Posted May 15, 2013in Cover Story, Rap Sheet, Sound Notes
It was a phenomenon that defines irony: A town was put on the map for being all but wiped clean of it. It was five years ago, almost to the day, that Iowa made national headlines when the town of Parkersburg was ravaged by an EF5 tornado. It was an
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Posted May 08, 2013in Cover Story
Lazerfest. Even if you’ve never been to it, you know what it’s all about. It’s big, it’s loud, and, to hear the folks at Lazer tell it, “it’s the best time of the year.” Every year, thousands of people pass through the turnstiles, but what are their experiences actually like?
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Posted May 01, 2013in Cover Story
Remember that clever, acronymic T-shirt some smart alec thought up in the 1980s to insult Iowans: Iowa — Idiots Out Wandering Around? As mean as it was, we’d be liars if we tried to argue that Iowa doesn’t have its fair share of just that. To the uninformed, we’re just
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Posted April 24, 2013in Cover Story
Ever go dumpster diving, curb shopping or garbage picking? If not, you might be missing out. Some people actually make a good living that way — pilfering through others’ castaways. It’s the slightly less glamorous way of “going green,” and it’s catching on like a fever, especially this time of
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Posted April 17, 2013in Cover Story
When it comes to the proposed “Iowa Better Bottle Bill,” as with almost every other controversy to come before the legislature, there are two sides to every story. In this case, both sides have intelligent arguments backed by indisputable facts, figures and stats. But in the end, we know only
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Posted April 10, 2013in Cover Story
Rae Fehring is one of the most effervescent people you’ll ever meet. The titular voice behind local act Rae and the Honeybees, Fehring has seemingly boundless energy, an addictively positive attitude and a smile that makes you feel like you’ve done something right with your life every time you see
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Posted April 03, 2013in Cover Story
With every tap on the key board, a 21st century journalist can’t help but ask herself: What is the point? Many people these days don’t like to read. As odd a thing that is to read, it’s an even more off-putting thing to write. And it’s an unfortunate fact to
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Posted March 27, 2013in Cover Story
At Cityview, we get a lot of suggestions from readers insisting we write about their latest plight of injustice. Despite our rabble-rousing reputation as an alternative newsweekly in Des Moines, and though we do entertain such intrigues on occasion, the majority of these complaints get filed into the “maybe” story
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Posted March 20, 2013in Cover Story
This week’s NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena present Dickensian contradictions. As far as mass appeal goes, they’re not that big of a deal. The first day’s matches will only be broadcast on the Internet. All but one other session will be relegated to ESPNU, the least-watched
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Posted March 13, 2013in Cover Story
Poor ol’ Mick Flaherty. He got a wee too sauced at a downtown tavern last week — too much of the Guinness and whiskeys, one might suspect. He stumbled out of the pub and into a warm Sunday afternoon air. His drunken eyes squinted in the light as an ambulance
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