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Posted October 29, 2014in Joe's Neighborhood

Water into wine

Dead would not be too strong to describe the wine industry in Iowa just a few years ago. Only 30 acres were in grape production as recently as 2000. I’m [...]

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Posted October 29, 2014in Game Day

Iowa State (2-5) vs. Oklahoma (5-2) When: Saturday, Nov. 1 Where: Jack Trice Stadium Kickoff: 11 a.m. Fall is the best time of the year. You get Thanksgiving, fall colors [...]

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Posted October 29, 2014in News of the Weird

Eye of the beholder The Osiligi Maasai Warrior choir, from Kenya, in ornate, mystifying native costumes and uncalled-for headdresses, happened to be touring the U.K. this fall, coinciding with the [...]

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Posted October 29, 2014in On The Tube

Comic fail

“The McCarthys” Thursday, Oct. 30 (CBS) Series Debut: A fat, loudmouthed, sports-obsessed Bah-ston family has a gay son — and, go for borderline homophobic comedy! Or borderline comedy, period. Even [...]

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Posted October 29, 2014in Your Money

Paid for by taxpayers in… the City of Des Moines

Amount: $59.60 To: American Library Association For: Movie and book posters for Des Moines Public Library Amount: $4,995 To: ABM Parking Services For: Reimbursement for parking at various streets for [...]

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Posted October 29, 2014in Locker Room

In Waukee, foosball plays you

Let us take a dive into the Meta and figure out just what the devil is going on with this week’s athletic endeavor. The game of soccer is played on [...]

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Posted October 29, 2014in GoodNightIowa

A northern Iowa county has doubled the bounty on beavers from $25 to $50 each… When asked what will happen if the beaver population isn’t controlled, officials said, “We’ll be [...]

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Posted October 29, 2014in On the Move

RoCA opens on Court Avenue

The newest downtown dinner restaurant opened last week at 208 Court Ave., where the Sbrocco wine bar used to be. Three real estate brokers, Tyler Dingel, Todd Millang and Brian [...]

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Posted October 29, 2014in Rap Sheet

Two of a kind Justin Bieber, 20, was arrested shortly after 4 a.m. on a Thursday in January for drag racing in Miami Beach, Florida. He was driving a rented [...]

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Posted October 29, 2014in Sound Notes

Max Wellman has announced five concert dates at Drake University’s Turner Jazz Center. Wellman, long a fan of the criminally underused space on Drake’s campus, now has shows running at [...]

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