Posted November 06, 2024in Walks of Life
When driving through Iowa’s wide-open spaces, who hasn’t wondered what it would be like to put the pedal to the metal and see just how fast you can go? Who hasn’t, in the congested traffic of the metro rush hour, thought about stepping on it, weaving through the traffic, and
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Posted November 06, 2024in Iowa Artist
When Adam Oestreich “stumbled on” an art exhibit of William Hawkins at Figge Art Museum in Davenport, he says the experience was life-changing to his career. He became enchanted with the works of Hawkins, a self-taught artist. “The colors were vibrant, powerful and incredible. It blew me away. I discovered
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Posted November 06, 2024in Lunch With...
Teo Nguyen is a Minneapolis-based painter whose “The Politics of Worthiness” (PoW) visited Des Moines on a world tour reimagining how war is perceived. Jackie Akerberg is a wealth management guru, author of “The Clean Vegan Cookbook,” and creator of The Jackfruit Kitchen, a food blog with nearly half a
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Posted November 06, 2024in Your Neighbors
If someone you know walked through the hallways at Moore or Hillis Elementary, there’s a good chance Vickie Obraza served them a hot meal. Obraza has a total of 25 years working in food service between her time at the two Des Moines Public Schools locations, and she says she
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Posted November 06, 2024in People & Pets
Sammy, an orange cat, whose owners are Carol Palmer and Dan Chase, is known for getting the ‘zoomies. Any cat owner knows what the zoomies entails. A cat sprints around the house at high speeds, climbs up and down furniture, sliding on slick floors while losing traction – all for
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Posted November 06, 2024in Cars in the City
A list of the top 10 luxury brand vehicles includes powerhouses such as BMW, Audi, Jaguar and Lexus. This month’s Cars in the City column features a Lexus hybrid. The 2024 Lexus RX350 Hybrid Premium offers a 2.5 liter, 4-cylinder hybrid engine. The best thing about a hybrid? It cures
Read More →‘That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America’ Book banning is an appalling stain on our society, and this book is a light, showing just how much damage it can do — and how to fight it. A one-time librarian of the year, working in the same school system
Read More →“Here” PG-13 | 104 minutes Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Eric Roth, Robert Zemeckis, Richard McGuire Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany “Here” is an upcoming movie adaptation of the graphic novel by Richard McGuire. The story ambitiously explores a single location over generations, moving fluidly through time to capture
Read More →In June of this year, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced the launch of her office’s new cold case unit to investigate more than 400 unsolved murders in Iowa. I wanted to publish a list of the 400-plus cases, and I asked Jim Duncan if he would be interested in writing
Read More →What are Des Moines’ goat ordinances? According to the city of Des Moines website, which lists the ordinances and laws surrounding all shapes and sizes of livestock within the city limits, goats fall under many of the same rules as chickens. Section 18.4, article a, states, “No horse, cow, calf,
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