Thursdays Music in the Junction season lineup was announced, featuring the usuals, plus some newcomers: May will have Comfort Zone, Bella Soul, Gimikk, Get Off My Lawn and SP3; June [...]
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Posted April 02, 2014in Sound Notes
Posted April 02, 2014in On the Move
Get your hair done while watching ‘Bridesmaids’
Clive is home to the new Penelopie Beauty Bar, which opened on March 24, designed to be that one-stop shop destination for all beauty needs and for any event or [...]
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Posted April 02, 2014in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! SHOTS FIRED On March 22 at about 3 a.m. police were called to the 1100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway for [...]
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Posted April 02, 2014in News of the Weird
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Kevin Walters, 21, staged an emotional, though unsuccessful, one-man, chained-to-the-door protest in March to prevent the closing of a commercial rest stop along the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway [...]
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Posted April 02, 2014in Sound Check
Twins “Tomboys on Parade” Maximum Ames I am nakedly, unabashedly, undoubtedly a fan of Twins. The music has a happy-go-lucky, early ’60s throwback feel to it that is undeniable fun. [...]
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Posted April 02, 2014in Center Stage
‘Porgy and Bess,’ the legacy and the controversy
Did some heavenly theater professor set up Des Moines as a seminar on opera and musical theater lately? Over at the Playhouse we’ve got “Les Misèrables,” as close to opera [...]
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Posted April 01, 2014in Rap Sheet
Posted April 01, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa goes retro to keep millions from tax that doesn’t exist
DES MOINES, Iowa— For six years, the state has collected more than $20 million for a tax that didn’t exist. When questioned about it, the Legislature adopted the solution preferred [...]
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Posted April 01, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
In Iowa, your taxes help corporations not pay theirs
DES MOINES, Iowa — As the deadline to pay income taxes approaches, it’s important to remember that government does more than just take your money — it also uses your money [...]
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Posted April 01, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Federal law can’t make school kids eat their vegetables
DES MOINES, Iowa— A federal law designed to help Iowa kids slim down is making lunchroom garbage cans heavier with government-mandated fruits and vegetables. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of [...]
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