Ahlers law firm sues the estate of Kirk Blunck.
Kirk Blunck, the respected and embattled Des Moines architect who died mysteriously in the stairwell of his Teachout Building in the East Village on Jan. 24, left an estate valued [...]
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Posted February 24, 2016in Civic Skinny
Posted February 10, 2016in Civic Skinny
Cruz crows as caucuses hurt the Dems and Branstad.
The Iowa Democratic Party and the Iowa governor were the biggest losers in the caucus. The party lost because the Democratic caucuses were a mess. With a week to go, [...]
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Posted February 03, 2016in Civic Skinny
The double life of Kirk Blunck — architect and debtor.
Kirk Blunck, who died last week under what the medical examiner called “suspicious” circumstances at the bottom of some stairs in the Teachout Building that he had restored in the [...]
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Posted January 27, 2016in Civic Skinny
Polk court tells johns: stay away from backpage.com.
At least some of the 30 or so men picked up in those prostitution stings in August at the Ramada Inn on Army Post Road and the Econo Lodge Inn [...]
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Posted January 20, 2016in Civic Skinny
Delay in Water Works suit is bad for Des Moines in Legislature.
Bad news for Des Moines: Federal Judge Mark Bennett’s decision last week to ask the Iowa Supreme Court to rule on some legal issues before he hears the lawsuit the [...]
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Posted January 13, 2016in Civic Skinny
‘Check our progress,’ Branstad said. So Cityview did.
Five years ago, when Gov. Terry Branstad resumed office after a 12-year pause, he said the budget practices of the past — presumably he meant under Govs. Tom Vilsack and [...]
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Posted January 06, 2016in Civic Skinny
Iowa Republicans voted against courthouse for Des Moines.
Two days before Christmas, The Des Moines Register reported that almost a week earlier — it takes a while for news to get from Washington to Des Moines — Congress [...]
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Posted December 23, 2015in Civic Skinny
Merry Christmas!
Twelve drummers drumming… …for Sara Boese at Polk County and Sarai Rice at the Des Moines Area Religious Council, who want to feed the hungry…and John Mauro and the Board [...]
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Posted December 16, 2015in Civic Skinny
What’s in the legal memo advising Hensley on housing vote?
If a city council person thought she might have a conflict of interests on a coming vote on a controversial issue, and if she asked the city lawyer for an [...]
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Posted December 09, 2015in Civic Skinny
The Register’s circulation drops — yet again.
Circulation of The Des Moines Register continues to fall in both the metro area and the state at large. An increase in the numbers of people buying the digital edition [...]
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