Amount: $28,528 To: Becker Fine Stringed For: Instruments Amount: $3,212 To: Chow’s Gymnastics Institute For: Admission Amount: $24,793 To: Secoa Theatre Equipment For: Equipment Amount: $594 To: Century Link For: Services Amount: $50 To: Iowa High School Speech Association For: Membership Amount: $22,123.05 To: West Des Moines Water Works For:
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October 08, 2014 by justin
in The Sound
Nathan Hunt believes in the bigger picture. The Shaman’s Harvest frontman doesn’t buy into the “one single at a time” ethos of modern music releases and feels his stories should be told in chapters, not vignettes. “I obsess over arrangement,” he admitted in a phone interview. “It’s really, really important
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October 08, 2014 by justin
in Political Mercury
A 16-year-old Buena Vista County farm kid died last week in a farming accident. The story led the Sept. 24 issue of The Storm Lake Times. The young man perished near Truesdale when he lost his footing trying to clear a piece of machinery that had been plugged while harvesting
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October 08, 2014 by justin
in On The Tube
“Jane the Virgin” (Monday, 8 p.m., CW) has fun with telenovela conventions. Jane (Gina Rodriguez) is an ordinary young woman swept up in extraordinary events when she’s accidentally inseminated during a routine exam. The sperm belongs to a playboy hotel owner (Justin Baldoni) who’s trapped in a loveless marriage —
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October 08, 2014 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
The big man in the tight singlet dips his hands into the chalk. His gaze is elsewhere. Fingers spread wide, he brushes his callused palms back and forth letting the white powder fall back into the tin. Smooth as silk. His legs forced bowlegged by the shorts and knee wraps,
Read More →Iowa State (1-4) vs. Toledo (4-2) When: Saturday, Oct. 11 Where: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. CDT You have to hand it to Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard. The guy wore his emotions on his sleeve last week following a 37-20 loss to Oklahoma State, ripping Big
Read More →The owners of The Suites of 800 Locust have rebranded the downtown hotel and renamed the property Des Lux (pronounced deluxe) Hotel. Rebound Hospitality paid $3.27 million for the hotel last December and has invested about $500,000 in improvements on the 102-year-old, 51-room property. They have also renamed the hotel’s
Read More →Much attention had been on Bruce Braley missing hearings when he has a voting rate of 95 percent in Congress. What about Joni Ernst missing 36 percent of votes in the Iowa Senate and at the same time being paid to do her work in the Iowa Senate? Braley has
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October 08, 2014 by justin
in Cover Story
Bra. Brassiere. Bustier. Over-the-shoulder boulder-holder. Call it what you want, but there’s no denying the impact the bra has had on our culture. Most women know the bra intimately, and most men wish they could get their hands on more of them. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we’re
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