Iowa lawyer Robert Allan Wright Jr. got a year-long suspension from the Attorney Disciplinary Board for using money from client accounts to pay up-front fees on a Nigerian inheritance letter that one of his clients received (News of the Weird, Jan. 9). To help Mr. Wright understand what on Earth
Read More →Higher Education A veteran University of Colorado administrator is on forced leave after her sideline made news in December. Resa Cooper-Morning, 54, “cultural diversity coordinator” in the ethnic studies department at CU Denver, also ran a phone-sex business for which she took calls (at a rate of $1.49 a minute,
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Posted January 22, 2014in Joe's Neighborhood
Red Light districts and “coffee shops” that sell marijuana are what most folks know of the Netherlands. That’s too bad. Don’t get me wrong, vice sells. But illicit drugs and anonymous sex, even if we include rock ‘n’ roll, seems a little unambitious for a bucket list of things you
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Posted January 22, 2014in Food Dude
The yellow building at 215 E. Walnut is hallowed ground in Des Moines’ cultural history. It’s where nurse Benichang “Beni” Luangaram converted an automobile garage into the city’s first Thai restaurant. After seven months of remodeling, she recruited her sister Somchai “T” Luangaram to be chef and her then husband
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Posted January 22, 2014in Belly Up To...
If tell someone you’ve never been to Toad’s Tavern, you’re likely to get that slightly condescending response — like confessing you’ve never been to the ocean or you’ve never seen “Animal House” — “Yooooou’ve ne-ver been to Toad’s?!” So if you’ve never been, just go there. Get it checked off
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Posted January 22, 2014in Duffy
Posted January 16, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES, Iowa — A state audit has revealed $775,716.72 in improper spending by the Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services. Most of that money was spent supporting a nonprofit organization whose executive director was also the agency’s director. The report released by State Auditor Mary Mosiman also identifies
Read More →Amount: $8,836.48 To: A+ Lawn and Landscaping Inc. For: Payment for contracted services for the mowing needs of 2013-14. Amount: $10,000 To: Academy for Urban School For: Payment for three Findley Elementary School employees to travel to Chicago Oct. 9-11 for training. Amount: $418.83 To: Airgas North Central
Read More →Downtown Des Moines has a couple of treasures that should get city residents to gladly open their wallets. Radio station KFMG 99.1 on the FM dial, and the Jackson Street pedestrian bridge. Go to KFMG’s website to see the week’s scheduling/offerings, or listen to the great variety of streamed music
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