Posted January 09, 2019in Stray Thoughts
During most of my career at the Des Moines Register, all purchases for the news staff and all expense reimbursement claims went through the newsroom’s business manager. Through the years, [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Stray Thoughts
On the morning of Aug. 31, shortly after 8:30, a 12-year-old boy pulled out a gun in his seventh-grade classroom in Eldridge, a community just north of Davenport. In an [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Feature 1
Lack of demand and consumer confusion are endangering recycling. Learn what you can do to help. Officials will consider removing glass from curbside recycling, building a new processing facility and doing away with [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Feature 2
Don’t get too cozy; central Iowa has many fun things to do this winter. Iowa’s winter weather is predictably unpredictable, but, sooner or later, arctic winds eventually deliver freezing temps. Be that [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Feature 3
Harbinger is our choice for restaurant of the year again, as is Joe Tripp for chef of the year. Iowa has always been identified with food, not always in a flattering way. Yet [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Civic Skinny
Iowa State University paid Drake University $300,000 to play that football game in Ames on Dec. 1. The figure apparently has not been reported. Drake also got 300 free tickets [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Political Mercury
There’s a software revolution in America today, and rural Americans need to be armed. It’s possible Ro Khanna did more for Greene County, Iowa, in 16 hours on a past [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Film Review
The second installment suffers from connectivity issues. Sequels typically have a tough time determining how much time they want to spend establishing new characters and locations at the expense of [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Food Dude
A simple lesson Godfather’s Pizza founder Willy Thiesen once told us that for a new restaurant to be successful, it first must be fun in its own special way. That [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Your Neighbors
Local rodeo rider gears up to haul full-time professionally. Earning hourly wages at a 9-to-5 is all well and good, but for Briar Dittmer, he prefers to be paid eight [...]
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