Lessons from a misguided pots-n-pans salesman
Many years ago, I sat at the kitchen table of a pots-n-pans salesman from Pleasant Valley. We didn’t talk about cookware. He was laying out with lots of precision why [...]
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Posted March 14, 2022in Stray Thoughts
Posted March 09, 2022in Just Released
Polk County Awards $100,000 Community Development Grant to UNI@DMACC
The Polk County Board of Supervisors presented a $100,000 Community Development Grant to the UNI@DMACC Partnership during a press conference held on Tues., March 8, at the DMACC Urban Campus [...]
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Posted March 09, 2022in Just Released
Iowa Pharmacy Association Presents Greg Johansen with 2022 Legislative Champion Award
Des Moines, IA – March 9, 2022 – The Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) Legislative Champion Award was established in 2020 to recognize an IPA member who has shown exemplary service [...]
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Posted March 09, 2022in Morain
When things seemed fairer and better for most people
For decades I’ve thought of myself as pretty much a liberal. I favor empowerment of average people, the right of all individuals to decide their own value system, a living [...]
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Posted March 08, 2022in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
From the dynamic MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news from the American [...]
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Posted March 08, 2022in Just Released
Brad Deets Appointed as Waukee City Administrator
Waukee, Iowa — At the March 7, 2022 regular meeting of the Waukee City Council, the Council approved the appointment of Brad Deets as Waukee’s new City Administrator, effective April [...]
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Posted March 08, 2022in Just Released
Schupan Acquires Mid America Recycling
Michigan’s largest deposit container recycler expands operations to Iowa Kalamazoo, MI, March 8, 2022 – Schupan and Sons, Inc., a global materials recycler, processor, distributor and manufacturer, announced its acquisition [...]
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Posted March 07, 2022in Just Released
Iowa Firefighters Climb Principal Park in Honor of Family with Asthma, COPD
Will race up hundreds of steps in Lung Association event, May 7 DES MOINES, Iowa (March 7, 2022) – With a father living with asthma and a mother suffering from COPD, respectively, Jeremy [...]
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Posted March 07, 2022in Just Released
Hy-Vee and INDYCAR Announce Premier Music Lineup for Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend July 22-24
featuring Tim McGraw, Florida Georgia Line, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (March 7, 2022) — Hy-Vee, Inc. and INDYCAR announce that four award-winning music acts will perform live [...]
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Posted March 07, 2022in Stray Thoughts
School teaches taxpayers an expensive lesson
Des Moines Superintendent Thomas Ahart has been a lightning rod during the past three years over the way Iowa’s public schools have responded to the Covid pandemic. Ahart announced last [...]
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