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Posted October 22, 2014in Your Money

Paid for by taxpayers in… of the City of Des Moines

Amount: $515.10 To: Cari Jones For: Reimbursement for registration fees paid to join her aerobics class at Four Mile Community Center Amount: $103.84 To: Plumb Supply Company For: Various parts [...]

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Posted October 22, 2014in Center Stage

Letting their hair down

The title says it is all about the girls. The standout performance comes from Nancy Zubrod as a “woman of a certain age” who is nonetheless party-hearty. Yet the essence [...]

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Posted October 22, 2014in Civic Skinny

Tunks has political edge in police-chief search. Gasp: Populist Art Cullen endorses Branstad.

The opening for police chief of Des Moines was posted on Friday, and since it’s a Civil Service job, it’s an elaborate process to choose a chief. There will be [...]

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Posted October 22, 2014in On The Tube

Monsters Inc.

“Grimm” Friday, Oct. 24 (NBC) “Season Premiere: Law & Order: Supernatural Portlandia” (or, “Grimm” for short) is back! When Season 3 left off, Nick (David Giuntoli) had lost his Grimm [...]

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Posted October 22, 2014in Rap Sheet

Two of a kind David Cassidy, 63, blew .19 on an alcohol test that resulted in his third drunken driving charge in January. The former teen idol was pulled over [...]

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Posted October 22, 2014in Political Mercury

Beware what you run from, Iowa

Joni Ernst is on the verge of cashing in the winning ticket on a crazy bet. She’s wagering Iowa voters, collectively, will assume the mindset of teenage runways and stick [...]

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Posted October 22, 2014in Sound Notes

The Des Moines Music Coalition has named most of the lineup for this year’s Little Big Fest, along with details of an expanded event that spans two days and five [...]

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Posted October 22, 2014in Food Dude

Woody’s — The Ultimate Place for Barbecue

Each of the last five years, Cityview has asked readers’ what they consider to be the ultimate place to go for a certain type of food. Four years ago, you [...]

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Posted October 22, 2014in Locker Room

Girls of the gridiron

The NFL is now entering its eighth week, and it seems virtually everyone has caught football fever by now. Sure, some just have a side comment or an anecdote about [...]

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Posted October 22, 2014in Your View

Ebola won’t wipe us out

Regarding Shirley MacDonald’s letter to the editor, Oct. 9: If the Black Plague could not wipe out the entirety of the human species, neither will Ebola. Julie Luepke –Windsor Heights [...]

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