Posted February 28, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES, Iowa — On Jan. 5, 2012, Paul Valin called the police to report he’d found a backpack containing what he believed to be meth-making equipment. That simple act of good citizenship landed his and wife Cindy’s house on the National Clandestine Laboratory Register, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency’s list of
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Posted February 27, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES, Iowa — Hard work and determination may be traditional ingredients for success, but they’re no match for having the federal government force customers to buy your product. Consider these economic numbers. Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted farm income will decline by 27 percent in 2014.
Read More →Play the “Name the Crime” Quiz! WOMAN BEATER Police were called to an alley at the 1400 block of East Walnut on Feb. 15 around 3:45 p.m. An injured woman on scene was transported to the hospital. There, police talked to her boyfriend, the witness. He said they had
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Harriet Leitch Walden Pond Press Sept. 24, 2013 Hardcover $16.99 341 pp. Anne Ursu’s “The Real Boy” is a work of magic and fantasy that revolves around numerous themes of friendship, self-esteem, self-reliance and societal over-dependence on life-saving magic. Oscar is the “hand” for
Read More →If you’ve been waiting for a sign you need to take up coding, consider the story of the messaging application WhatsApp. In its five-year history, WhatsApp was only able to raise a paltry $8 million from a single investor, yet spring forward to last week, with its purchase by Facebook
Read More →It’s been a long day, and Rich Cantrell is uncomfortable. The Cirrus Minor keyboardist/hype man has been on set recording the band’s new music video since the early hours, and now his socks are wet. “It’s from all that slush outside,” the ever-smiling Cantrell said. “Bringing everything in from the
Read More →Tickets to the Civic Music Association’s presentation of Philip Glass went on sale on Feb. 24. Glass kicks off the Civic Music Association’s 90th anniversary season with a performance at Sheslow Auditoriuma on Sunday, April 6. Tickets range from $25 to $50 and are available through www.midwestix.com or by calling
Read More →Love Songs For Lonely Monsters Self-Titled Independent After a couple years of delays and issues, LSFLM’s studio debut is here with some surprising results. For starters, the album’s a triumph of production: It’s the best they’ve ever sounded. LSFLM’s live shows are often hit-or-miss affairs, but with all the levels
Read More →On a recent stop at Chicago’s Art Institute, I spent time with the Greco-Roman antiquities. Most bare a picture of some god — or is it an actor, playing a god? Theater, with its masks and props, turns up all over these ancient wares, and such pictures came to mind
Read More →Amount: $5,720 To: All Country Construction For: Payment for services for conducting a final inspection of a residential property at 3120 E. Washington Ave., in Des Moines. Amount: $205.50 To: Forestry Suppliers Inc. (Mississippi) For: Purchase of three bark scrapers, including $12.93 in shipping charges, for the Public Works
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