Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced additional spring dates on their 2017 North American Tour, which will include a stop at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on May 23, 2017. Reserved seat tickets ($100/$50) go on sale to the general public on Friday, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. at Hy-VeeTix.com, 844-55-HYVEE,
Read More →Gov. Terry Branstad will order all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day(s) of internment to honor Des Moines Police Sgt. Tony Beminio and Urbandale Police Officer Justin Martin, who were killed in the line of duty in the early morning hours of
Read More →President Barack Obama issued this statement following the Wednesday morning shootings of two area police officers: “Yesterday, two police officers put on their uniforms to serve and protect the communities they loved. And early this morning, they were taken from us in shameful acts of violence. “Sergeant Anthony Beminio and
Read More →Memorial fund accounts have been established at the Des Moines Police Officers Credit Union for Sgt Tony Beminio and Officer Justin Martin who were killed early Wednesday morning in the line of duty. If you would like to contribute to the account, visit https://squareup.com/store/des-moines-police-officers-credit-union.
Read More →Eight local bars and restaurants will donate 100 percent of profits from sales on Nov. 3 to the families of the two police officers who were shot and killed early Wednesday morning . Wellman’s Pub in Des Moines, Peggy’s Tavern in Des Moines, Wellman’s Pub & Rooftop in West Des Moines,
Read More →Following the devastating loss of Urbandale Police Officer Justin Martin and Des Moines Police Sgt. Anthony Beminio, Hy-Vee, Inc. Chairman, CEO and President Randy Edeker announced this afternoon that all Des Moines-area Hy-Vee stores will collect customers’ donations to benefit the fallen officers’ families. To supplement customers’ donations, Hy-Vee will
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Posted November 02, 2016in Feature 1
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose would smell as sweet by any other,” mused Will Shakespeare’s Romeo. As Romeo soon discovered, his thinking was fatally flawed. In the third millennium, names have only temporary quantifiable value, at least when it comes to things that endure much
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Posted November 02, 2016in Feature 2
A decade of D-League basketball in Des Moines. A look back. And the vision forward. It may be hard to believe, but it has been a decade since the Iowa Energy surged onto central Iowa’s basketball scene. During the summer of 2016, the Energy — guided by General Manager Chris
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Posted November 02, 2016in Cover Story, Feature 3
It was the 1960s. We had a big car and a small house. That helps explain why driving around the city was one of our family’s favorite pastimes. Perhaps we were trying to see how the other half lived, not that I really knew the difference. We would hop in
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Posted November 02, 2016in Political Mercury
Ladies, let me take you behind the curtain of male privilege and entitlement, into the locker rooms and fraternity chapter chambers and other sanctuaries of unapologetic American maleness. Right up front, I’m here to tell you, Donald Trump’s admissions of genital groping — of breath-mint-popping, lip-puckering readiness for forced kisses
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