Park Here
Iowa State Fairgrounds area residents cash in on need for overflow parking. Residents from nearly 5,500 homes surrounding the Iowa State Fairgrounds will allow fair-goers to park in their yards [...]
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Posted July 31, 2019in Feature 2
Posted July 03, 2019in Feature 2
Blitz on blight
Des Moines leaders target nuisance property owners. Des Moines city leaders will be more aggressive with nuisance properties now that they have the money to demolish them. Officials hope income [...]
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Posted June 05, 2019in Feature 2
Under the knife
Learn the questions to ask about elective plastic surgery before you decide if it is right for you. The face of plastic surgery has become younger, more familiar and more [...]
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Posted May 01, 2019in Feature 2
East Village in the Springtime
Take time this month to soak in the sun and the fashion When we think of fast fashion, we think of inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response [...]
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Posted April 03, 2019in Feature 2
Take me out to the Ballgame
Root, root, root for the Cubbies as the team begins the 51st season of Triple-A baseball in Des Moines; the I-Cubs home opener is scheduled for April 9 at Principal [...]
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Posted March 06, 2019in Feature 2
Kiss me, I’m Irish.
Why everyone wants to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Benjamin Disraeli, no friend to the Irish, warned about the three types of falsehoods: “lies, damned lies and statistics.” (Mark [...]
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Posted February 06, 2019in Feature 2
Flying high again
Iowa Barnstormers prepare to defend their Indoor Football League crown. Predicting the outcome of a 14-game football season before the first snap has been taken is akin to sending an [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Feature 2
Winter Arts & Entertainment
Don’t get too cozy; central Iowa has many fun things to do this winter. Iowa’s winter weather is predictably unpredictable, but, sooner or later, arctic winds eventually deliver freezing temps. Be that [...]
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Posted October 31, 2018in Feature 2
The Soul of Restaurants
What is it about our local dining establishments — or who is it — that make them special? Restaurants are so much a part of our lives that it’s hard to imagine a [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in Feature 2
Pucks in the city
The hunt is on for playoff hockey in Des Moines. Tune up the Zamboni. Prepare the penalty boxes. Start practicing your slap shot. Here come the power plays, missing teeth, Minnesota accents, red lines, [...]
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