Posted May 03, 2017in Tech Talk
You may not have realized this, but for the last month, and every month going forward, your web browsing history has been packaged and sold. In two disgustingly fast weeks in late March, both houses of the United States Congress and President Donald Trump sold you out. Both Iowa senators
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Posted May 03, 2017in Couch Surfing
Enjoying what makes him happy Meet Adam Jones. The 43-year-old from Denver has been traveling the world for 30 years and couchsurfing for 10. He is a remote CAD support specialist and an experienced mountaineer. Adam reached out needing a place to stay in March, as he was taking a
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Posted May 03, 2017in Collections & Hobbies
Rob Kuhn has a love like that “She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah…” When the immortal Beatles lyrics above played on the car radio four decades ago, Rob Kuhn was hooked. “I was like, this song is great,” he remembers. Riding skateboards and tossing the football had previously been his
Read More →Wells Fargo supplies solid time-tested acts this month. Starting with Daryl Hall and John Oates and Tears For Fears providing a dose of nostalgia on Monday, May 8. Showtime is 7 p.m. Tickets are $35-$129.50. Neil Diamond brings his 50 Year Anniversary Tour to town on Sunday, May 21. Showtime
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Posted May 03, 2017in Sound Circuit
In 2012, Trevor Holt began putting together his band Foxholes while living in Ames. There were potential bandmates found (and later rejected) from Craigslist, but eventually Holt managed to pull together two steady members, guitarist Kyle Folvag and bassist Jessica Villegas. The trio (with no drummer) played their first gig
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Posted May 03, 2017in People & Pets
Michelle Conkling’s Des Moines home contains many animals, but perhaps the most exotic of them all is a 10-year-old Congo African grey parrot named Kanoni. Conkling and her husband purchased the bird from a now defunct pet store when it was 2 and have had it ever since. The bird’s
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Posted May 03, 2017in Belly Up To...
Happy hour in the heart of the city Few things in life are better then a Friday summer evening, and what better way to start the weekend than heading downtown and enjoying a cold one at Cowles Commons? “I always look forward to the weekend on Friday afternoon, and I
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The making of a newspaperman
How Art Cullen won a Pulitzer Editor’s Note: The following is an April 19 column from Art Cullen, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his editorial writing in The Storm Lake Times. Connections with Art and his brother John date back to my childhood days in Algona, my college days
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