Back to the future
With a new coach and some key returners, the Iowa Barnstormers hope a return to the glory days is just around the corner Iowa Barnstormers quarterback Travis Partridge knows [...]
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Posted February 01, 2017in Feature 2
Posted February 01, 2017in Feature 3
Courage and spirit
Two central Iowa immigration success stories America is mostly an amalgam of immigrant groups. Several founding fathers believed the country’s spirit grew from the courage it took new settlers [...]
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Posted February 01, 2017in Civic Skinny
A close look at Jamie Pollard’s record at Iowa State.
A big payday for Vilsack. Is Marty Tirrell job-hunting? Iowa State University the other day gave a rich new contract to Athletic Director Jamie Pollard. The press release noted [...]
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Posted February 01, 2017in Political Mercury
Mr. Trump, rural Iowa needs you on Highway 30
What are the most important four words President Donald J. Trump could say for rural Iowa? “Four lane Highway 30.” U.S. Highway 30 is the longest road in the state, [...]
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Posted February 01, 2017in Film Review
Consistently bad
“Split” does nothing to improve director’s reputation Director M. Night Shyamalan is associated with two things: twisted endings and bad movies. Unfortunately, his latest venture, “Split,” hits both marks. [...]
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Posted February 01, 2017in Food Dude
New, newer and newest of the year
Remember supersizing? It served the fast food industry a couple decades ago. For a nominal fee, customers could have much larger servings of drinks and fries. The fast food police [...]
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Posted February 01, 2017in Your Neighbors
The only feet you need
As bus drivers go, Tami Randolph is as true as they come. “I’m a bus driver,” Randolph says with pride. “I’m a farm girl who grew up here, went to [...]
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Posted February 01, 2017in Joe's Neighborhood
At the checkout counter
Winter sits heavy in Des Moines, Iowa. Grey skies, bare trees, and a cold wind blowing across the Urbandale Hy-Vee parking lot and down my sweater, turning those last few [...]
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Posted February 01, 2017in Center Stage
Everything from electricity to silk
Matthew Baker, a product of the suburban Midwest, sounds inspired to work with a man whose roots are in New York hip-hop. Kyle Abraham, creator of Abraham.in.Motion, came out of [...]
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Posted February 01, 2017in Belly Up To...
A new meeting space in the East Village
Before there was a Peace Tree Brewing Company, there was a large sycamore tree. The tree’s grand appearance made it a recognizable mark on the landscape, and thus it became [...]
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