11 days ago | By Wood TV

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Students at Aquinas College are getting quite the Irish experience for St. Patrick's Day.
A group of study-abroad students is in Tully Cross, Ireland for the semester. Students and professors went to a parade filled with thousands of people in a nearby town, Clifden.
"It was fun to see the kids dressed up in costumes and they had their little leprechaun hats on and there was plenty of orange and green and white of course," Laura Krueger said.
"That was something I really excited to see because I do that back home in America too. It was definitely a little bit...
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Pence, Ernst in Des Moines Saturday for foreign policy panel

11 days ago | By Who TV

DES MOINES, Iowa - Former vice president Mike Pence will be in Des Moines Saturday for an event.
Pence is attending a panel about foreign policy hosted by The Bastion Institute. Sen. Joni Ernst and former Maryland governor Larry Hogan are also taking part in the panel.
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The event is being held at The River Center at 340 SW 3rd Street and begins at 9:00 a.m. You can RSVP to the event here .
Pence was last in Iowa in February, when he made a stop in Cedar Rapids to oppose the Linn-Mar School District's transgender policy .
Many...
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How to watch Des Moines' 53rd Saint Patrick's Day Parade

11 days ago | By Who TV

DES MOINES, Iowa - The 53rd Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Des Moines starts at noon Friday. The event is put on by the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and has been a staple for Des Moines since 1978, although they had to take two years off due to COVID.
The tailgate party for the parade started at 6:00 a.m. and will run all the way until 3:00 p.m. It is located at 13th and Grand Ave and will have seating and heaters available for parade viewers who pay the $10 admission.
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Staging for the parade starts at 10 a.m. on Martin Luther King Jr...
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