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July 17, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Morain

07/17/25

The state of Iowa in 2013 approved its “Nutrient Reduction Strategy” for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus runoff into the state’s streams and rivers, and eventually downstream into the Gulf of [...]

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July 15, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Stray Thoughts

Names make it tough to ignore human impact of news

One longtime truism of journalism is “Names make news.”  That shorthand stems from the fact people better understand the significance and context of news when they learn about events and [...]

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July 10, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Morain

07/10/25

Memory is a tricky thing for older folks. Sometimes we can remember specific people, places, and events from decades earlier, while at the same time we can’t remember much about [...]

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July 08, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Adventurers:

From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. [...]

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July 03, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Morain

07/03/25

The United States system of government is one of the most complicated such mechanisms in the world. It’s a blessing and a curse. A blessing, because it disperses power. That’s [...]

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July 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Feature 1

Buffalo Bill, Des Moines and the Iowa State Fair

By the time the shows ended their 33-year run, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West had played to more than 50 million people. It was the spectacle of the era, performed for [...]

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July 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Feature 2

2025 CHOICE Awards

Inspired by Japan’s Living National Treasures, the idea for CITYVIEW’s CHOICE awards originated 11 years ago. The Japanese program honors “preservers of important intangible cultural properties.” In the years after [...]

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July 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Business Feature

The business of malls

Popularity and ease of access have made online retailers increasingly attractive for shoppers. According to Shopify, an e-commerce site where businesses can sell their products, global e-commerce sales are forecast [...]

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July 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Civic Skinny

Park positive. Good tippers. Big trees. A $300K median home price. And Iowa… works?

Park place. Des Moines continues to be a solid destination for those looking to live within walking distance to a park. According to Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national [...]

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July 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Political Mercury

We will all be dead by 2030, credentialed forecast on artificial intelligence predicts

The opening line of AI 2027, a forecast about the exponential explosion of artificial intelligence, is jaw-dropping. “We predict the impact of superhuman AI over the next decade will be [...]

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