Sully’s, Irish and unchanged, except for new owners
Ever been washing your knickers at the laundromat and decide to yourself, “You know, this place would be more fun if it were a bar?” It’s not exactly known if [...]
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Posted June 05, 2013in Belly Up To...
Posted June 05, 2013in Duffy
Posted June 05, 2013in The Sound
For Lynch, music’s future is Unknown
Keith Lynch is frustrated. As the sole perpetrator behind dream pop act Unknown Component, Lynch one of the few musicians around who not only handles every aspect of his music [...]
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Posted June 05, 2013in Tech Talk
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Every so often I catch myself getting a little too “inside baseball” when it comes to talking tech. Understanding how to use an application or website is not innate, and [...]
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Posted June 05, 2013in Good Bad Ugly
The good Des Moines radio station STAR 102.5 raised more than $163,000 during its 15th Annual Big Ken and Colleen’s Kids Radiothon. All proceeds will benefit families who receive care [...]
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Posted June 05, 2013in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Des Moines
Amount: $875 To: Commercial Bag and Supply Co. For: Purchase of 500 blue shop rags for the Public Works Department. Amount: $1,171.30 To: Becker Professional Education For: Payment for [...]
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Posted June 05, 2013in Book Review
‘Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Julie Goodrich Little Brown and Co. April 23, 2013 $27 275 pp. A new David Sedaris book is always a cause for celebration. I [...]
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Posted June 05, 2013in Civic Skinny
Where’s Aikman? Toyota sues Tirrell
Remember when Marty Tirrell brought Troy Aikman to town a year or so ago to do promotional appearances for Toyota of Des Moines? No? Neither does Toyota of Des Moines. [...]
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Posted June 04, 2013in Rap Sheet
Posted June 03, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa lawmakers’ top five fails in the 2013 session
DES MOINES – Iowa lawmakers have dubbed the 2013 legislative session a banner year that brought compromise on large issues that have previously failed to yield bipartisan deals and extended [...]
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