President Trump being “completely rational” just does not compute. At this stage, it makes no sense to make fun of Iowa’s U.S. Senator Joni Ernst for her late-August comment in Spirit Lake that Trump is “completely rational” — at least in her conversations with him. Given all the evidence to
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October 02, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Advertising agency executive shares her views on the future of digital. Kristen Sabin is the chief operating officer of full-service digital agency Happy Medium, running day-to-day operations across sales, processes and policies, and human resources, as well as working closely with the CFO on budgeting and financial planning. In other
Read More →The College Savings Iowa Plan is a great tool for people to use in planning for their child’s education costs. The interest, dividends, and capital gains earned on plan funds are tax free income when they are used to pay for qualified education costs. Qualified education costs include: K-12 tuition;
Read More →With a laugh and a twinkle in her eye, family, friends, horses and flowers fill Button’s life with joy. The Buttons, Sterlings and Dyes have lived in the Dallas County area for six generations. Joyce Button still owns part of her parents’ farm off the Woodward Road. She and her
Read More →Commercial real estate transactions in Polk County from July 24, 2019, through Aug. 21, 2019 ADDRESS: 3834 70TH ST., URBANDALE DATE: JULY 24, 2019 PRICE: $190,000 SELLER: LAMBERTS (ESTATE), LUCILLE BUYER: S & C REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS, LC ACRES: 0.709 SQUARE FEET: 0 ADDRESS: 1430 SECOND AVE., DES MOINES DATE:
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October 02, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
Local entrepreneurs share tips for expanding into related ventures. Most associate professional baseball fields have pristinely marked lines and expertly cut turf. The Iowa Cubs’ field at Principal Park is no exception, which is why the Des Moines parks officials inquired in 2006 about the Cubs’ grounds crew performing the
Read More →There is a lot going on in the restaurant world. The last month was a time of astonishing consequences for third-millennium Americans. After some 12,000 years of invention, ingenuity and hand-to-hand combat to reach the top of the food chain, green zealots shamed enough people into abdicating that top dog
Read More →“Judy” PG-13 | 118 minutes Director: Rupert Goold Stars: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) arrives in swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. It’s been 30 years since she shot to global stardom
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October 02, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
Radio-controlled model airplanes cruise the Iowa skies. Ray Pick stands alone. It’s early evening, and his gaze is firmly trained on something floating high above. As his eyes labor to track the object in the distance, his hands expertly manipulate the 6-inch by 6-inch black box he is holding, and
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