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Sure, just when I get a vehicle with a sweet back-up camera…From the Downtown District: Reversal of Back-In Angle Parking …
The dignitaries were damp, and I have to say the museum looked a little nervous. No, I didn’t do one …
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Gov. Terry Branstad arrived Monday in Cedar Rapids in a small plane. I was sort of expecting a hulking C-130. …
? Rumor has it that Sarah Palin may bring her family vacation/media circus tour to Iowa sometime this month. Maybe …
Washington Elementary School Principal Terry Eisenbarth’s birthday spankings have ignited a heated debate. But “whapping” students’ backsides is the tip …
When MainStreet.com declared Grand Rapids, Mich. a “dying city,” event planner and Grand Rapidian Rob Bliss rounded up a few thousand …
Agree or disagree, you’ve got to admire his moxie. Jeff Angelo is a former state senator from Creston, once a …
If April showers bring May flowers, then I guess May’s final exams must bring June’s platitudes. It’s graduation season, the …
Have you ever watched a story take shape? I don’t mean looking over some author’s shoulder as she hacks away …
So, the 2011 Iowa budget impasse, code named Operation Sitzkrieg, continues. Gov. Terry Branstad and fellow Republicans who control the …
Welcome back, three-day weekenders. Gallup has some fascinating numbers today from a poll of Americans on moral issues, a “Values …
No one wants to talk about teen suicide. It’s painful, it’s tragic, it doesn’t make any sense. Better to pretend …
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