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Posted January 14, 2015in Your Money

Des Moines City Hall Paid on Jan. 6

Amount: $250 To: First Friday Breakfast Club For: Donation Amount: $368 To: Movie Licensing USA For: Copyright compliance site license – North Side Library Amount: $923.89 To: Union Pacific Railroad [...]

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Posted January 14, 2015in Locker Room

Cardboard, Paint and Duct Tape

Life may be more about the journey than the destination, but time trials are another story. It doesn’t matter how you finish, only that you do finish. While Iowans were [...]

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Posted January 14, 2015in News of the Weird

Other Best Friends

People’s love for their pets reached a new high in December when a British man paid a veterinarian the equivalent of $500 to perform delicate surgery on a sick office [...]

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Posted January 14, 2015in Center Stage

Swapping Genders

“It’s the kind of exciting work StageWest has always brought to town,” claims Todd Buchacker. “It proves we’re still taking chances.” Buchacker, the director for this show, might be talking [...]

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Posted January 14, 2015in Cover Story

Two Sides of the Coin

Des Moines has been at the top of multiple national listings in varying “best of” categories recently — everything from “best up-and-coming city for foodies” to “best city for young [...]

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Posted January 14, 2015in Belly Up To...

Wine flows in flights at Trostel’s Dish

Think about how many times you’ve sat down at a restaurant and your server asks you for your order and you reply with “everything.” Or you’re looking at a drink [...]

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Posted January 14, 2015in Food Dude

Salween Thai is Something Special

The Salween is a legendary river that flows out of the Tibetan Himalayas through China, Burma and Thailand to the Andaman Sea. It is one of the longest free-flowing rivers [...]

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Posted January 14, 2015in On the Move

Zombie Burger adds second location in Jordan Creek

Zombie Burger is expanding its reach into the food court of Jordan Creek Town Center. Owners George Formaro, Paul Rottenberg and Jeremy Reichart plan to open the new branch, Zombie [...]

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Posted January 14, 2015in Art News

Art Never Loots

On a cold Friday night in mid January, some 150 people crowded into a warehouse garage on the east side. The attraction was a one-night art show by Jordan Weber [...]

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Posted January 14, 2015in Guest Commentary

It’s the fear — not the proof — that’s in the pudding!

In time we’ll likely enjoy the orange pudding, a Christmas gift from one of our daughters. Or maybe, we can have it bronzed as a reminder of the terror-filled age [...]

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