Pure, raw muscle
Do you want washboard abs, powerful quads and a beautiful, muscle-defined back? Join the club. Who wouldn’t want to be bronzed, ripped and proudly packing a six-pack stomach and [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Locker Room
May 11, 2016 by justin
in Your View
Increase the minimum wage
The Polk County Supervisors voted in April to appoint a task force to study increasing the minimum wage countywide. The current minimum wage in Iowa is $7.25 for hourly [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Center Stage
Kathy Griffin, pumped up for crazy business
Over the phone, Kathy Griffin comes on like gangbusters. The call is just one in a long day of interviews — Griffin’s comedy tour is hitting 80 cities — [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
Tulips and cornfields
Iowa cornfields in late August are a thing to behold. Sure, I’m biased. I love the long formations of parading stalks, their dark green leaves turned dry and hard [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Book Review
‘The Fireman’
By Joe Hill 768pp William Morrow $28.99 05/17/16 There’s something magical about Joe Hill. Something deeply disturbed — as we’d expect from a child of horror demigod Stephen [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Sound Circuit
Showcasing the future
For the past seven years, aspiring guitar players in Des Moines have had the option of learning from one of the best in the business, local guitarist James Biehn. [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Rap Sheet
Two of a kind
Comedian and actor Katt Williams, 42, was arrested on April 27 at a suburban Atlanta restaurant. Witnesses told police an argument erupted when members of Williams’ family seated themselves [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in On the Move
Brand new ReStore
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity has opened a new resale shop, ReStore, with its second metro area store at 4033 N.W. Urbandale Drive in Urbandale. The 25,000-square-foot building provides [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in…
In Polk County To be paid on 5/2/2016 Amount: $106,494.31 To: Total capital outlays for the period for human services needs For: Department of Human Services [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Political Mercury
10 reasons Trump should select Joni Ernst as running mate
Donald Trump, the bombastic billionaire who has defied convention, confounded expert prediction, and punctured the business of punditry to obsolescence, now has his self-described large hands gripping the Republican presidential nomination. [...]
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