By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DES MOINES, Iowa, July 29, 2023 – Jamie Buelt, owner of the public relations and marketing agency “en Q strategies” in Des Moines, has been involved in some of the biggest business, political and community campaigns around Iowa over recent decades. But her husband Gary Buelt, their kids, and a few of…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DES MOINES, Iowa, July 22, 2023– In recent days, I finally have accepted reality and given up trying to make happen what would probably have been my last big reporting project – experiencing and writing about baseball in Cuba. Yes, I’m pouting about it. As I told you early this year in…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, July 24, 2023 – There were a lot of younger people scrambling around the courthouse square here on Monday – lining up outdoor toilets, erecting traffic barriers, putting up large canvass shade canopies, hoisting huge promotional signs, helping local groups start setting up their food stands, and more. RAGBRAI L…
By MARY RICHE DES MOINES, Iowa, July 20, 2023 — Dear Team (this includes husband Chuck Offenburger and cousin Ellen Roberts): I’m not riding on RAGBRAI. I fell this past Sunday night during a training ride on one of the recreational trails in the suburb of Johnston. Banged up my knee and shoulder; my helmet…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, July 14, 2023 — There are lots of big, important issues unfolding in Iowa, across the nation and around the world right now. This column isn’t about any of them. The little news here is that Monday this past week, the two chapters of the P.E.O. Sisterhood that co-exist here…