Posted January 09, 2013in Featured Story, Political Mercury
State Sen.-elect Mark Segebart, a Vail Republican who will represent a wide swath of western Iowa starting next week, says the purpose of the Second Amendment is to empower Americans [...]
Read More →Amount: $151.76 To: Sam’s Club For: Purchase of 110 pairs of black socks and one 170-ounce bottle of Febreze for the fire department. Amount: $171,280 To: MidAmerica Energy For: [...]
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Posted January 09, 2013in The Sound
The Bombay Bicycle Club closed its doors for remodeling on Jan. 1. When the Clive watering hole re-opens at the end of this week, you’ll notice a number of changes. [...]
Read More →When you’ve got a band with the pedigree of The Queers coming in to town to perform, you can always expect two things: a heavy turnout and a killer performance. [...]
Read More →The good Inspired by her friend who lives with a disability, a 9-year-old Ankeny girl named Elizabeth Overberg recently went campaigning door to door and raised $721 for the proposed [...]
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Posted January 09, 2013in Locker Room
Though snow covers the greens at Waveland and other area golf courses, there is no need to put your putter away. On Saturday, Feb. 2, The First Tee of Greater [...]
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Posted January 09, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom Harper Collins 5/22/2012 $24.99 226pp. The current trend in cookbooks is toward sumptuous tomes replete with tantalizing photographs. A new cookbook with [...]
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Posted January 09, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
The Des Moines Symphony has received $1.5 million in corporate pledges to its 75th anniversary campaign. The corporate support, which comes in from businesses including Principal Financial, Meredith Corp., Aviva, [...]
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Posted January 09, 2013in Film Review
“On the Road” 4 stars Rated R 124 mins. Drama Starring: Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart Enough time has passed since Jack Kerouac shocked American literary culture with his [...]
Read More →‘The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series’ (M) ****1/2 Telltale Games Xbox 360 Adventure games always have to strike a balance between the narrow constraints of a structured narrative and [...]
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