Hy-Vee buys the former K’s Merchandise
Hy-Vee has bought the vacant 81,936 square-foot building in Urbandale that used to be K’s Merchandise. The grocery store chain bought the building at 3303 86th St. earlier this [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Featured Story, On the Move
Posted April 06, 2016in Your Money
Paid for by tax payer
In Des Moines To be paid on 3/28/2016 Amount: $48,976.33 To: Animal Rescue League For: Shelter lease and services and animal control services Amount: $37.19 To: Bone-A-Patreat For: Dog [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in Uncategorized
The Howe Factor
Seattle-based band Metal Church will perform at Vaudeville Mews this Sunday in support of its new album, “XI”, which was released on March 25 and features the return of vocalist Mike [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in Cover Story
River Vendors
Riverboat casino loophole allows first food truck barge in the Des Moines River — but controversy looms The first in a new breed of river-floating food trucks rolled off the [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in Belly Up To...
LCI Church to serve alcohol
Churches around the country and the metro are consistently looking for ways to make attendance easier, more convenient and more entertaining. Most offer coffee, allow casual dress and provide childcare. [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in Food Dude
The stupidest food lists in Iowa
Des Moines has fallen head over heels for lists. If a blogger, magazine, newspaper or Tweeter wants to grab the attention of the city’s Convention and Visitors Bureau, or [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in What the?
This week’s winner: “Jimmy Johns here; what took you so long?” Jim Young Runners-up: “And now reporting live from Wrigley Field, here’s Hairy [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in Center Stage
Who ya gonna call?
When Wanda Sykes came to Hoyt Sherman recently, she wound up in a horror show. A bat swooped down on her onstage. Sykes kept up the patter, but she got [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in On The Tube
Hard times
“Banshee” returns for one last brutal run; good riddance, “American Idol.” “Banshee” Friday, April 1 (Cinemax) Season Premiere: Anyone flinching at the hand-to-hand-combat brutality of “Daredevil” has [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in Film Review
Snyder’s best yet
The biggest concern heard over and over again when director Zac Snyder was handed the keys to the DC Comics kingdom was that he’s a style-over-substance hack with a toddler’s [...]
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