PEOPLE & COMMUNITY
Baking with a mission
Marti Payseur opened Thistle’s Summit on the south edge of downtown in 2022. Photo: ...
Faith, refuge and resilience
The architects of the new Es-Selam Mosque in Granger took cues from traditional Islamic ...
2025 LGBTQ Legacy Leaders
From left to right: Tristan Miedema, Kayla Bell-Consolver, Shannon Samuelson, Jenny Smith, Jeremy Weiss ...
Helping kids in Belize
When Nick Cooper took a honeymoon trip to Belize, he brought back more than ...
Remember Seniom Sed? It’s older than you think.
On Monday evening, Sept. 13, 1897, President William McKinley pushed “an electronic button at ...
Coffee Cats celebrates anniversary and adoptions
At Coffee Cats in Valley Junction, guests can attend cat yoga sessions, or just ...
Low impact, high burn: Lagree comes to Iowa
Des Moines' wellness scene is stepping up its game with the arrival of Motionlab, the ...
Stage names: A history of performance venues in three acts
Two components of the 20-year-old Iowa Events Center were renamed this week. As of Tuesday, ...
Sew long, Joann: Fabric store’s closure creates a hard-to-patch hole
It’s the end of an era, the end of an icon: Joann, formerly known ...
