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 [...]
Read More →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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Read More →“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 [...]
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 [...]
Read More →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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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