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Holmes Murphy welcomes 27 new shareholders

WAUKEE — Holmes Murphy is welcoming 27 new employee-shareholders including Isaac Novak Sr., native of Conrad, Client Service Consultant, Team Lead, Employee Benefits, further reinforcing its position as one of the nation’s largest privately held insurance brokerages and highlighting the strength of its leadership pipeline through its premier program Holmes Murphy University. Novak is currently working in the Des Moines office. Shareholders influence the company in a variety of impactful ways, including helping to determine the direction of major company initiatives, growing ...

Free indoor nature-based photography workshop is Saturday

PRAIRIE CITY — Escape the summer heat and join photographer and volunteer Mike Cox for an indoor photography workshop at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, 9981 Pacific St., Prairie City. This indoor program is scheduled at the refuge visitor center’s conference room from 10 a.m. to noon on July 18. Come for a fun, nature-inspired photography experience. Explore a variety of hands-on activity stations designed to help budding photographers practice different photography techniques, experiment with composition and discover new creative perspectives. Whether just getting started or ...

Adoption support class meets July 19

Guiding Star Marshalltown announces a new program offering led by Sarah Trosen. This group will support families who are in the early stages of adoption or who have adopted through private, foster or kinship care. The next meeting is from 6 p.m.. to 7 p.m. on July 19 from at 2501 S. Center St., Suite M, Marshalltown. Rooted in faith, this group will help bring the focus back to Jesus in the midst of the process, while offering support as parents navigate all aspects of adoption, including helping children process loss, the waiting seasons, attachment and trauma. Trosen has spent the ...

2026 Corndog Kickoff raises funds and celebrates tradition

DES MOINES — The Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation achieved significant fundraising success at the 2026 Corndog Kickoff Benefit Auction and Fair Food Grazing Party. Saturday's "American Classic" event raised a total of $851,250 toward the renovation and preservation of the historic Iowa State Fairgrounds. Iowa State Fair supporters gathered for a night of fun in the William C. Knapp Varied Industries Building to raise money for ongoing improvement projects around the Fairgrounds. The Blue Ribbon Foundation auctioned off 31 live and 308 silent auction packages. Attendees of 2,200 ...

5-Year Service Award

That’s a wrap! Scenes from the 2026 Central Iowa Fair

Another exciting edition of the Central Iowa Fair wrapped up on Saturday with a host of events including a mud volleyball tournament, livestock shows and a headlining concert from country music legend Sammy Kershaw. The T-R captured photos from all four days of the event and is already ...