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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Lunch With...

Tim and Wendie O’Brien at Ted’s Coney Island

Tim and Wendie O’Brien are horse people with a challenging love story. Because it’s St. Valentine’s month, we asked them to lunch, and they chose Ted’s Coney Island, an Ingersoll [...]

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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Sound Notes

Sound Advice

Jay Ernest, a Minneapolis-based musician, channels the “man in black” with his group, the Church of Cash. This award-winning Johnny Cash tribute band plays the classic hits. The all-ages concert [...]

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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Your Neighbors

Behind the scenes with a zookeeper

If you have spent any time in Des Moines, it’s almost a certainty you have been to the Blank Park Zoo. It’s been open since the mid 1960s and has [...]

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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in People & Pets

Love for Luca

A litter of kittens, along with their “street cat” mama, was found nearly six years ago under a busy highway bridge. Hope Animal Rescue of Iowa rescued the mom and [...]

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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in What the?

What the…

Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to celeste@dmcityview.com — Be sure to include your name Next month’s photo: This month’s winner “Karen got the highlights color bottles mixed [...]

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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Ask Cityview

Ask CITYVIEW

Why does the DOT need 12 cranes, some next to each other, for the east mix project? We posed this question to the Iowa DOT, and District Construction Engineer Scott [...]

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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Commercial Real Estate Transactions

Commercial real estate transactions in Polk county from Nov. 19, 2023 to Dec. 18, 2023

1100 ARMY POST ROAD, DES MOINES SALE DATE: 2023-11-19 SALE PRICE: $155,000 SELLER: LILE, KAREN BUYER: STJ INVESTMENTS LLC ACRES: 0.177 SQUARE FEET: 1,364   1077 27TH ST., DES MOINES SALE [...]

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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Collections & Hobbies

Local Digimon prodigy shares his journey

When someone thinks about playing a card game, the typical thoughts come to mind. For the older generations, it could be UNO, spades, rummy, solitaire, and maybe even blackjack for [...]

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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Sound Circuit

Tommy Doggett

As a saxophone player, Tommy Doggett’s musical path has experienced numerous curves, not only in teaching and performing, but among a variety of music genres over the years. He’s played [...]

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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel in Your View

Your View

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