock the Simple Steps to Lifelong Nutrition, Fitness and Wellness.” Kundrat is making a stop on Saturday for a program at Beaverdale Books in Des Moines where she is going to educate people about taking the science of nutrition and how to keep it simple, practical and applicable to life, as she calls it an “invitation to wellness.”
Improvements, Updates Continue At Boone Ahead Of 42nd IMCA Super Nationals
BOONE, Iowa — Finish one project, check it off the list. Start another project, add it to the list. That list, as IMCA President Brett Root notes, is everything that has been done, is getting done or will be done before the start of the 42nd annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s.
Peter Jok’s journey from Iowa to South Sudan Olympic basketball team
Kacoul Dut “Peter” Jok grew up in the Des Moines metro and was a local high school basketball star before moving on to the University of Iowa. Jok is now on the South Sudan National Men’s Basketball Team that is making waves at the Olympics in Paris. Jok was born in Rumbek, South Sudan and […]
Bruhl, Oakie are unanimous picks to CIML first team, joined by Alberhasky, Morgan
Ankeny Centennial baseball standouts Joey Oakie and Isaac Bruhl were both unanimous picks to the CIML Conference first team. They were joined on the squad by teammate Emerson Alberhasky and Blake Morgan of Ankeny. Ten players from Centennial and 10 more from Ankeny received all-conference honors. The teams were selected...
Man who escaped prison after 1983 rape near Chippewa Falls arrested in Iowa
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A man convicted of raping a woman and leaving her tied to a tree in rural Chippewa Falls in 1983, then later escaped from a halfway house in Madison in 1995, has been apprehended in Iowa, 29 years after he was last seen by authorities. George V. Hartleroad, 71, is incarcerated in the Polk County (Iowa) Jail while awaiting extradition to Wisconsin. He was arrested June 26 in West Des Moines. According to Leader-Telegram records and the criminal complaint, Hartleroad kidnapped a...
Iowa DOT weighs in on safety following 2 pedestrian fatalities on same road
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Transportation says traffic fatalities in Iowa are down from last year, but pedestrian fatalities are much higher. So far in 2024, there have been 169 traffic related deaths in Iowa. That's 39 less than there were at the same time last year.
Iowa has nation's second-highest share of 65+ workers
Data: BLS; Map: Kavya Beheraj/AxiosIowa has the second-highest share of people 65 and older in the workforce, according to preliminary 2023 census data.Why it matters: The composition of a workforce influences business decisions and impacts the state's economy, Peter Orazem, an economist at Iowa State University, tells Axios.State of play: Nationally, 18.7% of adults 65 or over were still working last year. Iowa had 23.9%, while Vermont had the most with 25.6%.Threat level: Businesses factor in their ability to attract and retain workers when locating or exciting locations, Orazem said.Workforce retention and attraction were the top concerns among Iowa executives in a recent Economic Outlook Survey from the Iowa Business Council, the DSM Register reports.The big picture: It's not uncommon these days for older Americans to stay in the workforce, particularly in states with older populations.Today's older workers are better educated, work more hours and are more likely to receive employer benefits, compared to past decades, per a 2023 Pew Research Center report.Read more
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