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October 02, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Feature 2

Fast. Relentless. Disciplined.

IOWA WILD Last season The Iowa Wild ended last season with a 27-37 record and 62 points, second to last in the Central Division, and missed out on the playoffs. [...]

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October 02, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Business Feature

Knowing the numbers

Tracking data has become a fundamental part of running many businesses. It helps determine the needs of customers and businesses alike. In the current digital age, data is more accessible [...]

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October 02, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Civic Skinny

Church of Hope removed from ELCA. High-price home sales. Lt. Governor Gregg is the first.

Earlier this summer, the Evangelical Lutheran Churches Association (ELCA) and the Southeastern Iowa Synod voted to remove the West Des Moines-based Lutheran mega-church, Church of Hope, from its roster of [...]

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October 02, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Film Review

‘The Substance’ delivers a campy, bloody romp you won’t soon forget

“The Substance” is not just a horror film — it’s a savage indictment of celebrity culture and the lengths to which society pressures women to maintain an unattainable ideal of [...]

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October 02, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Food Dude

Centro — grandeur salvaged

From today’s perspective, Centro proved to be perfectly named. It is the heart of downtown now. But it seemed like an eccentric pipe dream at the turn of the millennium. [...]

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October 02, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Des Moines Forgotten

Linn’s Haunted House marks 40 years of scares

Haunted house season is here. I remember being a kid and going to some questionable attractions when I lived in the Quad Cities. There was an old water and power [...]

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October 02, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Joe's Neighborhood

An unlikely oasis

It’s 3 a.m. I’ve tossed and turned since going to bed four hours earlier. The sheets are twisted around my feet and tying me to the bed in some obscure [...]

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October 02, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Center Stage

Exclusive Jen Silverman interview about ‘Witch’

Iowa Stage Theatre Company (ISTC) will produce Jen Silverman’s play, “Witch,” this month. This bit of news holds a wealth of appeal, as ISTC will produce this compelling play dedicated [...]

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October 02, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Commentary

Remembering Chuck Betts, a nice man

“When someone asks how you’re doing, they don’t really want to know,” Chuck Betts mentioned over coffee a few weeks before he died at age 93 on Sept. 1. “They don’t want [...]

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October 02, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Film Previews

Film Previews

“Megalopolis” R | 138 minutes Director/Writer: Francis Ford Coppola Stars: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel “Megalopolis” takes place in an alternate universe setting called New Rome City and is [...]

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