Ask CITYVIEW
Ask CITYVIEW anything by emailing editor@dmcityview.com. Where can I go fishing in Des Moines? Polk County has a list of public fishing locations on its website, as well as [...]
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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Ask Cityview
March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Belly Up To...
The Pelican Post Bar & Grille
Iowa’s state bird is the American Goldfinch. While they are uncommon, some pelicans also make the Hawkeye State their home during the summer months. Des Moines metro diners and drinkers [...]
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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Commercial real estate transactions in Polk County from Dec. 2, 2024, to Dec. 19, 2024
4000 WESTOWN PARKWAY UNIT C, WEST DES MOINES SALE DATE: 2024-12-02 SALE PRICE: $90,400 SELLER: INDEPENDENT AGENTS SERVICE CORP BUYER: OFFICE SPACE LLC ACRES: 0.238 SQUARE FEET: 1,808 4000 WESTOWN [...]
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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
Bryan Mehmen
If you’re a musician in a band or attend live music in the Des Moines metro, you have likely encountered Bryan Mehmen. Mehmen is “that guy” — a bandana-clad rocker, [...]
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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Cars in the City
What’s the Buzz?
Road trip. That’s what I imagined when I hopped into the new Volkswagen I.D. Buzz. Yet, my setup was lacking. I didn’t wear flowery bell bottoms, bring a stack of [...]
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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Darwin Salas at Terra Grill
Darwin Salas is the president of Salas Investment Group, which includes Que Buena’s two FM radio stations, one AM station, and the streaming site La Q Bueno.com, plus the Iowa [...]
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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Crowfoot Rakes
Irish music grown in popularity around the globe. Yet, some folks only listen to Irish music when they have a green beer in one hand and a shamrock in the [...]
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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Iowa Artist
Mary Kline-Misol
Entering Mary Kline-Misol’s home art studio is like walking into a high-end art gallery. Exquisite artwork spanning 50 years covers multiple walls, while Kline-Misol recounts stories and inspiration behind the [...]
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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Walks of Life
A special bond — Local grandparents share why living close to their grandkids is so important.
These days, kids often grow up, move away and start families and careers far from where they grew up. Dinners with the extended family is now regulated to the holidays, [...]
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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Publisher
I am an Irish mutt
I am mostly Irish. At least that’s what my mother said. She also told my siblings and me that our great-great-grandmother was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian from the “Crow’s Feet” [...]
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