The good Getting some young adults to leave the comfort of their parents’ home can be a challenge. Trying to locate one who chose to hitchhike and train-hop across the country is quite another. Daniel Landgrebe, 20, was reported missing since June 24, but was found alive earlier this week
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Posted July 10, 2013in Good Bad Ugly
Posted July 10, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood
The interrogator
Come on. This is just weird. He is sitting way too close. His knee is almost touching yours. Can you tell him to back up? Is your breathing getting a little ragged? Does he notice that your eyes are moistening? The lean of his body into yours is as intimate
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Posted July 10, 2013in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Polk County
Amount: $2,750 To: Acme Signs For: Purchase of 10 basic graphic kits for 10 new Ford Explorer police vehicles, not including the cost of installation. Amount: $23,730.48 To: Ahlers and Cooney P.C. For: Payment for legal fees in relation to a Polk County vs. Populous Inc. lawsuit, including $1,347.88
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Posted July 10, 2013in Belly Up To...
It’s not None Of Your Business; it’s Rumors
This is a story that begins with a man named Tyrone Tyler. He is a man of many passions, which he wears on his sleeve — literally. Before even shaking his hand, you will know he loves football because of the decals on his ball cap and T-shirt. Look more
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Posted July 10, 2013in The Sound
Copland comes home all jazzed up
Big Things were in the offing for Roxi Copland when we last spoke. Thirteen months ago, Copland was on the cusp of relocating from Vancouver, B.C., back to the Midwest (this time trading the pastoral vistas of Iowa for the unkempt wilds of Wisconsin). She was also in the process
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Posted July 10, 2013in Locker Room
Give a good stretch with yoga in the park
There is just something about a good stretch that makes a person feel limber and ready. For those with limited flexibility, people who first try yoga can come off looking less like an agile feline and more like Garfield — it can feel embarrassing. On the other hand, those with
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Posted July 10, 2013in Civic Skinny
Kay Runge keeps Mark Braun off committee;
The board of Iowa Public Radio has named a three-person search committee to find a replacement for the ousted Mary Grace Herrington. Doug West chairs it, and Warren Madden and Steve Firman serve on it. Board chair Kay Runge appointed herself as an ex officio member, which, as she noted
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Posted July 10, 2013in Book Review
‘William Shakespeare’s Star Wars’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Shirley Shiffler Quirk Books July 2, 2013 $14.95 174 pages What would happen if one of our greatest writers joined forces with one of the most popular movies ever? The answer is “William Shakespeare’s Star Wars.” This last year has brought us several lighthearted
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Posted July 10, 2013in Duffy
Posted July 10, 2013in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! ROBBER AT LARGE Investigations of a robbery at Valero convenience store, 3733 Easton Blvd., began around 5:30 p.m. on June 25 after a man demanded money from an employee at knife-point. The suspect fled from the business on foot after taking cash. Surveillance footage
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