Iowa high school sports dynasties
Which Iowa high school sports powerhouse can lay claim to being called the most dominant dynasty of all time? What is the most feared program in Hawkeye-state history? Which team [...]
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September 02, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
September 02, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
Iowa goes primal
Humankind and its animal compatriots have maintained an adversarial dependency on each other for thousands of years, since long before planting and harvesting were discovered. Survival depended upon hunting and [...]
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September 02, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
Business for sale
Scott Smoldt was golfing with someone from his club when they started talking about their professions. The man, a business broker, asked Smoldt whether he’d ever considered selling his business, [...]
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September 02, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
How the cops use those 396,000 bullets. How Kim Reynolds handcuffs Tom Miller.
In 2019, Des Moines police officers responded to 202,000 calls. Twice, officers fired their guns in the line of duty. Each time, the officers were fired upon first. So why [...]
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September 02, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Centerville Iowegian goes down to coronavirus in 2020
One of my great misfortunes is that I never got to know my grandfather, the late publisher of the Carroll Times Herald, James W. Wilson. Either he died too soon, [...]
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September 02, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘Project Power’
On the streets of New Orleans, word begins to spread about a mysterious new drug that unlocks superpowers unique to each user for five minutes (per pill). The catch: You [...]
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September 02, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Santino’s soars
I drove aimlessly around town during the power outages, mainly because my car was my only place with air conditioning. Restaurants were closing all over town — three Burger Kings, [...]
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September 02, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
That girl is on fire!
If you’re in northwest Des Moines and somewhere near Beaverdale or Drake University, and if you happen to see a flaming hula hoop spinning around a performer who is being [...]
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September 02, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
Theaters find ways to connect
The local theater scene continues to evaluate and evolve, balancing the necessity of safety with the call of the muse to produce performances. Without our traditional focal points in performance [...]
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September 02, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
Naked ladies
One moment there’s nothing, the next moment — beautiful flowers. Magic. Which must be why the blossoms stand at the very tippy top as if suddenly sprouting out of the [...]
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