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The Des Moines Register
Off Hours: Discover some of George Formaro's favorite pizzas in Des Moines
Off Hours, your free weekly newsletter from the Des Moines Register, showcases all things fun you can do in central Iowa. Recently, we've written about an influencer who travels the state trying small restaurants , trying roller derby , adopting a pet , which bourbons to drink , where Clown from Slipknot dines in Des Moines, and more. Hello, Des Moines. It’s Susan Stapleton again guiding you through Off Hours. Growing up in the Quad Cities, I always loved to go to Happy Joe’s Pizza as a kid. Even now, I still like to get the taco pizza or...
The US Sun
American Pickers star Mike Wolfe’s Iowa store slammed as shoppers claim antiques cost ‘3 times the normal price’
AMERICAN Pickers star Mike Wolfe’s Iowa antique store has been slammed for its high prices as customers are accusing the owner of charging three times the normal cost. Mike, 60, owns Antique Archaeology in Le Claire, Iowa and Nashville, Tennessee. Customers have slammed the store for their expensive prices...
WHO 13
Urbandale mailing tech company closing; over 100 employees to be laid off
URBANDALE, Iowa — Pitney Bowes is closing their Urbandale location this spring, leaving over a hundred people without jobs. According to Iowa Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, Pitney Bowes is closing their Urbandale store, located at 4350 121st Street, on May 19, 2025. WARN says 168 employees will be laid off. WHO 13 News reached […]
Daily Iowan
Prison-manufactured items sold across Iowa calls to question ethics of prison labor
Tucked away five miles south of Newton, Iowa, Newton Correctional Facility holds 938 low- and medium-security inmates. The facility is also the site of Homes for Iowa, a nonprofit organization that trains incarcerated individuals in home-building trades such as drywall, electric, plumbing, and framing to build affordable homes for Iowans and to reduce recidivism rates, the rate at which incarcerated individuals re-enter incarceration.
stormlakeradio.com
Two Found Dead in Rural Manson; Believed to be Drug-Related
The deaths of two individuals in rural Manson are believed to be drug-related. According to the Pocahontas County Sheriff’s Office, the department was called to 32351 590th Street shortly before 8:30am Monday. Deputies confirmed there were two deceased individuals inside the residence, identified as 61-year-old Lynnette Walstrom and 52-year-old Jeremy Schuttler, both of rural Manson. The Palmer Fire Department tested for carbon monoxide, but none was present.
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35 Years Later: Arrest Made in Iowa Woman’s Disappearance
Major Breakthrough in Iowa Cold Case: 35 Years Later, Arrest Made. A major step has been taken to solve a decades old cold case right here in Iowa. Barbara Lenz’s Disappearance: What Happened in 1989?. In 1989, an Iowa woman named Barbara Lenz went missing and no one ever...
The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, West Des Moines hospitals in same network sued after deaths of ER patients
The owner of two central Iowa hospitals and two of its physicians are facing lawsuits over patient deaths and the alleged violation of federal laws governing emergency room treatment. Two of the lawsuits are tied to patient care involving a man who allegedly died after twice being discharged from the emergency room at Central Iowa Hospital Corp.’s Methodist West Hospital, located in West Des Moines. A third lawsuit stems from the death of a woman who allegedly waited 10 hours to see a physician at the company's Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines before going into cardiac arrest....