Fair enough
If the Iowa State Fair isn’t your thing, then check out all these other great things to do in August The State Fair is Iowa’s biggest event. In a state with [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Feature 3
Posted July 04, 2018in Civic Skinny
The FBI is asking about Marty Tirrell as he keeps scamming. Reynolds likes some millionaires — if they’re Republicans.
The FBI is asking questions about Marty Tirrell. An agent has contacted several people and is asking about “anything and everything,” according to one person who was questioned. The FBI [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Political Mercury
Defend the billionaire, attack the millionaire
Grassley says Republicans’ economic-class-based strategy against Hubbell is “a problem.” Back in 1976, we gathered as kids around the console TV for what amounted to national viewings of primetime movies, [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Film Review
You’re it
“Tag” is a fine callback to the sprawling ensemble comedies of the 1980s. “You don’t stop playing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop playing.” While on [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Food Dude
Sports bars carve new identities
Establishing an identity in the restaurant world is wrought with the same anxieties as it is for a teenager. How can you stand out as unique and still fit in [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Your Neighbors
Waukee native returns home for a pair of country performances
To many younger Iowans, Nashville, Tennessee, might seem like an unreachable city of dreams, similar to New York City or Los Angeles. But these two Midwesterners are proving that, contrary [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Joe's Neighborhood
Synchronized swimming: art or drowning?
FINA artistic swimming rules. A Ballet Leg is assumed. Maintaining this position, the body is rotated backwards around a lateral axis through the hips to assume a Fishtail Position. The [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Center Stage
A summer of song and dance
Three big musicals rule the stages this season What do a Greek island, a high school and an archaic girls basketball game share? They are the settings for musicals, those [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Rants & Reason
The future of Iowa newspapers?
Surprise: It all depends! A feature story I wrote in this month’s CITYVIEW offers some context for considering a question that reflects how much affection Iowans have had for their [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Fashion
