Alex Fulton

3 days ago | weareiowa.com | Alex Fulton

DES MOINES, Iowa — The 2025 Capital City PrideFest is just three days away. Iowa's largest LGBTQ festival lost between $60,000 to $70,000 in corporate sponsorship, compared to last year. For context, that’s about 10% of PrideFest’s total budget. Local 5 compared this year’s PrideFest sponsor page to last year’s Pride Guide and found that 17 previous sponsors aren’t returning this year.

4 days ago | weareiowa.com | Alex Fulton

DES MOINES, Iowa — The City of Des Moines will no longer offer some of its mosquito control services. The city is discontinuing efforts to spray neighborhoods to reduce the number of mosquitoes. It won’t be trapping and counting mosquitoes anymore either. Those services have been performed for the past two decades, most recently by Clarke Mosquito Control Company. The city said it is discontinuing the services due to budget constraints, with the move expected to save $375,000.

5 days ago | weareiowa.com | Alex Fulton

DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines businesses were happy to see an uptick in foot traffic this weekend due to the Principal Charity Classic. The tournament is one of the top five events in the city in terms of economic impact, according to Catch Des Moines. On average, more than 70,000 people attend Iowa’s only PGA Tour event each year. “Friday, Saturday and now today, Sunday, got some big crowds out here,” Catch Des Moines President Greg Edwards said.

6 days ago | abc10.com | Alex Fulton

KNOXVILLE, Iowa — May is known as Mental Health Awareness Month. Marley Larson, 18, from Knoxville started a nonprofit to spread positivity after her brother, Chase, died by suicide at 19. Chase was on the Knoxville Volunteer Fire Department and was also a race car driver. In 2019 Marley held the first Suicide Prevention Horse Show in her brother’s memory. “I was definitely told a lot, ‘just wait, you're too young,’” Marley said.

6 days ago | weareiowa.com | Alex Fulton

KNOXVILLE, Iowa — May is known as Mental Health Awareness Month. Marley Larson, 18, from Knoxville started a nonprofit to spread positivity after her brother, Chase, died by suicide at 19. Chase was on the Knoxville Volunteer Fire Department and was also a race car driver. In 2019 Marley held the first Suicide Prevention Horse Show in her brother’s memory. “I was definitely told a lot, ‘just wait, you're too young,’” Marley said.