Posted December 18, 2018in Stray Thoughts
Americans these days seem to get along like dogs and cats. We don’t trust each other. We constantly snipe back and forth. This person is a crook. That person is dumber than a box of rocks. This acrimony and animosity have not provided a very fitting backdrop for the tranquility
Read More →WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (Dec. 14, 2018) — Hy-Vee, Inc. announced today that it has acquired the business of 22 Shopko pharmacies in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Shopko patient files will merge into existing Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations in the 17 cities where the acquisitions have taken
Read More →By Submitted WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (Dec. 14, 2018) — As part of its second annual Hy-Vee Hams for the Holidays campaign, Des Moines-area Hy-Vee employees and local first responders will distribute 500 Hormel® Cure 81® hams on Monday, Dec. 17, to benefit families in need this holiday season. Hams
Read More →By Submitted Waukee, Iowa—Construction of Waukee’s first dog park is nearing completion. The Waukee Parks & Recreation Department will open the park to the public in early 2019, as soon as weather allows. The four-acre Trailside Dog Park is located at 590 SE Brick Drive in Waukee directly south of
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Posted December 05, 2018in Feature 1
Eight men and eight women selected for social networking contest and charity event. “Mirror, mirror of Des Moines, who is the most likeable central Iowan of them all?” For the third straight year, this was the question CITYVIEW asked its readers as it set out to determine the most likeable man and woman in our area.
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Posted December 05, 2018in Feature 3
Iowa law allows for it, but those attempting to get involved should be careful. While there’s the rare case of a do-gooder stopping a robbery or vandals, most cases of citizen’s arrest aren’t quite as glamorous. They’re security guards who stop drunk people from fighting or detain shoplifters until police can arrive. Iowa law allows for
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Posted December 05, 2018in Civic Skinny
Twelve drummers drumming… …for Gabriel Espinosa and the other 29 new citizens from 16 countries sworn in at a baseball game on July 3…and for Judge Robert Pratt, who swore them in… and the 40,000 or so (who knows?) undocumented immigrants who are changing the state for the better…and the
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Posted December 05, 2018in Political Mercury
Abortion questions elicit extraordinary responses. Back in 2002, Doug Gross smiled widely as he fielded the question. “Your reputation proceeds you,” the Republican candidate for governor said in my office. I’d asked Gross a question I regularly pose to pro-life candidates: If your position on abortion prevails and the procedure
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Posted December 05, 2018in Film Review
Cast is phenomenal, story is engaging, and Steve McQueen shows he can make a big studio picture in a way that few other directors even attempt. There’s really no telling how one might react after losing a loved one. The five stages of grief include denial, anger, bargaining, depression and
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Posted December 05, 2018in Food Dude
The ambiance is collegiate chic. Gazali’s is a secret trove. They have been around since the 1980s when they began in Valley West Mall and have been in their current locale on 25th Street in Dogtown since 2003, yet I am amazed how few people know about them. I think
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