Posted September 01, 2021in Your View
Posted September 01, 2021in Lunch With...
Nick Kuhn at The Hall
Unique business plan links a profitable business with a nonprofit. Nick Kuhn is owner of The Hall and founder of The Justice League for Food. The Hall has come out of nowhere to become Iowa’s top retailer of beer for bars. Its food revenue supports the Justice League, a nonprofit
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Posted September 01, 2021in Collections & Hobbies
Until ‘checkmate’ do we part?
Dangerous on the board, this couple’s life mission is to “fix” chess. GIRL MEETS CHESS Her ride home from school was delayed. Bored, the 15-year-old Ankeny High School student looked for a fun way to fill the time. Since she couldn’t find one, Katie Gordinier stopped into Ankeny High’s Chess
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Posted September 01, 2021in Sound Notes
Sound Advice
Outdoor summer music venues are winding down, but you still have options with Music in the Junction every Thursday evening at Valley Junction in West Des Moines. There are five free concerts left in September, including Boomerang on Sept. 23. On Sept. 24, the Avey Grouws Band from the Quad
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Posted September 01, 2021in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Commercial Real Estate Transactions
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN POLK COUNTY FROM JUNE 23, 2021, THROUGH JULY 28, 2021. 2217 E. UNIVERSITY AVE, DES MOINES SALE DATE: JUNE 23, 2021 SALE PRICE: $345,000 SELLER: MAJESTIC CONSULTANTS LLC BUYER: WAZWAX, MURAD SQUARE FEET: 2,020 ACRES: 0.225 OFF N.E. HUBBELL NEAR METRO WASTE, BONDURANT SALE DATE: JUNE
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Posted September 01, 2021in Cars in the City
Jaguar F-Pace
Speed, power and luxury combine for a truly spirited drive. While browsing Land Rovers for a possible car review at the local dealership, the salesman asked if I was interested in driving a Jag. Jag? As in Jaguar? Just the sound of driving an iconic sportscar with its history of
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Posted September 01, 2021in Walks of Life
Back to School
Homerooms around the metro have reconvened, and youngsters are trading in their sun block, sandals, and those late summer nights for backpacks filled with textbooks, big yellow buses, and the unmistakable happy feeling of jitters induced by first-day-of-school adrenaline. Central Iowa families sent kids back to class in August. As
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