Posted October 29, 2014in Joe's Neighborhood
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 not kidding. Thirty acres. My goodness, there’s residential homes in Waukee with more acreage. Herbicides, bad weather and row crops
Read More →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 and, of course, football. Oh, and the one big Iowa State win of the year. Which leads us to the
Read More →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 recent Paris Fashion Week in which the most celebrated designers from the “developed” world exhibited their wares, which often seemed
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Posted October 29, 2014in On The Tube
“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 sadder than the continued use of The Laugh Track (yes, there’s only one — all the shows share it) in
Read More →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 the month of September Amount: $24.50 To: Farm and City Supply For: Court Avenue bridge damage Amount: $82 To: Des
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Posted October 29, 2014in Locker Room
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 a massive field where players (depending on position) run about seven miles per game. Foosball is a table-top game that
Read More →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 dammed.” Gov. Terry Branstad took some heat after making a joke about pushing lawyers through the head of a combine…
Read More →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 Martin, own RoCA, and its managing partner is Jason Kapela, co-owner of Louie’s Wine Dive in Des Moines. The unique
Read More →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 Lamborghini when police pulled him over, and he failed to pass a sobriety test. The then-19-year-old was charged with DUI.
Read More →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 the Center from November to June of 2015, including his popular, annual “Home for the Holidays” show. The first event,
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