Posted May 25, 2016in 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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Posted May 18, 2016in Civic Skinny
Two of the seven board members of the planned downtown convention hotel have resigned just as the hotel gets ready for its groundbreaking this week. Cynthia Eisenhauer and her husband [...]
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Posted May 11, 2016in Civic Skinny
As schools lower standards, more flunk the Iowa bar. The generous people of Des Moines last week gave $272,344 to around 140 local charities as part of the “Give [...]
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Posted May 04, 2016in Civic Skinny
Not much has been happening of late in Chris Godfrey’s lawsuit against Gov. Terry Branstad and five other state officials named in the retaliation, defamation, extortion and discrimination proceeding. [...]
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Posted April 13, 2016in Civic Skinny
No foes for Polk Supervisors. Some plans for MacRae Park. Bubu Palo, the former Iowa State basketball player, has sued the university and the Board of Regents in [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
Ward Reynoldson For the past 40 years or so, I have kept a small picture of Ward Reynoldson on my desk at home. It was taken at a picnic [...]
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Posted March 23, 2016in Civic Skinny
What is an “infamous crime?” And who should decide that question? And who cares? The first two questions will be argued before the Iowa Supreme Court next week in an [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in Civic Skinny
Maybe Councilwoman Chris Hensley didn’t have a conflict of interest last December when she cast a critical “yes” vote that allowed local developers to apply to the Iowa Finance Authority [...]
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Posted March 09, 2016in Civic Skinny
A bank in Atlantic has filed a large claim against the estate of Kirk Blunck. The Rolling Hills Bank & Trust says the estate owes it $557,214.64, plus interest at [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in Civic Skinny
Attorney General Tom Miller apparently is about to hire Mari Culver for a top job in the AG’s office. Culver, the wife of former governor Chet Culver, has long been [...]
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