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The Planned Parenthood Book Sale will end this year after 62 years in Des Moines

Since 1961, the Planned Parenthood Book Sale in Des Moines has been a major fundraiser supporting the work of Planned Parenthood educators as they provide accurate, fact-based and comprehensive sex education to people across the state. “Proceeds from last year […]

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A moment of blues ‘magic’ brought the Avey Grouws Band together in the Quad Cities

Having twice climbed into the top 10 of Billboard’s Blues Charts, the Avey Grouws Band is hitting the road for its first West Coast tour. “Musicians support other musicians in the Quad Cities,” said Jeni Grouws, thanking fans and fellow […]

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State officials weigh an exception to the Iowa Open Records Act that lets them ignore ‘vexatious requesters’

At its meeting on Thursday, the Iowa Public Information Board (IPIB) voted to defer a decision on a proposal to ask the legislature to create a new exception to Iowa’s Open Records Act that would allow government agencies to disregard […]

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Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie, in office since 2003, will not run for reelection

Frank Cownie announced on Wednesday he will not run for another term as mayor of Des Moines in November’s election. The 75-year-old Cownie is in his fifth term as mayor, and is the longest-serving mayor in Des Moines history. “It […]

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Reynolds jabs Trump (indirectly) in tweet defending her six-week abortion ban bills

It’s a testament to the faith that national political reporters still have in the importance of Iowa in the race for the Republican presidential nomination that a short, passive-aggressive tweet from Gov. Kim Reynolds can generate stories in outlets like […]

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Book Review: ‘The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story’ by Grant Faulkner

Readers may know Grant Faulkner for his work as director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) — a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging aspiring writers to pen a whole novel in 30 days — but his newest book, The Art […]

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Whatever happened to the Riverview Music Festival?

Something has been conspicuously missing from Central Iowa’s fall festival lineup for the past two years. The Riverview Music Festival was held in Des Moines for the first, and likely last, time Sept. 4-5, 2021. The fest was focused on […]

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Anti-trans former college swimmer is Gov. Reynolds’ special guest for her biggest fundraiser of the year

It’s been six months since Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the most recent bills targeting transgender Iowans into law, and on Monday the governor showed she intends to keep using her status as a leader figure on the transphobic Republican right […]

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‘I love collaboration, I eat it up’: Lex Leto to help launch Englert’s new Track Zero series with Emily Wells on Wednesday

If multi-instrumentalist and composer Lex Letourneau (Leto) isn’t on Iowa City music fans’ radars just yet, they’re bound to make a few blips by the end of autumn. A Georgia native, Leto started grad school at the University of Iowa […]

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