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October 04, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Commercial Real Estate Transactions

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN POLK COUNTY FROM JULY 28, 2023 TO AUGUST 20, 2023

1600 INDIANOLA AVE., DES MOINES SALE DATE: 2023-07-31 SALE PRICE: $6,335,000 SELLER: 214 JACKSON LLC BUYER: UNION AT RIVERS EDGE LP ACRES: 3.828 SQUARE FEET: 0 503 FIRST AVE., N. [...]

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October 04, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Your View

Your View

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October 04, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Art News

Perspective, birds, weather and psychopomps

Des Moines Art Center Print Gallery’s exhibition “Double Take” attempts to make a photographer’s involvement as much a part of the medium as his subject. Curator Laura Burkhalter and guest [...]

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October 04, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Film Previews

Film Previews

“THE CREATOR” PG-13 | 133 minutes Director: Gareth Edwards Screenplay: Gareth Edwards, Chris Weitz Stars: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan The post-apocalyptic reality in “The Creator” is [...]

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October 03, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:

SPECAL NOTE: Due to a programming issue with the KFMG computer and programming software, the schedule for Wed Oct 4 may not be broadcast. The team is working diligently to [...]

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October 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Stray Thoughts

There is more to serving than winning elections

Back where I came from, you do not expect to have a bomb-sniffing dog circle your car when you pull into the parking lot for Sunday church services. But that [...]

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September 26, 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), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. [...]

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September 21, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Morain

09/21/23

Republican Speaker of the U.S. House Kevin McCarthy last week announced an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Democrats should reply, “Bring it on.” It’s no secret how McCarthy’s announcement [...]

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September 19, 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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September 18, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Stray Thoughts

Misguided gov’t proposal targets ‘vexatious’ people

Many decades ago, Mrs. Gentry and Mr. Halferty put up with an inquisitive kid’s classroom questions about American democracy and the workings of government. I did not imagine back then [...]

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