I’m always impressed by the class-act writing this newspaper delivers, but one commentary recently really struck a chord with me (“The Honest Problem of Gun Control,” Guest Commentary, Feb. 7). Maybe it’s my age, and I remember when our own government killed and harmed innocent college students in 1970. Or
Read More →The good Des Moines Public Schools will be able to hire 40 to 50 additional teachers in 2013-14, even if state lawmakers freeze school aid, according to a press release sent to Cityview last week. Budget projections show the district can expect a surplus of at least $3.4 million in
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February 20, 2013 by justin
in Featured Story, Political Mercury
The brilliant actress Maggie Smith of “Downton Abbey” quoted the playwright Noel Coward on “60 Minutes” Sunday night in talking about her advancing age. She’s 78. “It seems like you eat breakfast every 30 minutes,” Smith said, referring to how days go racing by as one matures. Fair enough. For
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February 13, 2013 by justin
in The Sound
Slipknot isn’t ours anymore. Sure, the guys still hail from here. But they belong to the world now, their talent and success having elevated them to a point that transcends simple geography. If there’s any justice in the world (and I like to think there is), then Dead Horse Trauma
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February 13, 2013 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
The class is soon to begin. Chairs shuffle, winter coats are thrown to the side, note pads and laptops are carefully balanced on the 12-inches-of-polished-wood for a desk, and low conversation floats through the room. Cell phones are turned off or carefully hidden just out of sight. Murmurs, coughs and
Read More →Sad news for local music coming out of Ames this past week, as 105.1, Channel Q’s “Iowa Unsigned” host Benny Black announced that he was leaving the station after the Feb. 10 broadcast. Black, who’s taking a position with a radio station in Chicago, has been a tireless champion of
Read More →Amount: $9,935.70 To: Bob Barker Company Inc. (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.) For: The purchase of supplies such as bathroom sandals, razors, socks and trousers for the Polk County Jail inmates. Amount: $4,493.44 To: Central Service and Supply Inc. For: Purchase of public works materials such as 10 grab hooks ($196) and
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February 13, 2013 by justin
in Belly Up To...
Some people go to church and pray to God for love of the Holy Trinity; others go to the bar. (Some do both). At Whiskey Dixx downtown, the holy trinity includes Jack Daniels, Jim Beam and Johnny Walker, and if you love it too much, you could end up praying
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February 13, 2013 by justin
in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
More on the fallout from Tom Harkin’s decision not to run again in 2014. It’s becoming more and more clear there will be primaries in both parties as state politicians eye the First District Congressional seat that Bruce Braley will vacate as he seeks Harkin’s seat. And it’s becoming more
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