Des Moines River water rentals available this summer Share Updated: 5:50 PM CDT Jun 15, 2021 Share Updated: 5:50 PM CDT Jun 15, 2021
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Show Transcript ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY DTOIVE INTO THAT. WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE. I THINK IT IS AWESOME. MARCUS: THIS AFTERNOON WAS SPENT AT CAPTAIN ROY’S LOOKING OVER THE RIVER. IT MAKES SENSE TO KAYAKS HERE. I LIKE TO I LIKE TO BE ON THE WATER. THERE’S NOT A LOT OF PLACES TO DO THAT. MARCUS: A SHUTTLE LLWI TAKE THEM TO A DROP OFF POI.NT THAT WILL GET OUT OF THE RIVER AT CAPTAIN ROY ’ DOCK. IT WILL BE GREATO T BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE RIVER AND HAVE A GREAT SPOT TO FINISH. MARCUS: THE COST WILL BE $25 PLUS A SMALL FEE FOR THE SHUTTLE. IT WILL PROVIDE THE KAYAK PADDLES, LIFEJACKETS, AND A SHUTTLE. WE WANT THEM TO COME OUT OF THE WATER IS A THAT WAS THE MOST FUN I HAVE HAD IN MONTHS. I WANT TO GO BA ACKGAIN. I MIGHT WANT TO GET MY OWN KAYAK TE MARCUS: MY OW
Union Park's splash pool did not open on Saturday due to staffing issues. That splash pool and the one at Martin Luther King Jr. Park will not open on Sunday.
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Orange Beach: Beach season is heating up, and the coastal region is getting federal money to help recover from tourism losses caused by the pandemic. The Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration said Thursday that it will provide the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau with $800,000 for a marketing program. The money will be combined with $200,000 in local funding. The agency is helping communities nationwide implement programs to counter economic hardships amid the pandemic, said Dennis Alvord, acting assistant secretary for economic development. “This investment will fund a strategic, multi-faceted marketing campaign designed to attract visitors to the Gulf Shores and Orange Beach area, resulting in continuous economic growth and job creation,” he said in a statement. Officials hope to boost business and reclaim tourists who couldn’t visit during the COVID-19 shutdown, which included the closur
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By Jeff Angelo
Mar 16, 2021
Jeff suspected that all this federal spending would lead to a tax increase and he has all the new, gory details; Jen Fletcher of Des Moines Parks & Recreation details planned improvements to Birdland Park, the excitement over the opening of city golf courses, and the need for seasonal employees to open the pools; Dana Perino discusses her new book, Lessons And Advice For Young Women (from a Former Young Woman); Richard Anderson of Home Solutions of Iowa warns of little-know ways that this Iowa winter may have damaged your home.
Click below to listen to hour two of Need To Know With Jeff Angelo for Tuesday, March 16, 2021.