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Des Moines Woman Charged With 2 Counts of Animal Neglect After Severely...
Late last week, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa shared information about two badly emaciated dogs that had been taken to the shelter for treatment. The dogs were literally skin and bones and in...
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Iowa City Metaphysical Expo 2020 Has Succumbed to COVID-19
I've been attending the Iowa City Metaphysical Expo for years now (You can read about it here, here, here, and here). Sometimes I'm only there for a brief time, but I've always found it to be an...
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Hiawatha, Iowa: Severely Malnourished Dog Found Abandoned in Crate
The Cedar Valley Humane Society must have decided that the Animal Rescue League of Iowa was releasing too many stories of severe animal neglect and cruelty lately. So they informed the public about a...
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Gay Pride Comes to Washington, Iowa // Rainbow Run Scheduled for Noon on...
I think I just discovered one of the only non-virtual, face-to-face LGBTQ Pride events in Iowa. Possibly the world. And it's happening this weekend. Roughly 30 miles from my home!KCII Radio reported...
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58 Cats & Kittens Rescued From Mitchell County Iowa Property
Late yesterday, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa began sharing information about a massive cat rescue that they'd been called in to handle. There was a hoarding situation at a house in Mitchell County...
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Unknown Des Moines Person Set Box of Kittens on Fire // Now the Most Severely...
Just over a month ago, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa shared a horrific story about some unknown person who had set a box containing nine kittens on fire in a homeless camp in Des Moines, IA....
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ABC Not Moving Forward with "thirtysomething(else)"
Remember how excited I was way back in January about ABC ordering a pilot for a sequel series of the classic 80s family drama, thirtysomething? The new show was going to be called thirtysomething(else)...
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Nero at Daycare -- 06/30/20
Somebody asked me recently if Nero was still going to doggy daycare. They hadn't seen many pics of him on this blog, which got them a bit worried about my favorite standard poodle. Turns out that I...
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"Katy Keene" Ending After One Season // Updated: Lucy Hale Reaches Out Online...
(Originally written on 07/02/20): Sad news tonight. I just learned that The CW decided to cancel "Katy Keene" following its first season. The underdog "Riverdale" spin-off never quit caught on with the...
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Man Arrested for Physically Blocking Entrance to Iowa City Abortion Clinic
KCJJ reports that a Coralville man was report late last month after physically blocking access to the Emma Goldman Clinic in Iowa City. 46-year-old William Owens-Holst began standing in the clinic's...
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Netflix Cancelling "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"
First "Katy Keene," now "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina." TVLine announced earlier this evening that Netflix has cancelled "Sabrina." The final eight episodes of the dark series will land on the...
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Muscatine, Iowa: Mayor Issues City-Wide COVID-19 Proclamation Mandating Face...
(Originally written on 07/06/20): Mayor Diana Broderson issued a proclamation yesterday mandating that face covering for every person in any indoor or outdoor public setting within the City of...
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Voting Underway for TV Choice Awards 2020!
Earlier this week, TV Choice Magazine began soliciting votes for the TV Choice Awards 2020. Which solicits votes from fans of various British TV shows under such headings as Best Drama Series, Best New...
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Property Ordinance Enforcement Effort in Canton, MN, Results in Online...
I've written before about the tiny village of Prosper, MN, which is somewhat close to where I grew up. I keep up with the news for that area by reading the Fillmore County Journal every Monday. Earlier...
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Muscatine City Council Votes to Prevent City from Enforcing Mayor's Mandatory...
You might remember that Mayor Diana Broderson of issued a controversial proclamation mandating that everyone wears face coverings within the city of Muscatine, Iowa. Lots of people were happy that she...
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Iowa City Police Officer Shot in Face by BB Gun Pellets While Investigating...
(Originally written on 07/29/19): I just got home from work about an hour ago. I began reading reports on Facebook and Twitter about five hours ago that the northbound lane on Riverside Drive in Iowa...
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Revisiting the 1980s: Iowa Humor from "Family Ties" Pilot
It took me a while, but I finally subscribed to CBS All Access as part of a Father's Day present from my boys. Now that I've zoomed through "Star Trek: Discovery" and "Star Trek: Picard," I decided to...
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Jefferson, IA: City Council to Vote on Resolution Allowing Euthanization of...
The Jefferson City Council will be meeting tomorrow to discuss a proposed policy aimed at addressing a local problem involving feral cats. For many years, police officers were allowed to shoot feral...
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Christian Writer Matthew Paul Turner Announces His Divorce // Comes Out as...
I used to follow Matthew Paul Turner's blog about 8-10 years ago. He's a left-leaning evangelical writer, as is his wife. I just found out via Facebook that he and his wife have announced that they are...
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Iowa City Mayor Plans to Issue Mandatory Face Mask Proclamation Beginning...
Remember when Mayor Diana Broderson of Muscatine, IA, issued a mayoral proclamation mandating that everyone within city limits must wear some form of face covering? And then everyone on the county and...
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Iowa City Mandates Face Masks Starting Today
Iowa City residents haven't yet seen a copy of Mayor Bruce Teague's Mandatory Face Mask Order, but he communicated the basics during a 12:30 PM announcement via Facebook Live and an email was sent out...
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Community Bar in Rural Iowa Using New "Hula Hoop Tree" to Fund-Raise for...
Remember the infamous Hula Hoop Tree in Amber, IA, that got chopped down this past spring because people wouldn't stop standing in the highway or trespassing in neighboring fields? Well, it looks like...
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The Johnson County Board of Supervisors Votes In Favor of a Mandatory Face...
Following on the heals of Mayor Bruce Teague's Order mandating face coverings in the city of Iowa City, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted earlier today in favor of a resolution mandating...
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Des Moines: 17-Year-Old Charged with Animal Torture // Accused of...
Horrific instances of animal torture have been revealed in Iowa following news that a 17-year-old juvenile has been arrested brutally killing a dog and a kitten with a Des Moines apartment...
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Des Moines: 49-Year-Old Man Charged With Animal Abuse After Multiple...
(Originally written on 07/27/20): There's yet another tale of animal cruelty coming out of central Iowa tonight. The Animal Rescue League of Iowa reported this afternoon that a 49-year-old Des Moines...
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