Jerry Crawford v. Doug Gross in court? Not this round.
It sounded too good to be true. And, alas, it was. The best show in town this fall could have been on Nov. 5 at Drake University, with lawyers Jerry [...]
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Posted October 14, 2015in Civic Skinny
Posted October 07, 2015in Civic Skinny
No taxes are levied on $2.5 billion of Polk property.
The National Pork Producers is headquartered in a handsome building in Clive. It is assessed at $3,291,000. The Fraternal Order of Eagles has a 6,000-square-foot lodge on Bloomfield Road assessed [...]
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Posted September 30, 2015in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
Big payday set for Mell Meredith and Tom Meredith.
Mell Meredith and Tom Meredith — the two senior members of the founding family of Meredith Corp. — control Meredith stock that will be swapped for $182 million in cash [...]
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Posted September 09, 2015in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
It’s final: Bubu Palo didn’t rape Hunter Elizabeth Breshears.
Iowa State University’s three-year fight against basketball player Bubu Palo ended last week in the Court of Appeals. Once again, Palo won. And, finally, the university is giving up. It [...]
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Posted September 02, 2015in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
McCoy eyes John Mauro’s seat. Hagenow gets strong foe.
State Sen. Matt McCoy, who has decided not to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Third District, now plans to run for Polk County Supervisor in three years [...]
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Posted August 26, 2015in Civic Skinny
Slipknot widow accuses artist of theft, trespass.
The widow of Paul Gray, the masked Slipknot bassist who died of a drug overdose five years ago, is suing a sort-of-well-known Des Moines artist she hired to help produce [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Civic Skinny
Gambling at Iowa casinos levels off — at a high number.
Has gambling topped out in Iowa? It looks like it. Revenue of the casinos regulated by the state has been more-or-less level for the past seven years. And earlier this [...]
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Posted August 12, 2015in Civic Skinny
Oops: Grassley’s judge pick for Iowa lives in South Dakota.
“Iowan Leonard Strand Nominated for Federal Judgeship,” said the headline on the press release issued the other day by the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley. Well, not quite. Leonard Strand, [...]
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Posted August 05, 2015in Civic Skinny
The rich get richer: Iowa, Iowa State sports money soars.
Money continues to pour into the athletic departments at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. And the departments continue to find ways to spend it — without shipping [...]
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Posted July 29, 2015in Civic Skinny
Wife-beating charge could complicate plea deal in Sorenson case. Grassley’s money. And Juice.
If you’re awaiting sentencing on federal charges that could send you to prison for up to 25 years but hoping you can cut a deal for lesser time, it’s probably [...]
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