Show me your hands, Uncle Red
When I was 10 years old, I was talking with my Uncle Red when somewhere in the conversation the topic of a $100 bill came up. Red told me he [...]
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April 06, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Good Times
April 03, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Just Released
EMC DAM to DSM 20K To Run On Labor Day Weekend
DES MOINES, IOWA | For the first time in 40 years, the EMC DAM to DSM (formerly DAM to DAM) will not be held on Memorial Day weekend, due to [...]
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April 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
Play ball! (and soon, please?)
Relaxing at Principal Park while sipping something cold and watching America’s hottest up-and-coming baseball talent is a summer staple in central Iowa. Triple-A baseball usually begins in April and runs [...]
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April 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
The mysterious juice of philanthropy
What’s in a word? A rose may smell as sweet by any other name, but the gift of money doesn’t smell so much as speak. And it speaks the difference [...]
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April 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
Promises kept
Des Moines City officials say the first six months of state payments from a voter-approved sales tax have helped clean up more blighted properties, fix roads, staff fire departments and [...]
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April 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Drake student sues school, athlete who shot him at party in 2019. Delaney Howell sues Iowa Public TV.
Updated: June 12, 2020 A Drake University student accidentally shot in the head by a Drake basketball player at a party two years ago now has sued the university, the [...]
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April 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Scholten makes second bid for King’s seat
J.D. Scholten — an Iowa Democrat who rose from obscurity to national prominence with a near-miss challenge to U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, two years ago — has filed nomination [...]
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April 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot’
Note: Due to the impact of COVID-19, this month’s review will be a little different. Since movie theaters are currently closed, we decided to look at streaming services. This movie [...]
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April 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Patience on the edge
The Euclid-Douglas corridor was long considered to be on the edge of town, then Des Moines expanded beyond the borders of its city limits. Now the corridor remains a border [...]
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April 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Burrito slingers
“So there was one cold rainy night about five years ago, and I found myself with a crazy man with a backpack full of burritos and some fruit and some [...]
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