Posted July 29, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
The nasal, clipped tone of the August 1945 radio broadcast reaches across 70 years. It is up-to-the-minute coverage of the loud celebration in downtown Des Moines after the announcement that Japan would surrender. WHO Radio is reporting: “Des Moines tonight personifies the State of Iowa at the end of the
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Posted July 29, 2015in Your Money
Paid on July 21 Amount: $1,500 To: Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center For: Other services and charges Amount: $10,000 To: North Des Moines Girls Softball League For: Miscellaneous charges Amount: $216 To: Goering Plumbing For: Licenses and permits Amount: $12,436.48 To: Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority For: Mental health
Read More →R&B singer Angie Stone, 53, was arrested on March 10 for domestic aggravated assault after she assaulted her 30-year-old daughter. Stone told police her daughter punched her in the face, and then Stone defended herself with a metal stand but accidentally hit her daughter in the face, knocking out her
Read More →Featured as one of this month’s Midwest Connections picks, “The Cherry Harvest” is a coming-of-age novel and love story set in Door County, Wisconsin, during World War II, around the time of the cherry harvest. With food rationed and money scarce, Charlotte barters what she can to keep food on
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Posted July 29, 2015in Belly Up To...
According to Bridal Guide magazine, the No. 2 wedding theme for 2015 is “rustic chic,” while “flea market,” “country style” and “vintage living” are trending searches on the Better Homes and Gardens website. Charming barns are sought after as backdrops for senior pictures, and antique tea sets sell in several
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Posted July 29, 2015in Civic Skinny
If you’re awaiting sentencing on federal charges that could send you to prison for up to 25 years but hoping you can cut a deal for lesser time, it’s probably not a good idea to drink 12 ounces of rum and then beat up your wife. And then get in
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Posted July 29, 2015in Food Dude
The worst part of caucus season is the pandering to outdated rural stereotypes. Event planners import bales of hay, fiddlers and square dance callers to modern Des Moines corporations. That encourages candidates and national media to mock contemporary Iowa. Agriculture built the state and made it rich and powerful, but
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Posted July 29, 2015in Political Mercury
Only minutes into a town hall in Carroll Saturday morning, U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, interrupted a compliment on his longevity and consistency of service from Dr. Walter Anneberg. “You’re a medical doctor, and I’m supposed to be in a home,” joked Grassley, 81. Later on, Grassley delighted the 40-member audience (Grassley
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Posted July 29, 2015in Center Stage
For “Rent” the staging is in-the-round. Inside the entrance, designer Tim Wisgherof set up a riser for the guitar, keyboard, drums and bass. The musicians riff and tootle, pumping up the energy even as you find your seat. So, too, at show’s end, while the heroine Mimi languishes near death,
Read More →Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com Enter for your chance to win two tickets to an Iowa Cubs game! Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “Even as a young child, Donald Trump was emphatic about the crap that came out of him.” -Mark Alvord Runners-up:
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