Articles Tagged: Des Moines

There’s hundreds of new novelties at the Iowa State Fair to eat and drink this year. We tried the ones that stood out most.

A Johnson County coffee brand is expanding quickly across Iowa after coming under new ownership.

In June, Parter McCollum released his fifth album, a self-titled effort that’s finished raw and real, leaning into personal songs and a straightforward delivery that moves him into the realm of his songwriting heroes.

A comparison of nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers shows nitrate levels were elevated nearly 40 more days in 2025 than in 2024.

See our thoughts on the top 11 new foods this year before you head out to the Iowa State Fair from Aug. 7-17 in Des Moines.

The announcement to close the building by June 2026, community members say, was poorly handled while the state argues necessary budgetary action

The fifth stop of the newly announced tour will be Oct. 14 in Des Moines at the Casey’s Center (formerly Wells Fargo Arena).

See photos as President Trump headlined an America 250 event at the State Fairgrounds to kickoff a year of celebration of the United States’ semiquincentenial year.

USDTL allegedly “returned a false positive result for cocaine,” the lawsuit claims, and no additional testing was performed to confirm the results.

This year’s lineup for the Iowa Craft Brew Festival features several breweries from around the Corridor.

Iowa to play Bucknell there on Dec. 20 with tickets going on sale next week

Summer is right around the corner, which means its prime time for live music, festivals, fairs and family fun. From jazz to rap to country to rock, there’s plenty to listen, dance and sing along to in Eastern Iowa and beyond this summer.

Today’s Jens Jensen is stewarding the relatively new Jens Jensen Prairie Landscape Park, named for his ancestor. It’s nestled into the grounds of the Museum of Danish America. Located in the tiny town of Elk Horn, about 200 miles west of Cedar Rapids, the museum is emerging as a fascinating place for people of all ethnic backgrounds to visit.

From flower festivals and patriotic parades to county fairs and hot air balloons taking to the skies, there is so much to do, see and celebrate around Eastern Iowa in the coming months.

The New York artist and the Des Moines Art Center were fighting over the future of her work that needed costly repairs and maintenance.