Posted November 19, 2014in Political Mercury
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, captured 37 of the 39 counties the 4th congressional district to easily win re-election to a seventh term. He cleared the 80-percent-vote threshold in some of his more reliable reaches. His opponent, Boone Democrat Jim Mowrer, an Iraq War veteran, lost his home county to
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Posted November 19, 2014in Civic Skinny
Six weeks before Dahl’s filed for protection under the bankruptcy laws this month, it quit paying its former chief executive the severance negotiated when he left the grocery chain earlier this year. And three weeks before the bankruptcy was filed, he sued. According to the suit filed Oct. 20 in
Read More →Bob Etvel recently opened a new bar and restaurant at 8410 Hickman Road in Clive, where Drink was previously located. Serving fresh, not frozen, foods such as deep dish and thin-crust pizza, onion rings and mozzarella sticks, Celebrations aims to give customers an after-work party experience with DJs, party favors
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Posted November 12, 2014in Joe's Neighborhood
Great teachers are out there, folks. I’m talking about great teachers who are giants walking today’s earth. Great teachers who will make you lean in, or step back or gasp. Who, when they get done, make you realize you are no longer the same person. The planet has shifted. You have changed
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones Harper Collins 09/02/14 $16.99 336 pp Fans of Michael Perry’s earlier essays will recognize familiar elements from those works, and readers of “The Scavengers” will find it easy to also love his new, engaging adventure story. Perry gives us a smart, strong
Read More →Taylor Swift is coming back to Des Moines, but don’t get your line-camping tents out just yet. The show isn’t for another year. That’s right, in a move that bucks just about any kind of conventional thinking, “Tay-Tay” has announced a year’s worth of shows all at once. Because there’s
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Posted November 12, 2014in Sound Circuit
No Good Deed is refreshing, not only because there aren’t enough Des Moines area bands doing the post-punk sound well, but because it is a band without a single member younger than your faithful scribe. “I came from Ames, originally,” said guitarist Doug Hansen. “I was a part of the
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Posted November 12, 2014in Duffy
UNI (6-4) vs. Southern Illinois (6-4) When: Saturday, Nov. 15 Where: Saluki Stadium, Carbondale, Illinois Kickoff: 2 p.m. CDT Purple and gold it is! The only major college team in the state of Iowa to actually show up for a game last Saturday won headlines and hearts following a 23-3
Read More →Amount: $5,578.40 To: Adrenaline Fundraising For: Cookie dough fundraiser Amount: $10,065 To: Visiting Nurse Services For: May, June and April services Amount: $1,272 To: Plasco Inc. For: White self-adhesive labels Amount: $2,656.90 To: A Tec Recycling Inc. For: Recycling of fluorescent bulbs Amount: $21,324.25 To: A+ Lawn & Landscape Inc.
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