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Posted January 02, 2026in Just Released

2025 Calendar Year Breaks Record for Great Iowa Treasure Hunt

DES MOINES – State Treasurer Roby Smith announced 2025 was a record-breaking calendar year for reuniting unclaimed property from Great Iowa Treasure Hunt with individuals and businesses. Valued at more [...]

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Posted December 30, 2025in Just Released

Variety – the Children’s Charity’s Two Days of Compassion Radiothon Raises over $221,000 for Iowa Families

Des Moines, IA — Variety – the Children’s Charity of Iowa’s annual Two Days of Compassion Radiothon, presented by Hy-Vee, raised a record-breaking $221,000 (net) to support Iowa children and [...]

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Posted December 17, 2025in Just Released

City of Grimes to Build New Public Administration Building

The Grimes City Council approved plans to build a new Public Administration Building. The building will combine staff who currently work in City Hall and the Grimes Community Complex (GCC). [...]

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Posted December 17, 2025in Just Released

REACH OUT AND READ MIDWEST AND IOWA TOTAL CARE PARTNER TO DISTRIBUTE 30,000 CHILDREN’S BOOKS STATEWIDE

Collaboration expands early literacy access, caregiver–child connection, and health education for families across Iowa DES MOINES, Iowa. (Dec. 5, 2025) – Reach Out and Read Midwest is proud to announce [...]

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Posted December 16, 2025in Just Released

Special Olympics Iowa Inducts Twelve Individuals into Hall of Fame

Grimes, Iowa – Special Olympics Iowa inducted the 2025 class, 12 individuals, into the Special Olympics Iowa Hall of Fame on December 11th. The Hall of Fame class includes four [...]

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Posted December 03, 2025in Just Released

235 Individuals Expected to Take the Polar Plunge in Support of Special Olympics Iowa this Saturday, December 6

West Des Moines, IA – Special Olympics Iowa invites the public to show their support by taking the plunge at the annual West Des Moines Polar Plunge® presented by Polar [...]

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Posted December 03, 2025in Just Released

KCCI Giving Tuesday telethon raises nearly $533,000

DES MOINES, Iowa – KCCI-TV’s sixth annual Food Bank of Iowa Hunger-Free Holidays telethon on Giving Tuesday raised a record $532,937.73 to help Iowans facing food insecurity. That translates to [...]

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Posted November 20, 2025in Just Released

Let’s Paint Iowa Beautiful – 2026 Paint Iowa Beautiful Grants Now Open!

(November 19, 2025) – Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful continue their longstanding partnership of brightening communities across the state through the Paint Iowa Beautiful grant program. The Paint Iowa [...]

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Posted November 20, 2025in Just Released

Clive Wins National Award for Trust in Government

The City received the designation for achieving some of the highest resident ratings in the 2024 National Community Survey. CLIVE, IA – Clive has been named the National Champion for [...]

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Posted November 14, 2025in Just Released

Iowa SNAP Benefits Resume Following End of Federal Shutdown; Food Banks Reach $1 Million Donation Match

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November are being issued following the resolution of [...]

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