Crying mercy, and doing good
“Raisin In the Sun” has a rollercoaster of a second act, so gasp-inducing that Lorraine Hansberry’s play became Broadway’s hottest ticket of 1959, and after that, a star-making [...]
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July 13, 2016 by justin
in Center Stage
July 13, 2016 by justin
in Locker Room
Gentlemen, start your… beaks?
Is watching a gaggle of expensive cars driven by multi-millionaires turning left on an oval 200-plus times getting stale? Has the Iditarod simply become a vowel-heavy, embarrassing word (“You did [...]
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July 13, 2016 by justin
in Civic Skinny
Others hover as IRS takes on Prairie Meadows. County, the landlord and beneficiary, has key role.
The fight between Prairie Meadows and the Internal Revenue Service could last years. It will cost a jackpot in legal fees. And it can’t be settled unless the Polk County [...]
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July 13, 2016 by justin
in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in…
City of Des Moines To be paid on 6/23/2016 Amount: $1,946.79 To: Absolute Property Services For: Graffiti removal at multiple locations Amount: $30,554.45 To: Capitol Center 2 [...]
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July 13, 2016 by justin
in Rap Sheet
Two of a kind
There are better ways to get a date. Dan Skuta, a linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars, was arrested on June 19 for assaulting a woman who refused to give [...]
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July 13, 2016 by justin
in On the Move
Restaurant opens in former Dahl’s in Ankeny
The Fletcher Kitchen + Bar is Ankeny’s newest homegrown restaurant and is open for business. The new eatery is housed in the former Dahl’s Foods store that has been [...]
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July 13, 2016 by justin
in Belly Up To...
Ron & Pat’s Brew Haus — ‘nice people’
The sign above the white gravel parking lot shows two frothy beer steins poised to clink together. The old school, lounge-looking watering hole sits low on the corner of [...]
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July 13, 2016 by justin
in Political Mercury
Reynolds and a roadster
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, a prominent voice on international trade in Iowa, immediately spied the export value of the mobile veterinary units at a Lake City manufacturer. She talked business [...]
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Homepage Cover Story
80/35 Your complete guide to who’s who, what’s where, and when you can see it
It is time once again, boys and girls. Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, the 80/35 Music Festival has returned to Western Gateway Park. For two days [...]
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