It had been a long time since I’d seen my friend, K.C., and I wanted to ask him a question.
I found him in the …
A note from Dave Elbert: Last week, I wrote about men at Woodland Cemetery; this week is about women buried there. You can sign up for a Sept. 7 tour of women’s graves at the …
Author’s note: Today, I focus on men buried in Woodland Cemetery. Next week, I’ll introduce you to the cemetery’s interesting women.
Imagine how upset you might be if the name on your tombstone was carved …
Climate change is transforming two key pieces of Iowa’s economy – agriculture and insurance.
Although many Iowa farmers are not convinced that shifting weather patterns are the result of human activity, they do adjust to …
It’s difficult to imagine today, but 109 years ago Valley Junction was briefly the home of a mile-long, banked, oval racetrack made of wood.
Yes, wood. The undercarriage was wood. The racing surface, including banked …
Even before railroads began promoting Iowa’s Great Lakes region as a tourist destination in 1882, people from Des Moines traveled 200 miles by horse and wagon to hunt, fish and relax on the sandy beaches …
Caitlin Clark is a great distraction. At a time when many things seem to be going off the rails, the girl next door from West Des Moines has Iowans of all stripes cheering as she …
The first time I met Des Moines Register columnist and RAGBRAI founder Donald Kaul was Monday, June 14, 1971.
I was between journalism jobs, working on a construction crew, burying telephone cable near Williamsburg, Iowa, …
For more than a century, a massive, six-story building at 1800 Grand Ave. has marked the west end of downtown.
The building straddles the southwest corner of Grand Avenue’s iconic intersection with Fleur Drive and …
I noticed around sixth or seventh grade that I was having trouble seeing the blackboard.
Instead of telling anyone, I squinted until I discovered that pulling the skin around my eye socket would warp my …
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