Paid on Oct. 15 Amount: $45.22 To: G&K Services For: Various products Amount: $202.50 To: Perk’s Auto Spa LLC For: Full detail interior and exterior and additional pet hair removal Amount: $21.15 To: American Marking For: Max light notary stamp Amount: $600 To: Iowa Chapter of ASLA For: Two training
Read More →I think April Fools’ Day came a little late for Mr. Douglas Burns this year. All right, I get that the point of his article is that people get more upset with animal mistreatment than people mistreatment. To be fair, it is easier to act on what you can change
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October 28, 2015 by justin
in Political Mercury
One of Rob Hogg’s campaign pitches could be called a reverse Bruce Braley. Hogg, a veteran Iowa legislator seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, speaks of his would-be general-election opponent, Republican Charles Grassley, in the way a grade-schooler might talk of the Washington Monument itself on a field trip.
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October 28, 2015 by justin
in Tech Talk
Why is it that almost anything deemed “classic” is an original? Remakes, spinoffs, “new and improved” — none of these iterations seem to grab the culture like the original. The original muscle cars of the ’60s and ’70s have basically been deified, while many of their updated, late model redesigns
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October 28, 2015 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
Her dangling foot hangs loose in the air, tapping to some silent beat as she talks. If you look closely, a spiral tattoo loops around the fine bones at the top of her foot. With a few twists of your neck, the words that make up the spiral become clear:
Read More →Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “For crying out loud, Leonard, shut your mouth when you chew!” -Bill McVicker Runners-up: “When Tony’s friends said his new date was a real dog, they weren’t kidding.” -Bill Nordstrom “Bon appetite, mister.
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October 28, 2015 by justin
in The Sound
Woody Guthrie was a legendary voice in American folk music, and he passed on many of those values to his son, Arlo, who has since become one of the most recognizable voices of American protest. He has released 20 studio albums since 1967 but is best known for his debut
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October 28, 2015 by justin
in Belly Up To...
When avid beer lover and WOI-TV meteorologist J.D. Peterson found that a brewery tour didn’t exist in central Iowa, he began researching and contacting Iowa breweries to change that. Iowa Brew Tours was launched Oct. 1 in hopes of providing an educational tour of central Iowa breweries for local beer
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October 21, 2015 by justin
in Cover Story
Yet another summer has come and gone, and we find ourselves in the midst of fall, waiting for winter to wrap its chilly arms around us. Many of us think of summer as a time to relax, put our feet up and finally get around to reading that stack of
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October 21, 2015 by justin
in Center Stage, Featured Story
“The Illusionists” might seem like a super-sized machine. Versions of the show are playing Broadway, London and elsewhere. Dan Sperry, one of seven magicians coming to Des Moines, tells me the production “looks like the MTV Video Awards.” He and the others pull off everything from card tricks to hair-raising
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