Scarlets Get an Audience at the Governor’s Office
Two long and winding roads intersected Friday morning in the governor’s private office at the Iowa State Capitol. Vidal Spaine is a man of the world who was born in Sierra Leone and educated in Russia, among other …
A Team Effort by DMPS Responds to an Act of Nature
Thursday night saw the first major thunderstorm of the season hit the Des Moines area. It took a team effort by the DMPS Operations Department to respond to one part of the city hit harder than most. In …
Another Willard Mural Graces Eastside Neighborhood
Hopefully the neighborhood around the State Fairgrounds never runs out of unpainted walls because one thing is certain: the students at Willard Elementary School won’t be running out of ideas for new public artwork for their neighbors. For …
Perkins Penguins Party Like it’s 1919 … Happy Centennial!
Perkins knows how to party. The school that parades around its neighborhood in celebration at the start of each new school year is turning 100 years old this year, and that calls for some extra wingdings. The public …