Organizers said the protests were a direct response to what they characterize as the Trump administration’s “brazen rollback” of civil and human rights.

A photo of the Des Moines Metro Concert Band performing at the Iowa Capitol as it appeared in the Des Moines Register in 1973. Third from the left is the conductor of the band at the time, Robert ...

A crowd estimated to number around 7,000 people gathered outside the Iowa State Capitol Building on June 14 to protest President Donald Trump's administration. The Des Moines protest was just one ...

An estimated 35,000 people attended the Red Bull Soapbox Race in Des Moines, which featured carts — designed to look like everything from a catfish to a camera — that reached nearly 30 mph on ...

The Des Moines Metro Concert and Jazz bands and their predecessors have been performing on that expanse for several summer weeks since 1947. Not in 2025. The Music Under the Stars series moved to ...