Amount: $880.72 To: Broken Arrow Wear T-shirt Printing & Embroidery For: Forty-nine T-shirts and polos with screen prints for the City of Des Moines Parks and Recreation Department Amount: $7,442.91 To: Commonwealth Electric Company For: Light repairs and replacements Amount: $2,106.15 To: Communication Innovators For: Labor for the Waste Water
Read More →Metro’s most wanted NAME: Joshua Paul Thompson SEX: Male RACE: White AGE: 22 HEIGHT: 6’ 1” WEIGHT: 165 HAIR: Brown EYES: Blue DOB: 11/15/1991 CHARGES: Burglary, Weapons Charges Crimestoppers This information was obtained from the Polk County Crime Stoppers website. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court
Read More →Felons for furnishing alcohol California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo has a huge, 350-student “viticulture and enology” program, preparing its majors for an industry critical to the state’s economy (and with a venerable international cachet) — but puritanical state law continues to hobble it. Many in Cal Poly’s
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July 02, 2014 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
The high gloss on the wood shines as the rag wipes the first spill of beer to the side. The movement of the rag continues over the wood, back and forth, polishing, as the young bartender patiently waits. He is almost indolent at this early stage of the evening. Why
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July 02, 2014 by justin
in Political Mercury
The son and brother of two of the more consequential leaders in the history of Carroll, Iowa, who spent a half century in the upper echelon of American academia with a 30-year teaching tenure at Brown University, will publish a major book on one of the more influential, albeit behind-the-scenes,
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July 02, 2014 by justin
in Food Dude
Civilization happened when societies determined to keep a public fire burning, so that each home fire could be started without rubbing sticks together. The Hestian devotees of ancient Greece and the vestal virgins of Rome were keepers of such fires, which developed into temples, churches and restaurants. Even before the
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July 02, 2014 by justin
in Civic Skinny
The state of Iowa isn’t the only one having trouble collecting from wealthy architect but careless — if that’s the right word — landlord and businessman Kirk Blunck. His own lawyers have sued him. The Finley law firm went to district court last month saying that from 2006 through 2009
Read More →SONY AT E3 While Nintendo and Microsoft kept the focus squarely on the games at last month’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony elected to dedicate a lengthy portion of their press conference to new PS4 multimedia services, while the crowd of hardcore gaming onlookers let out a collective groan. Beginning this
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A great day for America
Editor’s note: Last Friday, 64 men and women were sworn in as citizens at Jordan House in West Des Moines. Michael Gartner was asked to give some remarks. Here they are. Hello. I am honored to be here with Judge Pratt to welcome you as citizens of the United States.
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