March 15, 2013 by justin
in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – Officials with the Iowa Department of Human Services are not protected by state or federal laws in their refusal to release details regarding where welfare money is being spent, according to at least one media law attorney. Iowa Watchdog recently requested two months’ worth of transactions made
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March 14, 2013 by justin
in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – State senators in Iowa sidestepped questions this week regarding their annual compensation and stalled the release of information offering a more detailed view of their expenses. Iowa Watchdog requested a breakdown of lawmaker compensation, including their salary, per diem, constituency costs, lodging and meal receipts and mileage. Officials with the
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March 14, 2013 by justin
in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES — When the Des Moines School Board began its search for a new superintendent in May, district spokesman Phil Roeder advised the board to present a united front to the public and to applicants. Only the board president should speak to the media, and bold and robust board
Read More →‘TOMB RAIDER’ (M) ****1/2 Square Enix Xbox 360 This prequel/reboot/origin story introduces us to Lara Croft before she was a dual-gun-toting badass (and apparently before she had breast implants). Indeed, longtime fans of the franchise will scarcely recognize this realistically proportioned character as she meekly ventures through scary places, appropriately
Read More →The Des Moines Social Club has hired Des Moines musician Mickey Davis as its new event manager. After living and working in the Twin Cities the last couple years, Davis is back in Des Moines and excited to help the Social Club expand the number and scope of its presentations.
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Harriet Leitch Reagan Arthur Books Jan. 15, 2013 $25.99 388 pp. Retired detective John Rebus, star of 2008’s “Exit Music” by Ian Rankin, returns as a civilian working in a cold case unit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Rebus meets with Nina Hazlitt whose daughter disappeared
Read More →David Bowie ‘The Next Day’ Columbia Remember when David Bowie was DAVID BOWIE, and everything he touched was beautiful and amazing? He stopped being transcendent right around 1990, and since then has been releasing albums that have seemed to grasp more desperately at some kind of social relevance. Time had
Read More →Food courts are not the place where most folks go for spiritual renewal. Heck, food courts don’t even count as a location for a date with your special someone — unless, of course, you’re 12. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that caramel popcorn purchased at a food court
Read More →Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKIN’ Police were called to the 1300 block of Martin Luther King Parkway around
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March 13, 2013 by justin
in Featured Story, Political Mercury
The “Iowa Nice” guy — he of the snark and snarl, the Internet sensation with the clockmaker’s timing for profanity — talked of being nice. Honestly. For real. Even in a virtual world. “We have to somehow transition into listening again,” Scott Siepker said. Siepker, a Mount Carmel native and
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