Ben Kaplan

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) -- The Final Salute for a Union Civil War veteran who died in Des Moines nearly 100 years ago got even better after he was discovered by two of his descendants at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Dallas County. In September of last ye... See more

Wesley Perez is the teacher we all wish we had. The army veteran who started a run club for his at-risk students, Mr. Perez has trained more than a hundred students for the LA Marathon—not the 5K or half marathon; he’s taken a hundred teenagers across 42.... See more

I couldn’t quite catch a groove at the Chicago Marathon. The place was beautiful and the weather divine and the people and course—my sneakers and race shorts, gadgets and gels—all were top-notch. I was laden with thousands of dollars of stuff. Deciding to... See more

Final Salute nonprofit lays to rest the unclaimed remains of 13 more veterans at Iowa Veterans Cemetery Editorial Standards Editorial Standards It was a final farewell long overdue for veterans who died with no one to claim their remains. On Saturday in D... See more

Mark Sutcliffe, the Mayor of Ottawa, a runner and the founder of iRun magazine, has vowed to end youth homelessness in Ottawa by 2030. It’s a goal all of us should get behind but sometimes it feels impossible to know how to begin solving that problem. It ... See more