Presutti and her husband are returning to North Carolina Des Moines, IA – Elizabeth Presutti, CEO of DART (Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority), announced she will be leaving the organization to join her husband who recently accepted a position at Collins Aerospace at their manufacturing facility in Monroe, North
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Posted November 02, 2022in Stray Thoughts
It is safe to assume Kirk Ferentz has not enjoyed the glorious autumn in Iowa the way he would prefer.He has feverishly worked his Bubble Yum during the Hawkeyes’ games this season. He has been worked over during his post-game press conferences and again at his weekly meetings with the media
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Posted November 02, 2022in The Culture Buzz
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central Time. Broadcast regionally on KFMG 98.9 FM; Simultaneously streaming globally through www.kfmg.org From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news. — John Busbee for The Culture
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Posted November 02, 2022in Morain
Although its safety mechanisms have improved, farming is still considered America’s most dangerous major occupation. Government service may fast overtake it. The recent attack on Paul Pelosi, 82-year-old husband of Nancy Pelosi, in their San Francisco home sadly doesn’t come as much of a surprise. The alleged attacker, a 42-year-old
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Posted November 02, 2022in Feature 1
Protecting packages from theft in the age of online shopping When Nathan Peterson ordered a $100 Apple HomePod speaker and was notified it had been delivered to his apartment, he returned home to find the package missing. Best Buy sent him a replacement. It was stolen again. In total, Peterson
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Posted November 02, 2022in Feature 2
After just missing the NBA G-League playoffs last season with a 15-17 record, the Iowa Wolves are gearing up to start their season this November with better results and a focus on player development. Leading the charge for the Wolves at the helm is Head Coach Jeff Newton. Newton is
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Posted November 02, 2022in Business Feature
For the fourth year, CITYVIEW’s Business Journal recognizes the contributions of outstanding business leaders who have made a difference in their communities. The business world is ever-changing — as are the challenges faced by those whose success is inextricably linked to the ebb and flow of the economy, evolving technology,
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Posted November 02, 2022in Civic Skinny
Marty Tirrell, the sports broadcaster and conman, is back in Des Moines, wearing an ankle bracelet while on “home confinement status” until his release date from the federal prison system in August of next year. According to a federal official, Tirrell is working at Sports Byline, a talk-radio sports network.
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Posted November 02, 2022in Political Mercury
Admiral Mike Franken, the most senior retired military officer to seek office in Iowa, has barnstormed the state for months, hitting his native rural western Iowa on repeat with a message and Navy bearing that will cleave enough Republican votes in this decidedly red region of the Hawkeye State to
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Posted November 02, 2022in Film Review
“Black Adam” opens with a burst of exposition and backstory so cumbersome that it might as well be self-parody. (“Before Rome, before Babylon, before the pyramids …”) Amid the mumbo jumbo about dark magic, the crown of Sabbaq, and the six demons of the underworld (or whatever) there is a
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