Paid for by taxpayers in… Des Moines
Amount: $1,852.42 To: YMCA shelter For: Purchase of 18 cases of Morning-After Plan B pills and three crates of assorted condoms. Amount: $200 To: Belle Salon For: Mustache grooming [...]
Read More →Amount: $1,852.42 To: YMCA shelter For: Purchase of 18 cases of Morning-After Plan B pills and three crates of assorted condoms. Amount: $200 To: Belle Salon For: Mustache grooming [...]
Read More →“Sit back and do nothing if that’s what you want to do. That’s never been my style.” Corey Taylor has done a lot in his life. As the front man [...]
Read More →I’m writing from Newton Correctional Facility, where I’ve been locked up for the past three years. The day Cityview arrives in our library is a highlight of my week, except [...]
Read More →“Strap-On” 3 stars Rated NC-17 152 mins. Drama Trashmeister writer/director John Waters takes ironic comedy and social commentary to an all-time sleazy low in his new movie “Strap-On.” Waters deviates [...]
Read More →On the heels of Sony’s PlayStation 4 announcement, Microsoft unveiled its next-gen game console at a New York City press event last week. Curiously, the system was christened the Xbox [...]
Read More →The good In the wake of her departure from the superintendent’s seat for Des Moines Public Schools, Nancy Sebring has recently announced she will be making a comeback by running [...]
Read More →Reading obituaries feels a little like reading the daily racing form at Prairie Meadows. You quickly scan the page to see how many of the departed are your age or [...]
Read More →April is “Daycare Month” at ZZZ Records. Drop your children — ages 3-9 — off at the record store any time during business hours for complimentary daycare all day long. [...]
Read More →Iowa Republican insiders tell Political Mercury they’re planning on rolling out an unconventional political makeover of Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, one fraught with potential trip wires that could confound her [...]
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