Posts Tagged ‘ Des Moines ’

Hairball Set to Rock at Fairgrounds’ Jacobson Center

DES MOINES, IA (01/26/2011) Hairball brings their head-banging 80s rock to the Jacobson Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds Saturday, March 12. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $15 in advance or $20 day of show and go on sale Monday through www.iowastatefair.org. Hairball is the world’s ultimate “80s arena rock” impersonation act,...
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Quick Reads: Information from IDPH

Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, B.S.N., M.Ed., M.D., has begun her tenure as director of Iowa Department of Public Health. Her first newsletter in this post can be found here. Miller-Meeks served as a Lt. Col. with the U.S. Army Reserves, was the first female faculty member of the University of Iowa Ophthalmology Department and the...
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Transportation Day at the Capitol 2011 Set for January 26: Coalitions unite to support transportation infrastructure investment

For Immediate Release: January 13, 2011 Des Moines, Iowa – On January 26, 2011, representatives of highway associations and coalitions, local elected officials, engineers, economic developers, and other stakeholders will join together for Transportation Day at the Capitol. Their purpose is to emphasize the necessity for transportation infrastructure investment in Iowa. Transportation Day 2011...
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Treasurer Fitzgerald Reminds Teachers to Register for Free Pencils: Teachers must submit their requests for pencils before the April 1st deadline

DES MOINES, IA (01/13/2011)(readMedia)– State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald wants every second and third grade teacher in the state to take advantage of the free pencils being offered through Prepare for the Basics. This no-cost program, which provides pencils for students to use during the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, supplied almost 13,500 students...
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Sixty-one Iowans apply for Iowa Supreme Court seats

Sixty-one Iowans have applied with to fill the three vacancies on the Iowa Supreme Court created when the terms of Chief Justice Marsha Ternus, Justice Michael Streit and Justice David Baker ended on Dec. 31. The list includes Polk County judges, former federal prosecutors, an Iowa Court of Appeals judge, private attorneys and a...
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