Jennifer Vayding spent half of her life in Iowa, and the other half in Singapore. Just as the pandemic started, Vayding — who was born in Laos, moved to Iowa at age 10, and graduated from the ...

A new restaurant in Ankeny offers a street food-inspired experience with shrimp pancakes, curried beef sandwiches, spicy coconut soup and more dishes from east and southeast Asian countries. Hawker's ...