The Johnston Town Center splash pad will open daily, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., beginning Memorial Day weekend on Saturday, May 28, 2022, through Labor Day, Monday, September 5, 2022. There is no fee to use the splash pad. The splash pad is located in the Town Center, 6245 Merle Hay Rd. Continue Reading...

The Downtown Des Moines Farmers’ Market returned for the 2022 season on May 7 with 275 vendors, including 30-plus newbies. The market spans Court Avenue in downtown Des Moines from Second Avenue to Fifth Street, with side streets along the way filled with vendors. The Des Moines Partnership, which manages the farmers market, expected 40,000 people for opening day, but usually about 25,000 walk the streets from 7 a.m. to noon.

Restaurant kingpins Alexander and Whitney Hall have an empire on their hands. The couple owned five cafes in New York City before moving to Des Moines, opening their first St. Kilda Café & Bakery on MLK Boulevard south of downtown on the bottom floor of Harbach Lofts in 2017. Whitney, who grew up in Urbandale, convinced her London-born husband to give up the New York life and move to the slower pace of bucolic Iowa.

A Starbucks coffee shop logo is seen in the drive thru lane, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Starbucks locations on Tuesday started offering a chocolate-flavored coffee among a slate of new offerings. The Chocolate Cream Cold Brew is topped with a light chocolate cream cold foam, and is sweetened with vanilla syrup.

Join us for Food Truck Thursdays on May 12th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm in the main Shuler parking lot! Charlotte's Kitchen & Totally Rolled Ice Cream food trucks are coming out to serve delicious food & yummy ice cream! They will donate a portion of their profit to our Shuler kiddos…so skip cooking dinner for the night, & enjoy time with other Shuler families!

A Beef Passport program offering incentives to consumers for eating beef at local restaurants has been a huge success, according to Woodbury County Cattlemen’s Association (WCCA) President Mark Nelson. The group launched the program last year, partially to help local restaurants that were struggling to stay open during COVID and partially to promote more beef consumption in their communities.