Submitted by Dan Houston, chairman, president and CEO, Principal Financial Group
The legacy of the Iowa State Fair spans 170 years — celebrating the state’s best in agriculture, industry, entertainment and achievement. I …
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 …
When I was young, I competed on our small-town swim team. The summer before fifth grade, I was on a glorious winning streak until I developed an unfortunate scissor kick and got disqualified from several …
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, …
This is part of an ongoing series on Transformational Leadership.
When Robert J. Denson marked his 20th anniversary as president of Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) in December of 2023, he was quoted as …
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 …
In the early hours of June 28, 1924, a major storm passed through Des Moines. Most news reports called it a tornado. If it was, it was the only tornado in recorded history to ever …
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