A popular Eastern Iowa brewery is reaching across the state with plans to move into the capital city.
Big Grove Brewery will be expanding to Des Moines in an undisclosed location, Rachel Furman, a brewery manager at the Iowa City location, confirmed. She said plans are underway to bring Big Grove to central Iowa between March and May 2022.
The team at Big Grove has had its sights set on Iowa expansion since opening the original location in 2013. The 5,200 square-foot brewpub is located in Solon, Iowa.
In 2017, co-founders Matt and Faye Swift and Doug Goettsch added a second, 26,000- square-foot facility in Iowa City. The Iowa City taproom offers a large patio with yard games and a menu from Executive Chef Benjamin Smart, who was recognized as 2018 Restaurateur of the Year by the Iowa Restaurant Association.
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The head of Sioux City’s NAACP reflects on the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd.
“We have seen change that people are talking about, but I don’t know we can put our teeth into it, because things are still happening.”
That is Ike Rayford who is talking about incidents involving injustice against Black men across the country.
He say accountability is important and is happening in the case surrounding Officer Dereck Chauvin convicted in the murder of George Floyd and the upcoming litigation involving the other officers in the case.
Rayford says he is satisfied with tranparancy shown by local law enforcement. The Sioux City Police Department started using body cameras late last year.