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Twelve drummers drumming… …for Helen Eddy, the very busy Polk County health commissioner…and Karen Schunk and all the other women (and men) who make and give away masks to help [...]
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                				Posted December 02, 2020in Civic Skinny
				
				
			
				
		Twelve drummers drumming… …for Helen Eddy, the very busy Polk County health commissioner…and Karen Schunk and all the other women (and men) who make and give away masks to help [...]
Read More → Posted November 02, 2020in Civic Skinny
									
            	                				
                				Posted November 02, 2020in Civic Skinny
				
				
			
				
		The hiring of political veteran John Norris to be the new county manager — which was expected to be announced after CITYVIEW went to press — was not without its [...]
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                				Posted September 30, 2020in Civic Skinny
				
				
			
				
		It pays to be a scofflaw. The proposed consent decree between the federal government and Dico — a decree in which the City of Des Moines would end up owning [...]
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                				Posted September 02, 2020in Civic Skinny
				
				
			
				
		In 2019, Des Moines police officers responded to 202,000 calls. Twice, officers fired their guns in the line of duty. Each time, the officers were fired upon first. So why [...]
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                				Posted August 05, 2020in Civic Skinny
				
				
			
				
		Four well-known Des Moines men — all in their 80s or beyond — died within days of one another last month. All were interesting men who led interesting lives. Owen [...]
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                				Posted July 01, 2020in Civic Skinny
				
				
			
				
		Companies owned by Harry Stine, the richest man in Iowa, are among the 60,000 or so Iowa companies that have received around $5.1 billion in forgivable loans from the federal [...]
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		Updated: June 12, 2020 A Drake University student accidentally shot in the head by a Drake basketball player at a party two years ago now has sued the university, the [...]
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                				Posted March 24, 2020in Civic Skinny
				
				
			
				
		CITYVIEW is taking a break with its printed edition — until we’re all hale and hearty again — so here’s an update on news Civic Skinny has been following. Marty [...]
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                				Posted March 04, 2020in Civic Skinny
				
				
			
				
		Marty Tirrell, the smooth-talking scammer and loud-talking sports-radio host, has been kicked out of the Door of Faith residential treatment center where he was awaiting his April 7 sentencing in [...]
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                				Posted February 05, 2020in Civic Skinny
				
				
			
				
		No one seems to have noticed — there’s not even a press release on the website — but Matt McCoy was elected chair of the Polk County Board of Supervisors [...]
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