Amount: $630 To: American Jail Association (Hagerstown, Md.) For: Non-member registration fees ($315 each) for Sergeant Tara Cook and Chief Deputy Vic Munoz to attend the AJA 32nd Annual Training Conference and Jail Expo on April 1. Amount: $2,244.75 To: Anderson-Erickson Dairy Co. For: Purchase of cheese, milk and
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! GIT-N-GO, LITERALLY A man was paying for his gas at Git-N-Go, 2911 Douglas Ave., just after midnight
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January 23, 2013 by justin
in On The Tube, Recent Posts
‘The Carrie Diaries; is a delightfully bad prequel to ‘Sex and the City’ “The Carrie Diaries” (Monday, 7 p.m., CW) is a prequel to “Sex and the City,” featuring a 16-year-old Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) in place of Sarah Jessica Parker’s adult version. In 1984, Carrie obsesses on “finding her
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January 23, 2013 by justin
in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang William Morrow and Company 11/13/12 $ 22.99 192 pp. Oh, Willie, you clever scoundrel. You knew we would just have to read a book with a title like this. So I did, and here we go… This is a delightful, quick read
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January 23, 2013 by justin
in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
You know who’s had a busy January? Brolester Records, that’s who. The Des Moines-based label — already home to albums from North of Grand, Superchief and Patrick’s Beard and The Rusty Razors — continues to expand its (now global) network of bands. In the past couple weeks, Brolester’s Jeremiah Tuhn
Read More →Arcades were once the place where great minds could come together and debate the timeless questions like, “Who would win in a fight between a bikini-clad cheerleader and a horseman with four arms and butterfly wings?” The evolution of arcade gaming died with the drastic improvement of home consoles and
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January 23, 2013 by justin
in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
No one is issuing any press releases, but the plan to move the downtown YMCA to the old convention center is all but a done deal. The money is pledged. By the time the convention complex is purchased and remodeled and an indoor, 50-meter pool and other facilities are added
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January 23, 2013 by justin
in Belly Up To...
A guy I knew in college barely tried in class and thus barely passed with diploma in hand. Instead of books, he usually clutched a can of Budweiser, as if it were a natural appendage that grew from his palm. You know the type — the guy who trips over
Read More →In a town that prides itself on the quality of the blues music it produces, it can take quite a lot to make an impression. Even judging solely by the performance Saturday night — to say nothing of the quality of its lineup — the Rock Island Rollers should have
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