Amount: $1,667.68 To: Skold Door & Floor Company For: 4 service calls and associated parts Amount: $1,558.80 To: Specialized Wholesale & Technology For: 5 gallons of winter diesel fuel additive Amount: $3,947.20 To: Sprint For: Phone services Amount: $1,021.50 To: Office Max For: Assorted office supplies Amount: $645.17 To: MidAmerican
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Posted December 10, 2014in Duffy
Posted December 10, 2014in Belly Up To...
It’s Saturday night, and the whole group is together. The women want different wines, and men want football and a cigar-induced hangout. The only thing the group can agree on is that everyone wants to go somewhere classy. Sound familiar? Downtown Des Moines is home to a place that can
Read More →Army (4-7) vs. Navy (6-5) When: Saturday, Dec. 13 Where: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland Kickoff: 2 p.m. CDT Now that the college football schedule has wound down, bowl invitations have been sent and accepted and the coaching carousel is ever-so-slightly beginning to turn, it’s time to sit back, rub
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Posted December 10, 2014in Food Dude
Good new ideas enriched the local food scene this year. The Drake Law School premiered Second Course. Students learning about hunger, waste and food insecurity partnered with Sodexo and Eat Greater Des Moines to develop a network that redistributes food that would otherwise go to waste. At press time, they
Read More →Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “You can’t fool me, Jed. That ain’t no Chevy Avalanche!” –Heidi Soliday Runners-up: “Proving yet again he’s no good until his morning coffee, Frank filled his cup with gas and ordered a large macchiato for his pickup.” –Chris Siebrasse “The cartels new plan
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Posted December 10, 2014in Cover Story
Deciding which bathroom to use isn’t a concern for most people. They see the corresponding sign and walk in — no big deal. But for some, it’s not that simple. Society has divided many places and activities — restrooms, sports teams, locker rooms, college communities, clothing stores and dressing rooms
Read More →It is as if the story has been around forever. The hard-hearted old miser, visited by night spirits, awakens to the joy of Christmas. It is a kind of myth that is endlessly adaptable. “A Christmas Carol” had this magic from the first, too. No sooner did Charles Dickens dream
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Posted December 10, 2014in Film Review
“The Pyramid” Rated R 90 minutes Starring: Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O’Hare, Christa Nicola Things Gregory Levasseur has used his directorial debut to prove he doesn’t understand: archeology, geology, physics, Egyptian mythology, science and, apparently, filmmaking. Levasseur’s biggest claim to fame to date is as the writer and producer of the
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Posted December 10, 2014in On The Tube
“Marco Polo” Friday, Dec. 12 (Netflix) Networks are jumping on the sweeping, quasi-historical period piece bandwagon: HBO set it off with “Game of Thrones,” History has “Vikings,” Starz has “Outlander” and “Black Sails,” AMC has “Turn” and “Hell on Wheels,” The CW has “Reign,” and now Netflix is dropping the
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