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Johnston, Iowa · JohnstonAs Iowa’s Latino population grows, so too does the footprint of our community’s annual festival. We are excited to share that Iowa’s Latino Heritage Festival will now encompass an additional block – 13th Street between Locust Street and Grand Avenue – to create an event better experience for festival attendees. This festival is our community’s showcase of our culture through music, art, dance, and food. It also educates the greater Des Moines co…See the Story
2023 Iowa’s Latino Heritage Festival
Pentagon · JohnstonThe USS Sioux City sails toward the U.S. Naval Academy for its official commissioning in 2018. U.S. Navy photo. Iowa is about as far removed from an ocean as you can get. But this state figures in recent news reports about the U.S. Navy — and not in a puff-up-our-chest-with-pride way. One of the reports was a New York Times examination of the Navy’s largest ship-building budget in history, $32 billion this year alone, and the tug-of-war that pot…See the Story
Pentagon lesson on waste sails into Iowa
World Health Organization · Johnston(LeMars IA.) lowa Liberty Network hosting their lowa Liberty Festival on September 16, 2023 WHO: Iowa Liberty Network (PAC)
WHAT: low Liberty Festival – Political Information and Fundraising Event
WHEN: 1:00-7:00 PM CST, Saturday, September 16°
WHERE: 7351 NW 100th St. Johnston, lowa
Location contact: Barbara Clayton, (712) 330-1288 Iowa Liberty Network (ILN) is a grassroots, nonpartisan organization focused on electing
constitutional conservati…See the Story
lowa Liberty Network to Host low Liberty Festival Johnston, lowa September 16, 2023
Johnston, Iowa · JohnstonAccording to the Society for Human Resource Management, direct replacement costs of an employee are as high as 50-60% of that employee’s annual salary. Those are the costs associated with recruiting, hiring and training a new employee. However, the total cost of turnover can equal 90-200% of that annual salary when accounting for measurable costs like accrued paid time off and overtime coverage for other employees, as well as costs that are hard…See the Story
Onboarding and retention
Gambling · JohnstonWinter and construction may be known as Iowa’s two seasons, but it might be time to add a third: gambling. New research from casinos.com details gambling expenditures across several states and shows Iowans — and not just university athletes — have an affinity for placing bets that rivals those from states in the rest of the country. See details at www.casinos.com/news/america-s-biggest-gamblers. Not surprisingly, Nevada tops the list of states w…See the Story
Iowa ranks 4th in gambling. ISU (finally) sends coaching contracts. State Fair has 2nd largest attendance ever.
Johnston, Iowa · Johnston“TMNT: Mutant Mayhem”PG | 99 minutesDirectors: Jeff Rowe, Kyler SpearsWriters: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff RoweStars: Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon Based on the 1984 comic book by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, the Ninja Turtles were originally meant as a spoof of other superheroes. Rather than flying gods in tights, these were sewer-dwelling reptiles mutated into anthropomorphic crime-fighters under the paternal g…See the Story
‘TMNT: Mutant Mayhem’ continues lasting legacy of Turtle Power
Johnston, Iowa · JohnstonRuth’s Chris Steak House’s upstairs dining room. When Jordan Creek Town Center was under construction the decade before its 2004 opening, developers told me they wanted to attract Ruth’s Chris Steak House so badly they offered incentives. At the time, the Dallas, Texas, company deemed West Des Moines too small. Earlier this summer, Ruth’s Chris opened the largest store in its entire chain on Jordan Creek Parkway. It’s a magnificent validation o…See the Story
Grandeur and glamour west of town
Johnston, Iowa · JohnstonBy 1893, records show Polk County was home to 23 coal mines with more than 500 men employed. Image provided by Darlene Oliver from her self-published book “The Shuler Coal Mine.” I have written about coal mining in the metro previously with the Shuler Mines in Waukee. It’s surreal to think that Des Moines is littered with abandoned mines under the streets and our homes. What creatures could be living in those old caverns? Have you ever seen the …See the Story