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Posted April 01, 2016in Book Review

‘Elvis Sightings at Iowa Truck Stops’

The highly anticipated follow-up to “Elvis Sightings at Iowa Truck Stops-Volume II: 1983-1989;” the professors at Graceland University of the Unknown managed to put together an exhaustive, thrilling and comprehensive [...]

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Posted April 01, 2016in Tech Talk

Google Glass out. Google Lens in.

    Visit any major tech website this week, and there’s a good chance its top story has to do with virtual reality. Once a ’90s geek pipe, virtual reality [...]

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Posted April 01, 2016in Sound Circuit - Online Exclusive

Barking up the right tree

  Mickey Davis has proven himself to be one of the brightest young minds in the city. Serving as the Des Moines Social Club’s program director, Davis has brought innovative, [...]

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Posted April 01, 2016in Sound Notes

The Des Moines Symphony is putting on a special concert showcasing “Engelbert Humperdink’s Favorite Songs to Hum.” Eschewing their instruments, the avant garde performance will feature the symphony performing such [...]

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Posted April 01, 2016in Sound Check

Various Artists

“10-8” Independent   In an effort to help promote a sense of community understanding, the Des Moines Police Department (DMPD) has put together a CD of local music. The title, [...]

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Posted April 01, 2016in The Sound

Wooly’s sold to Kum & Go

  This week brought some of the most surprising news to hit downtown Des Moines in years, as Sam Summers, founder of the Hinterland Music Festival and owner of First [...]

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Posted April 01, 2016in Political Mercury

Trump founding fraternities at University of Iowa, Iowa State

  Troubled with what he sees as the emasculating effects of the modern university campus — an environment in which terms like “affirmative consent” and “micro-aggressions” increasingly define the gender and racial [...]

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Posted April 01, 2016in Your Money

Paid for by tax payers

To be paid on 3/22/2016   Amount: $5 To: Professional fees paid to PR firm Sterling Cooper & Partners For: Iowa tagline development – Life Changing; Fields of Opportunity   [...]

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Posted April 01, 2016in On the Move

Science Center sold to Walmart

The Science Center of Central Iowa announced the sale of its downtown location at 401 West Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to Walmart Corporation. Walmart’s corporate leaders expect to have [...]

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Posted April 01, 2016in Rap Sheet

Two of a kind

Corey Hart received a citation recently for wearing dark sunglasses while seated on a park bench next to a jogging path at night in New York City. Joggers claimed they [...]

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