Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom Random House Jan. 7, 2014 $16 383 pp. In “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business,” Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg takes an intriguing look at how habits are made and broken
Read More →Saylorville Lake Marina, a Suntex Marinas property, announced last week its grand opening and Spring Fling celebration for a new Marine Store and Service Center, May 2-4 at 6170 N.W. Polk City Drive in Polk City. With the support of West Marine, it will carry all necessary marine products. The
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Posted April 30, 2014in Cover Story
It’s time for the best season of the year in Iowa, and we ain’t talking about summer: It’s festival season. All summer long (and into the fall and winter), cities and towns all over the Hawkeye State are going to be throwing parties. Indoor, outdoor, one-day or multiple, chances to
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Posted April 30, 2014in Duffy
Posted April 29, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES, Iowa — Talk about a massive return on investment: Iowa receives millions each year from the federal government in exchange for $1 monthly contributions for each of the state’s Medicare recipients. In 2011, Iowa contributed $497,000 and received $39 million from the federal government, a ratio of roughly
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa —Decades of state-mandated subsidies for Iowa’s two greyhound racing tracks may be about to end. In exchange for a $92 million payout to the state’s greyhound racing interests, the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs and the Mystique in Dubuque would no longer be required to subsidize the
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Posted April 24, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
DES MONES, Iowa — Four days after the head of the Internal Revenue Service denied the agency was targeting conservative social welfare organizations applying for tax exempt status, Rep. Bruce Braley signed a letter urging a probe into the political activities of social welfare organizations. Braley was one of 30
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa— The Iowa Economic Development Authority has unmasked Project Alluvion, awarding $18 million in sales tax rebates for Microsoft to build a data center in West Des Moines. Project Alluvion, you might recall, is the code name the city of West Des Moines used for a mystery company
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa — Sioux City’s Interstate 29 mobile speed cameras, which pumped $4.5 million into the city’s general operating budget last year, have just become less profitable. Neighboring South Dakota will no longer provide Iowa or any other state with information that could be used “to impose or collect
Read More →Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! DRIVING AND PARENTING ARE PRIVILEGES Police stopped a car for speeding on April 16 at 12:20 a.m. at the 2000 block of Interstate 235. Upon investigation, the female driver admitted she had given a false name to police. She also had a baby in
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