Amount: $179,240 To: Mid-American Energy Company For: Low-Income Housing Energy Assistance Program payments for 426 local residents — 386 for heat and 40 for electricity — through the Housing Services Department, Community Services Division. Amount: $944.85 To: Bi-Rite Furniture and TV For: Purchase of twin bunk beds (without the
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Posted February 06, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Des Moines said goodbye to another local music great this past week. Iowa Rock-n-Roll Music Association Hall of Fame bassist Joe Hernandez passed away on Jan. 29 at the age of 62. Hernandez was a longtime member of Hall of Fame group The Cavaliers and had most recently played with
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Posted February 06, 2013in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
When the rich and the powerful get pissed off (continued): When last we left the great vinyl-window-vs.-wood-window dispute, James and Roxanne Conlin had hired Doug Gross — yeah, that’s pretty interesting in itself — to sue the City of Des Moines over the weighty issue of whether the Conlins can
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Posted February 06, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Check
Tomahawk ‘Oddfellows’ Ipecac Recordings With a pedigree that includes some of rock and metal’s most creative and avant garde bands, Tomahawk has always been a wildly inventive band. “Oddfellows” kicks that creativity up a notch with the introduction of new bassist Trevor Dunn, formerly of Mr. Bungle. Dunn’s familiarity with
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Posted February 06, 2013in Duffy
Posted February 06, 2013in Center Stage, Recent Posts
After a long night of working on a computer algorithm and a tall glass of whisky, Elliot and Molly find themselves unable to resist one another. Molly easily removes Elliot’s shirt while he fumbles to undo the button on her jeans. The auditorium is silent as she seductively pushes him
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Posted February 06, 2013in Cover Story
The self-proclaimed “practically perfect” Mary Poppins once urged that “a spoon full of sugar will help the medicine go down.” But how about a spoon full of lemon-flavored ice cream laced with bourbon and cayenne pepper to help kick debilitating flu-like symptoms? Ohio-based company, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, is touting
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Posted February 01, 2013in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – Iowans have little way to monitor public officials’ compliance with transparency laws. Even if they do find possible violations, the state affords them few avenues to hold leaders accountable. Take for example the Des Moines School Board. It held a closed session in May citing the provision
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The honest problem of gun control
“Tin soldiers and Nixon’s comin.’ We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drummin,’ four dead in Ohio.” Those of us of a certain age might know these lyrics to the song “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young written in 1970. It was a very emotional time
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