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Minnesota: Amish Plaintiffs Lose Latest Legal Round for Biblically-Correct...
Did you know that there is a biblically-correct wastewater treatment system? That's what a group of Amish men from southeast Minnesota have argued -- and lost.It seems that four Amish men living near...
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Des Moines Police Looking for Person Who Set a Box Full of Kittens on Fire //...
(Originally written on 05/28/20): There's another horrible animal abuse story emerging in Iowa today. Animal Rescue League of Iowa reports that some unknown person in Des Moines set a box full of nine...
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Australian Motorist Issued $750 Fine Due to Badly Placed Star Wars Sticker
I was looking around for updates on this story (Hint: There are none...), when I discovered another police-involved Star Wars situation from last month.According to this news article, a motorist from...
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Cedar Rapids: Advocates for Social Justice March for Police Reform // KCRG...
KCRG aired a 1.5 minute piece on a police reform protest that happened yesterday in Cedar Rapids, IA. The Advocates for Social Justice issued the following police reform change ideas to the Cedar...
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Federal Employment Discrimination Laws Included...
The U.S. Supreme Court shocked the nation earlier today by issuing in favor of LGBTQ employment rights. In a 6-3 court decision, the majority justices ruled that LGBTQ employees are protected from...
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Des Moines Woman Arrested & Charged with Animal Torture After Stabbing &...
(Originally written on 05/25/20): A Des Moines woman was arrested and charged with animal torture early Sunday morning.Des Moines Police report that they were called out to the home of 21-year-old...
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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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