November 12, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), [...]
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November 07, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
What effect will the 2024 election have on the immigration situation? I’m writing this column on Sunday before the Tuesday election, so I don’t know its outcome. But the outlines [...]
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November 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
On June 18, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, backed by the families of several murder victims, announced the launch of the first Iowa Cold Case Unit (ICCU). “We know that, [...]
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November 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
The Iowa Wolves are back on the prowl heading into the 2024-2025 season. Last year was met with some unfortunate injuries, requiring several key players to get called up to [...]
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November 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
Work uniforms today come in a variety of fabrics and designs to meet the needs of an array of careers. From executives in suits to restaurant servers and bank employees [...]
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November 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Nonprofit organizations are aplenty in Iowa, and the paychecks of the CEOs, presidents and other executives who manage them are often astounding. While there is little doubt about the good [...]
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November 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
(Editor’s note: Doug Burns is a producer of this documentary.) The a-ha moment struck like spring lightning on the groovy 1970s couch, just a hop, skip and a few [...]
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November 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
A cardinal is seen striding along a Roman highway late at night, his crimson biretta cap clutched tightly in his hand. The clash of this dignified figure against a bleak, [...]
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November 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
James Joyce wrote novels that were often incomprehensibly complex. He also wrote about aesthetics with precious simplicity. For example, he defined romance as that which transports one to another time [...]
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November 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Des Moines Forgotten
I’m coming out of left field for this, but the story is too good not to write about. Since it’s the month of November, we often read about Thanksgiving, family [...]
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