Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! BIG BALLS Police were called to the Walmart on Southeast 15th Street around 3 p.m. on March 16 after three male juveniles had released all the large bouncy balls from the ball corral. The balls bounced wildly through the store, knocking over elderly
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March 27, 2013 by justin
in Locker Room
This weekend, countless Iowans will celebrate the return of their Lord and Savior during Easter. For children it is a day of sweets left by a precocious bunny after a long-awaited end to their time of penance. Adults celebrate with family and friends at church services and lunches with all
Read More →Review by Victoria Jones Peter Publishing Group 2/12/13 $425.92 2,857 pp. The story begins with Melody, the daughter of an orange farmer, riding her horse through the orchards one sunny afternoon, when she stumbles upon a naked man sprawled out behind “a particularly forlorn tree.” Instead of galloping away in
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March 26, 2013 by justin
in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES — Iowa spent more than half-million taxpayer dollars last fiscal year to pay mileage for out-of-town attorneys who represent the poor, even though local attorneys were available and willing to do the work, state figures show. The state spent some $30.5 million last fiscal year to hire contract
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March 25, 2013 by justin
in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad’s attorney claims that no emails from the governor over the past nine months contain key words that could pertain to the controversial deal to lure an Egyptian company by providing more than half a billion dollars in tax incentives. Iowa Watchdog requested access to
Read More →Medicaid is state-funded, and so is the governor’s health insurance. If the state-provided care is so good as to not need federal intervention, why doesn’t the governor use it himself? If he were on IowaCare, he could be grateful that he serves most of his time near Broadlawns in Des
Read More →When the pain is too great, when it all is just too much, the doctors prescribe morphine. It is an interesting substance — this derivative from opium. In the early 1800s, a German pharmacist named the drug morphine after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams. No doubt, dreams are what
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