EMC DAM to DSM 20K To Run On Labor Day Weekend
DES MOINES, IOWA | For the first time in 40 years, the EMC DAM to DSM (formerly DAM to DAM) will not be held on Memorial Day weekend, due to [...]
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Posted April 03, 2020in Just Released
Posted April 01, 2020in Feature 1
Play ball! (and soon, please?)
Relaxing at Principal Park while sipping something cold and watching America’s hottest up-and-coming baseball talent is a summer staple in central Iowa. Triple-A baseball usually begins in April and runs [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Feature 2
The mysterious juice of philanthropy
What’s in a word? A rose may smell as sweet by any other name, but the gift of money doesn’t smell so much as speak. And it speaks the difference [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Business Feature
Promises kept
Des Moines City officials say the first six months of state payments from a voter-approved sales tax have helped clean up more blighted properties, fix roads, staff fire departments and [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Civic Skinny
Drake student sues school, athlete who shot him at party in 2019. Delaney Howell sues Iowa Public TV.
Updated: June 12, 2020 A Drake University student accidentally shot in the head by a Drake basketball player at a party two years ago now has sued the university, the [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Political Mercury
Scholten makes second bid for King’s seat
J.D. Scholten — an Iowa Democrat who rose from obscurity to national prominence with a near-miss challenge to U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, two years ago — has filed nomination [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Film Review
‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot’
Note: Due to the impact of COVID-19, this month’s review will be a little different. Since movie theaters are currently closed, we decided to look at streaming services. This movie [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Food Dude
Patience on the edge
The Euclid-Douglas corridor was long considered to be on the edge of town, then Des Moines expanded beyond the borders of its city limits. Now the corridor remains a border [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Your Neighbors
Burrito slingers
“So there was one cold rainy night about five years ago, and I found myself with a crazy man with a backpack full of burritos and some fruit and some [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Joe's Neighborhood
Dog lovers everywhere
“No!” It seems a simple enough word. Sure, I love my daughter and her notorious criminal accomplice, my wife, but the answer is clear. “No, never, no way will we [...]
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