"El Rey, a market specializing in Mexican products that also was a restaurant and sold firearms, was destroyed by a fire days before Christmas." Kyle Werner reporting for the Des Moines Register.
Perry, Iowa
Interesting combination, Mexican grocery store, Mexican restaurant, and gun store.
Perry, Iowa
Interesting combination, Mexican grocery store, Mexican restaurant, and gun store.
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"El Rey, a market specializing in Mexican products that also was a restaurant and sold firearms, was destroyed by a fire days before Christmas." Kyle Werner reporting for the Des Moines Register.
Perry, Iowa
Interesting combination, Mexican grocery store, Mexican restaurant, and gun store.
Perry, Iowa
Interesting combination, Mexican grocery store, Mexican restaurant, and gun store.
Looks like the University of Oklahoma has a new degree program they'll be great at.
December 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Looks like the University of Oklahoma has a new degree program they'll be great at.
North Carolina State Patrol announced seven people lost their lives in the crash of a Cessna Citation 550. Airport staff confirmed one of the individuals on that plane was retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle. Authorities are not releasing any other victim information pending identification of those.
December 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
North Carolina State Patrol announced seven people lost their lives in the crash of a Cessna Citation 550. Airport staff confirmed one of the individuals on that plane was retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle. Authorities are not releasing any other victim information pending identification of those.
Forecasters predict snow in the Cedar Rapids area this afternoon and this evening. Part of a narrow snow band stretching across the entire state from northwest to southeast.
December 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Forecasters predict snow in the Cedar Rapids area this afternoon and this evening. Part of a narrow snow band stretching across the entire state from northwest to southeast.
I think this ad was meant for married men in Kentucky and Tennessee.
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I think this ad was meant for married men in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Quote of the Day:
"He's like a man with a fork in a world of soup." --Noel Gallagher of Oasis on his brother Liam.
"He's like a man with a fork in a world of soup." --Noel Gallagher of Oasis on his brother Liam.
December 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Quote of the Day:
"He's like a man with a fork in a world of soup." --Noel Gallagher of Oasis on his brother Liam.
"He's like a man with a fork in a world of soup." --Noel Gallagher of Oasis on his brother Liam.
Scope of this winter storm at 7:45 am CST.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Scope of this winter storm at 7:45 am CST.
Regional road conditions as of 7:30 am, CST.
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Regional road conditions as of 7:30 am, CST.
“At the same time I graduated from Chicago, there were a couple of people graduating from Dartmouth, who had worked at the Dartmouth Review. People may recognize Laura Ingraham, Dinesh D’Souza. They were in this group. And I’ve come to see they were not pro-conservative, they were anti-left."
November 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“At the same time I graduated from Chicago, there were a couple of people graduating from Dartmouth, who had worked at the Dartmouth Review. People may recognize Laura Ingraham, Dinesh D’Souza. They were in this group. And I’ve come to see they were not pro-conservative, they were anti-left."
Marion officials announced implementation of their Winter Storm Parking protocol. All residents need to move their vehicles off city streets until Sunday evening.
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Marion officials announced implementation of their Winter Storm Parking protocol. All residents need to move their vehicles off city streets until Sunday evening.
Iowa road conditions as of 7:30 pm.
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Iowa road conditions as of 7:30 pm.
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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
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Thanksgiving should be time spent with loved ones reflecting on gratitude, not picking political fights with your family.
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Thanksgiving should be time spent with loved ones reflecting on gratitude, not picking political fights with your family.
Latest snow accumulation forecast from the National Weather Service for the winter storm expected to affect our area from Friday night through early Sunday morning.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Latest snow accumulation forecast from the National Weather Service for the winter storm expected to affect our area from Friday night through early Sunday morning.
The incompetence in this prosecution is incredible.
Justice Department lawyers said that a full grand jury never reviewed the final indictment against former FBI director James B. Comey.
The admission that could threaten the viability of the case.
The admission that could threaten the viability of the case.
Justice Dept. acknowledges full grand jury never saw final Comey indictment
The acknowledgement came during a hearing in which a federal judge heard the former FBI director’s arguments that he is the target of a vindictive prosecution.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The incompetence in this prosecution is incredible.
"Many learned people seem to feel that the quality of readableness in a book is one which warrants suspicion. Indeed, not a few learned people seem to feel that the fact that a book is interesting is proof that it is shallow." --Teddy Roosevelt to American Historical Assoc., 1912
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
"Many learned people seem to feel that the quality of readableness in a book is one which warrants suspicion. Indeed, not a few learned people seem to feel that the fact that a book is interesting is proof that it is shallow." --Teddy Roosevelt to American Historical Assoc., 1912
"The greatest literary historian must of necessity be a master of the science of history, a man who has at his finger-tips all the accumulated facts from the treasure-houses of the dead past. But he must also possess the power to marshal what is dead so that before our eyes it lives again." -TR
November 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"The greatest literary historian must of necessity be a master of the science of history, a man who has at his finger-tips all the accumulated facts from the treasure-houses of the dead past. But he must also possess the power to marshal what is dead so that before our eyes it lives again." -TR
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I'm at the Democratic nominating convention for Iowa Senate district 16 in West Des Moines.
Delegates from the precincts in this district (covering Windsor Heights and parts of Clive and WDM) will nominate a candidate for Dec. 30 special election to replace the late Dem State Senator Claire Celsi.
Delegates from the precincts in this district (covering Windsor Heights and parts of Clive and WDM) will nominate a candidate for Dec. 30 special election to replace the late Dem State Senator Claire Celsi.
October 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'm at the Democratic nominating convention for Iowa Senate district 16 in West Des Moines.
Delegates from the precincts in this district (covering Windsor Heights and parts of Clive and WDM) will nominate a candidate for Dec. 30 special election to replace the late Dem State Senator Claire Celsi.
Delegates from the precincts in this district (covering Windsor Heights and parts of Clive and WDM) will nominate a candidate for Dec. 30 special election to replace the late Dem State Senator Claire Celsi.
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Honor boxes
Moscow, IA
Moscow, IA
October 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Honor boxes
Moscow, IA
Moscow, IA
We really need to understand what happened to the bag with 50,000 dollars in cash Homan accepted.
October 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We really need to understand what happened to the bag with 50,000 dollars in cash Homan accepted.
Glad to display Michael Bowling’s yard sign. He is a candidate I support.
October 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Glad to display Michael Bowling’s yard sign. He is a candidate I support.
I wear the badge of being disliked by ideologues proudly.
October 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I wear the badge of being disliked by ideologues proudly.