07/18/24
You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, Know when to fold ‘em, Know when to walk away, And know when to run. ——Kenny Rogers, “The Gambler” “The Gambler” should [...]
Read More →
July 18, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
July 16, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Adventurers:
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), [...]
Read More →
July 09, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Adventurers:
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), [...]
Read More →
July 08, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Has Biden put us in another Ruth Bader Ginsburg mess?
Do you remember that phrase our nation’s founders wrote in the preamble to the Constitution 237 years ago? The one about forming a more perfect union? We have hit some [...]
Read More →
July 04, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
07/04/24
Political platforms occupy a unique place in American politics. While they possess no real power over their parties’ candidates, they do offer evidence of how their parties’ supporters view what [...]
Read More →
July 03, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
2024 Choice Awards
Inspired by Japan’s Living National Treasures, the idea for CITYVIEW’s CHOICE awards originated 10 years ago. The Japanese program honors “preservers of important intangible cultural properties.” In the years after [...]
Read More →
July 03, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
Complex crazy
Since 2021, several Des Moines suburbs have opened massive, multi-million-dollar, multi-use sports complexes. In West Des Moines, development costs for the MidAmerican Energy RecPlex were close to $60 million in [...]
Read More →
July 03, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
Customer service through technology
When business owners want to increase profits, one of the first places they often look to is decreasing costs. One of the biggest expenses for any business is payroll. As [...]
Read More →
July 03, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Median home sale price reaches record high. Des Moines parks score well. Iowa education is a concern. Another firearm found at DM airport. Prenuptual agreements.
Des Moines’ Parks and Recreation system was ranked among the top 20 in the country, according to the Trust for Public Land’s (TPL) 2023 ParkScore, which compares 100 of the [...]
Read More →
July 03, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Iowa combat veteran, former ag official ‘ready to serve’ again — this time in Congress
After the rains, or in the routines of daily life, in one of the more war-ravaged reaches of the globe, residents would spot the signs of unexploded munitions, mortars and [...]
Read More →