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Iowa’s race for governor. Where it stops, nobody knows. 1. The Gambler vs. The Nanny — Sound the sirens, throw …
“I hope the media is listening closely.” Yardy cart anti-tip plate inventor Kim Brokaw during last night’s City Council meeting. He went …
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Gov. Chet Culver’s latest political problem strode through The Gazette’s front doors first thing Monday morning. Jonathan Narcisse, Des Moines newspaper publisher …
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So the novella that was the City Council debate over where to build a new public library turned out the …
The city’s public library director isn’t a big fan of bus depots and the people who use them. Bob Pasicznyuk …
I bravely trekked through a frigid wind to the Crowne Plaza over the noon hour to see Mayor Ron Corbett’s State …
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