If you love authentic restorations and car history, the annual Salisbury Automobile Classic is the best of Des Moines, and the event will be held Sunday, September 7 from 12 pm until 5 on the Salisbury House grounds. Ninety vintage cars and hundreds of...
Topics: antique cars, Community, Events, Featured, Fun Finds, Gardens, Great Places, History, Iowa, Salisbury House, Transportation, vintage cars, William Crapo Durant

As you drive south on Beaver toward Forest Avenue, you will see yard signs for seven of the eight candidates for three positions on the Des Moines School Board: Kittie Knauer, Ginny Strong, Jeanette Woods, Dick Murphy, Steve Flood, Kris Crisman, and...
Topics: candidates, Des Moines School Board, Education, election, Featured, In the News, Iowa, Life is Political, Neighbors, Politics

It’s fair to say that everyone is speculating on why John McCain, the Senior Senator from Arizona chose as his potential running mate Sarah Palin, the incumbent Governor of Alaska.I don’t know for sure, but I can think of a few reasons....
Topics: Agriculture, Alaska, Featured, Fun Finds, humor, In the News, Iowa, Lieberman, Life is Political, McCain, Palin, Politics, pork, pork barrel, rural voter guide, Sarah Barracuda, Wasilla

Andy Schlievert has a mind that doesn’t quit. Put that together with a problem-solving approach to life, and you’ve got an inventor. Add to that a business mind, just the right number of friends, and the ability to work with others, and...
Topics: Associations, blind, Books, Business, Facing Des Moines, Featured, invention, Inveo, Invesions, Iowa, Iowa Department for the Blind, Iowa State, national feddraion of the blind, white cane

Lettin’ the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier ‘n puttin’ it back in. Will RogersThat’s what we need: a President that can identify with the people - and we with him.John McCain, the Senior Senator from Arizona and...
Topics: bankruptcy rates, Economics, foreclosure rates, Herbert Hoover, In the News, Iowa, Life is Political, McCain homes, Politics