Early risers
While most of us are catching our last few Zs before dragging ourselves out of bed, others have long been awake and busy, many of them making it possible for [...]
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December 06, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Walks of Life
December 06, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Cars in the City
Best-selling Chrysler Pacifica offers ‘cool’ features
For those with a large family, the trusty station wagon transported siblings in the way-back seat. Then, the minivan debuted in the 1980s and took over as a top-selling family [...]
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December 06, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Your View
December 06, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘The Iliad’ If you are shuddering from echoes of long, boring classes back in school, stick with me for a few minutes. I promise, there is more to the classics [...]
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December 06, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
What’s all the buzz?
When Ellen Bell started beekeeping with two hives in her backyard, she never imagined she’d have nearly 6 million bees 10 years later. Bell is a beekeeper at Bell Farm, [...]
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November 30, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
11/30/23
News coverage of Gaza and Ukraine understandably focuses on how their respective wars are progressing. Bulletins report the advance and retreat of battle fronts, the tally of dead troops and [...]
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November 28, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
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 28, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Government should face up to care center concerns
A few months ago, I bumped into a former aide to Gov. Robert Ray. As we reminisced about the governor, our conversation turned to his nearly daily meetings with journalists. [...]
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November 23, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
11/23/23
The Israel-Palestine conflict is among the world’s oldest, longest-lasting, and most intractable. Now officially 75 years old, dating from the creation of Israel in 1948, its actual origins predate that [...]
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Merry Christmas…
Twelve drummers drumming… …for some folks who are stepping down — Frank Cownie, who served 20 years as mayor and now can go back to selling fur coats…and proud East-sider [...]
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