‘Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road’ Finn Murphy’s memoir is one of (most of) a life driving a truck, moving customers long distance. Called a “bedbugger,” he carefully packs belongings and loads them into his trailer, preparing them to safely reach their destination. Having dropped out
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Posted December 06, 2017in At Home With
Drawn to bungalow’s character Danny and Katy Heggen loved the character of the bungalow they found in the summer of 2016 in the Roosevelt neighborhood. Katy likes to joke they immediately recognized the house’s “potential.” It was well loved and needed updates, but it wasn’t anything too overwhelming for the
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Posted December 06, 2017in Couch Surfing
From Golden, Colorado, by way of the great Nebraska I-80/I-70 wasteland comes Aaron Long. Aaron only meant to stay for two nights on Nov. 20, but I enjoyed his company so much that I invited him to stay for Thanksgiving since his destination was only “east.” I don’t ask many
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Posted December 06, 2017in Tech Talk
Tech gifts that don’t require taking out a home equity loan With technology and gadgets having woven themselves into the very fabric of our collective existence, it would seem that gift buying would be easier than ever. Walk the aisles of your favorite electronics section, pick up a few gizmos,
Read More →“In Tongues” Joji 88 Rising Music/EMPIRE Joji’s thoughtful music is the polar opposite of his abrasive YouTube character Filthy Frank. Where the two do converge is a DIY aesthetic, and Joji maintains this in creating lo-fi hip-hop. Following in the footsteps of his 2016 Soundcloud release “Chloe Burbank Vol. 1,”
Read More →WAUKEE, IOWA – A team of Waukee students were announced the winners of the Third District Congressional App Challenge Monday. The team designed “City Recycle Day” which will remind users when their trash and recycling days are. The app will also alert users to changes in their pickup schedule due to
Read More →GRAMMY®-nominated, Platinum selling and Billboard Music Award-winning rockers Skillet will headline the Winter Jam 2018 Tour Spectacular. Among the biggest annual tours in the world, Winter Jam is once again set to showcase a lineup of some of the best and brightest names in Christian music. Winter Jam’s 46-city Eastern U.S. tour will
Read More →Nitefall on the River presents The Lacs, performing at Brenton Skating Plaza on June 16, 2018. “You and I both know that America has been through a lot these past few years. Clay “Uncle Snap” Sharpe and Brian “Rooster” King know it better than most. But as The Lacs, they’ve
Read More →John Hiatt & The Goners, featuring Sonny Landreth March, 28, 7:30 p.m. ON SALE AT 10 AM Forty years into his recording career, John Hiatt has chosen to title his 22nd studio album, “Terms of My Surrender.” That’s an essence, perhaps the essence, of the 11 songs here, the 11 stories
Read More →DES MOINES, IOWA — On Friday, December 8, the Des Moines Art Center will open “The Irrational and the Marvelous,” which will be on view through March 25, 2018, in Blank One Gallery. A little more than a century ago, a group of European artists banded together and formed Dada, an
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