Trivia, big potatoes and even bigger drinks at Quinton’s
If you work downtown, you’ve likely taken a lunch break or two at Quinton’s Bar and Deli. And if, in fact, you have ventured to the popular sports bar on [...]
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Posted July 09, 2014in Belly Up To...
Posted July 09, 2014in Center Stage
Hair-raising outrage and wailing angels
When composer Jake Heggie first heard someone suggest an opera of “Dead Man Walking” back in 1996, he also began to hear the music. As he puts it, “the hair [...]
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Posted July 09, 2014in Civic Skinny
Huh? Party of Branstad, Grassley wants term limits. New platform would ban gay marriage, kill Obamacare
Terry Branstad has been governor of Iowa for nearly 20 years. He was elected to four terms, sat out for a bit, was re-elected in 2010 and now is seeking [...]
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Posted July 09, 2014in Food Dude
Food trucks hit the spot
Food trucks inspire as much passionate debate as politics. Supporters say they provide an entry-level opportunity to the American entrepreneurial dream. Opponents claim they poach customers from other businesses by [...]
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Posted July 09, 2014in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Des Moines
Amount: $22,003 To: Norwalk Ready-Mixed Concrete Inc. For: Limestone and hauling charges Amount: $948 To: Office Installation Services Inc. For: Moving five employees and miscellaneous furniture the from Armory basement [...]
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Posted July 09, 2014in Your View
The first shall be last, and the last shall be first
State Senator and 3rd District Congressional candidate Brad Zaun has made it known that he may leave the GOP and run for Congress as an independent. He was first in [...]
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Posted July 09, 2014in Locker Room
Need for speed
Racing events are packed with nerve-racking action and excitement. And there’s no place better to check it out than at “The Fastest Short Track on the Planet”: the Iowa Speedway. [...]
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Posted July 09, 2014in Rap Sheet
Metro’s most wanted NAME: Mirsad Kljunic SEX: Male RACE: White AGE: 30 HEIGHT: 5’ 9” WEIGHT: 155 HAIR: Brown EYES: Brown DOB: 9/3/1983 CHARGES: criminal mischief – second degree, OWI [...]
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Posted July 09, 2014in On the Move
Glow-in-the-dark mini golf opens in Jordan Creek
Glowgolf is a glow-in-the-dark miniature golf center that uses florescent golf balls, putters, course obstacles and décor under black lights. It recently opened in the Jordan Creek Town Center in [...]
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Posted July 03, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa ‘celebrates’ another Fourth without legal fireworks
Jerri Andersen wasn’t impressed by the Fourth of July fireworks display at her local Hy-Vee in Urbandale. “Of course, it’s not their fault,” she said. And it isn’t. The supermarket [...]
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