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February 05, 2020 by Brent Antisdel in Financial Strategies

The SECURE Act — What you need to know

Attached to the spending bill in late 2019 the President signed into law the most sweeping financial legislation since the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Designed to improve American’s ability [...]

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February 05, 2020 by Brent Antisdel in Duffy

Duffy’s View

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February 05, 2020 by Brent Antisdel in Lunch With...

Tom Boesen

Discussions of flowers, Valentine’s Day and the changes the flower industry has undergone in his six decades in the business. Tom Boesen is part of a third-generation Des Moines family [...]

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February 05, 2020 by Brent Antisdel in Belly Up To...

Norm’s Pub

A Waukee bar where you can bank on having a good time. A 100-plus-year-old fixture located in the heart of downtown Waukee was formerly a bank, and, most recently, a [...]

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February 05, 2020 by Brent Antisdel in Book Review

Book Reviews

‘A Girl, A Raccoon, and the Midnight Moon’ Ten-year-old Pearl Moran, born in the Lancaster Avenue branch of the NYC public library, where her mom is the circulation librarian, and [...]

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February 05, 2020 by Brent Antisdel in Art News

Deconstructed tractors

And Kooglians, who are not unfamiliar with Earth. Hedda Sterne’s “Imagination and the Machine” brings a great artist from the WWII era back into mainstream awareness. The Romanian artist, a [...]

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February 05, 2020 by Brent Antisdel in At Home With

Mike and Sasha Kamper

Beaverdale is their forever home. While attending Drake University, Sasha Kamper would often drive through the Beaverdale neighborhood and enjoy looking at the cottage-style architecture. She appreciated the character of [...]

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February 05, 2020 by Brent Antisdel in Your View

Your View

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February 05, 2020 by Brent Antisdel in Sound Notes

Sound Advice

Valentine’s Day might be for lovers, but it’s also for live music. With cupid throwing arrows on a Friday night, you’ve got musical options. Jake Owen brings his Valentine’s Day [...]

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February 05, 2020 by Brent Antisdel in Rants & Reason

Religion’s harvest

Hope or hatred? Invitations to social gatherings may request: “Please, no talk about politics or religion,” but that’s likely redundant because talking about one often invokes the other. So while [...]

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