Immigration in central Iowa
With a country built on a diverse population, the United States and immigration go hand in hand — and that includes Iowa. Even while located in the middle of the [...]
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Feature Story
Summer jobs — they work!
Times are changing in the workplace. Overall, young people are less eager to join the labor market than previous generations, particularly since COVID shutdowns. Many companies are turning to retired, part-time [...]
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Chambers merging, Partnership leadership history, early campaign contributions and unpaid fines
The Windsor Heights Chamber of Commerce, which formed in 2004 and currently has 58 members listed on its website, merged operations with the Urbandale Chamber of Commerce, which formed in [...]
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Council Bluffs’ Turek in conversation as ‘next Tom Harkin’
There is, of course, only one Tom Harkin, a retired U.S. senator who constructed a legislative and political legacy few Democrats in Iowa — and indeed the nation — have. [...]
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‘Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me’ doesn’t provide much insight
“Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me” is another variation on a familiar cautionary tale: a warning about fame chewing people up and spitting them out — with Netflix guilty [...]
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Road trip destinations
Road trips are for all seasons but winter. But without a truly special destination, why would we bother? Two places, one less than 40 miles from downtown, the other less [...]
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The 1961 plane crash on Country Club Boulevard
This story developed because I received a speeding ticket in Nebraska this past March. It was one of those deals when I was going 10 mph over the speed limit, [...]
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The Irish Potato
So… what about the potato in Ireland? “You call them fries, we call them chips. What you call potato chips, we call crisps.” Emmett Maher, the restaurant manager at Beshoffs [...]
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‘Native Gardens’ is sure to grow on audiences
The Des Moines Community Playhouse has leveraged more than a century of community development and partnership into diverse programing that reaches across the entire range of live theatre tastes. Being [...]
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Speakeasy trend grows in Des Moines
After Congress ratified the 18th Amendment in 1919, the manufacturing, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages were banned nationwide. However, Iowa started its own prohibition in 1916. But prohibition efforts [...]
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CITYVIEW’s question of the week
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Art News
The melancholy master and his ilk
The Des Moines Art Center’s Print Gallery is an underappreciated gem. Almost every show provides great lessons in history, culture and “there is nothing new under the sun” humility. “Rembrandt [...]
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Willie Farrell at Tumea & Sons
Willie Farrell is Des Moines’ resident comedian. He has lived here his entire life, though his talent could have opened big doors out east and west. He is also the [...]
Read More →People & Pets
Brandi Munch finds cats and dogs therapeutic
Some people might declare they are either a cat person or a dog lover. Brandi Munch likes both. Brandi had dogs as a youth and as an adult. After her [...]
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Triple Crown Sports Bar
An established southside location has transformed into a neighborhood bar, Triple Crown Sports Bar. Located at 1500 S.E. First St., the previous digs housed various bars the past 60 years. [...]
Read More →Sound Circuit
Alleygrass
Alleygrass is an up-and-coming bluegrass/jam band that is performing at the Bevington Bluegrass Festival on June 17 at the Briar Patch Amphitheater. Colby Burhenn, founder of Alleygrass, sings and plays [...]
Read More →Cars in the City
Nissan’s Ariya is its first electric SUV
The EV (electric vehicle) market is booming. Each year, automotive manufacturers jump on the plug-in band wagon, touting their new vehicles. Nissan first launched the Leaf in 2010. New for [...]
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Millions of reasons why outside scrutiny is important
When FBI agents led a Dixon, Ill., official out of city hall in handcuffs and the charges against her became public, the most often asked question was “How.” How did [...]
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