May 25, 2016 by justin
in Political Mercury
Patty Judge wouldn’t reveal the internal poll numbers inspiring that twinkle in her eye. But the veteran Iowa politician, the former lieutenant governor and state secretary of agriculture, says she’s a [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in Tech Talk
YouTube should not exist. With more than one billion users, trillions of hours of content, and more than 80 percent of users coming to the site from outside the [...]
Read More →The curators of the annual 515 Alive Music Festival are bringing a new festival to the Des Moines area later this year. Dubbed the Kosmos Music Festival, the event [...]
Read More →in Polk County May 17, 2016 Amount: $5,778,249.44 To: Miscellaneous payees of Polk County For: All bills paid by Polk County on May 17, 2016 Amount: $1,346,795.63 [...]
Read More →“Fallen Angels” Columbia When Bob Dylan released 2015’s “Shadows in the Night,” the idea of an iconoclast like Dylan covering Sinatra seemed ridiculous. But the resulting album proved [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in The Sound
Every band — or at least every band that is doing it right — places a premium on authenticity. You should be true to the music, and the [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in Locker Room
As Americans, we love choices. Whether it’s in the buffet line, on the couch clicking through channels on a lazy Sunday afternoon or picking out that perfect pair of slacks [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in Civic Skinny
Bill Ruud is not leaving the University of Northern Iowa for some idyllic small college in some idyllic small town. Marietta College, now with about 1,200 students, is [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in On The Tube
What to “look forward to” this fall from the broadcast networks. It’s been a rough couple of seasons for broadcast network television. Programming competition from cable and streaming services [...]
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May 18, 2016 by justin
in Cover Story
Des Moines Menace men’s soccer team is on the hunt for its next PDL championship It’s the first day of practice for the Des Moines men’s Menace soccer [...]
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