Look out, Pleasant Hill. The minions are taking over — at least for a day. This year’s annual Family Funfest will take place all day Saturday, July 26, and this year the day-long party has a theme: the short, yellow, denim-overall-wearing minions of “Despicable Me” fame. “All our volunteers will be wearing daisy-colored shirts with […]
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This year’s Altoona Palooza is a special one: the city’s annual event turns 5. It’s a major milestone for the town festival, which takes place Aug. 23 at Sam Wise Youth Complex, 1000 Eighth St. S.E. Admission is free to the daylong celebration, which begins at 8 a.m. with a pancake breakfast and culminates in […]
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The city of Waukee has certainly grown considerably in the last decade or two, and the Waukee Community School District is no exception to that. The district is the fastest growing in the state of Iowa with more than 900 staff members serving more than 8,000 students in grades preschool through 12th grade. Waukee schools […]
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It’s as if the garden has been calling men and women to return ever since that time of biblical banishment. Here, with sun-baked faces, soil-caked fingernails and songbirds giving their serenade, the human race becomes a little bit more human again. “I like the tranquility of it,” says Julie Wilber. But this isn’t a spiritual […]
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Bondurant’s Lake PetockaThon returns on Friday, Aug. 1 at 2 p.m. At this friendly competition, teams comprised of three to four people compete in a variety of outdoor challenges to win a coveted traveling prize. This hometown event offers a number of reasons to attend, but chief among them may just be to have a […]
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Every week a group of little green thumbs and their families carefully weed, water and harvest produce from the vegetable gardens located down the hill from Perkins Elementary School. The garden is part of a growing effort among Des Moines Public Schools to introduce students to where and how their food is grown. It shows […]
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Show your love and support to leukemia patients by attending “A Miracle for Matthew Blood Drive” at Westview Church’s Worship Center on July 29 between 2-6:30 p.m. The blood drive is in honor of Matthew Barker and other children who need blood transfusions for cancer treatments. Barker is a member of Westview Church. He was […]
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Once upon a time a little white schoolhouse taught Boonesboro’s children their ABCs, to read, write, spell and do arithmetic. At the school they learned about far away places and the history of their own country. Proper work ethics and patriotic ideals were drilled into them. The “Little White School,” as it was affectionately called, […]
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Pleasant Hill dentist Chad Johnson keeps more in his garage than his cars, a rake, screwdriver and a few screws. What he keeps in his garage will, with the help of the weather, good food and a supportive crew, take him from one side of the state to the other –– in one day. By […]
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Wolf Creek sits on the southernmost edge of Bondurant. Complete with a clubhouse and swimming pool, the development has formed through progressive stages in the last 10 years. It was during one of the initial phases in 2007 when Brie Carl and son Aiden became fixtures of the Wolf Creek community. Originally from the Ankeny […]
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special guest here this edition. You may know them from class. You may know them from the Internet. But after this you’ll simply know them as Stoopid. “Not to be confused with Slightly [Stoopid],” says Chris. “We’re full-blown Stoopid.” It’s been about three years since Cathy Hull was […]
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Since graduating with a degree in elementary education from the University of Northern Iowa, Beth Jones has taught at a variety of locations across the United States. But it wasn’t until the year 2001 that she accepted a position with the Southeast Polk School District, ultimately making her way back to her home state. “Teaching […]
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