Elections have consequences.
Sometimes they are immediate and obvious.
For example, one assumes that after Gov. Kim Reynolds led the Republican Party to a crushing victory this year, she will get just about anything she …
Golf in Des Moines got off to a quick start 125 years ago when a dozen men met at a sporting goods store on a Tuesday evening in 1897 and voted to form the Golf …
Two recent stories about research in Iowa produced opposite reactions. One gave me a sense of pride and hope; the other, disappointment and concern.
First, the good news.
A California startup with operations in Ames …
Mount Rainier is going bald.
I was 14 when I first saw the western Washington volcano’s snow-covered peak on a family vacation in 1961. The 14,417-foot mountain is visible in clear air from more …
This year marks the 100th anniversary of
Better Homes and Gardens magazine, which makes it a good time to look back on the eclectic accomplishments of its founder, as well as relearn some interesting facts …
I think we can all agree the economy in recent months has been confusing.
Few of us expected another recession so soon after the COVID downturn in early 2020. But depending on who is …
The $200 million “CyTown” entertainment district Iowa State University athletic director Jamie Pollard wants to build between the school’s football stadium and basketball arena is a gobsmacking concept saddled with questions.
Pollard said CyTown will …
Top: The entrance to Ingersoll Park, which was located east of Polk Boulevard between Grand and Ingersoll avenues.
Bottom: The Ingersoll Park Theater in 1907.
“Coney Island of the West” is what Des Moines’ Ingersoll …
Assistant Des Moines City Manager Matt Anderson was right when he described the city’s decision to acquire the five-story Nationwide Insurance building at 1200 Locust Street as “a once in a generation opportunity.”
Moving city …
Michael V. Reagen asked recently if I would write about the “rights of nature” movement.
You may remember Reagen, who spent two decades in Des Moines, first as head of the Iowa Department of Social …
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