Gortz Haus settles complaints, now welcomes gays
The couple who own the Gortz Haus Gallery have agreed that gay people now can rent the facility for weddings. The couple has dropped its lawsuit against the Iowa Civil [...]
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Posted January 28, 2015in Civic Skinny
Posted January 21, 2015in Civic Skinny
Creditors Get 12 Cents on Every Dollar Tirrell Owes.
If Marty Tirrell owes you money — and if he does, you’re not alone — here’s the good news: You will be paid. Here’s the not-so-good news: You will be [...]
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Posted January 14, 2015in Civic Skinny
Vilsack Wants Iowa Dems to Shape Up — But Why?
Tom Vilsack is stepping back into Iowa politics. He has asked a couple of big hitters — Tim and Toni Urban and Fred and Charlotte Hubbell — to gather some [...]
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Posted January 07, 2015in Civic Skinny
Twist: Branstad calls Godfrey suit harassment, says Godfrey should pay those LaMarca bills.
Gov. Terry Branstad and his fellow defendants in the long and nasty harassment, discrimination, extortion, retaliation and defamation lawsuit filed by former Workers Compensation Director Chris Godfrey, want to turn [...]
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Posted December 31, 2014in Civic Skinny
Register circulation numbers hit a 90-year low.
The year was 1925. Des Moines was booming; its population had soared to more than 125,000. It had 110 churches, 16 movie theaters and three vaudeville houses. Nine railroads [...]
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Posted December 24, 2014in Civic Skinny
Merry Christmas…
Twelve drummers drumming… … for all those old folks well past 80 who still go to work every day — Bill Knapp and John Pappajohn and Stan Seidler and [...]
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Posted December 17, 2014in Civic Skinny
A backpack snoop (allegedly), a Republican wedding, a big legal bill, and how to cut the cost of your Register.
Remember Teresa Wagner? Probably not. Maybe this will help: She’s a Republican — an active, pro-life conservative — on the staff at the law school at the University of Iowa, which [...]
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Posted December 10, 2014in Civic Skinny
Is Blunck shopping some East Village holdings? Suit: Mom in Palo case ‘interfering’ in his career.
Beleaguered property owner Kirk Blunck denies it, but developers say he is trying to sell some of his properties in the East Village. At least two downtown developers say they [...]
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Posted December 03, 2014in Civic Skinny
The Fort Des Moines: What is next for iconic hotel with a glorious past?
The city fathers got together. The population of Des Moines had nearly doubled in just 20 years, to about 120,000, and the city needed a great hotel, they said. Des [...]
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Posted November 25, 2014in Civic Skinny
Blondie, Latin American sci-fi, lust, turtles in France and Brazilian women at play: Profs plan sabbaticals Also: Hotel Fort Des Moines is being sold
Your tax dollars at work: Lauren Rabinovitz, a professor of American Studies at the University of Iowa, will be taking a sabbatical next fall. She will use her paid leave [...]
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