Each year, we try to get to the Iowa Wolves.  They are part of the NBA's Gatorade sponsored G League.

The nature of Basketball is that Minor League doesn't quite translate from Baseball.

That said, the NBA is trying to make it that way, and with what they call two-way players, there are guys on the court who have and will spend time in the NBA.

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One of the traditions around July 4 in Iowa is going to see the Iowa Cubs ( Read more... )

Iowa teems with politicians during Caucus Season.
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Des Moines has a new Police Sergeant.

He seems very "modern".  he is dating a local radio personality.  He even has a podcast, which sounds fantastic about Cold Cases in the City.

Anyway, I doubt you get this fantastic article without the new police chief.

Temperatures are rising, and it seems like the number of police calls is going up, some of ( Read more... )

SIU played Drake on Tuesday night and I was again in attendance. SIU was going in 2-0 and Drake 1-1. Drake is having an all-time great year going in, but suffered a major setback when it was announced their star Senior Guard Nick Norton was going to be out for the year ( Read more... )

A new candidate has emerged.

It was a fairly quiet summer. Although Trump's numbers are low, no significant Democrat has shown up. Indeed, I saw an idea floating around that suggested the Dems should run no candidate and support John Kasich (This didn't work in 1872 and seems like a worse idea now).

In the meantime, there are the annual party ( Read more... )

In the good old days of LiveJournal, way before Reddit and Facebook, we shared crazy local stories here. Of course, we had fark and digg, too, but it didn't beat a personal find.

In which case, I may have also blogged about this when it happened ten years ago, but it is time for the local Corpse Flower to bloom.

(From wikipedia)


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The Iowa Energy franchise is now 10 years old. I made it to only one game this season, but the Energy are one of my favorite local experiences. It is hard to say why- as their competition mimics the NBA in that it often seems like they are only playing for the 4th Quarter and the first 3 quarters are superfluous. However, they keep things high ( Read more... )

Here's a picture of Steven Tyler on a Ferris Wheel


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Although I have been here 13 years, it was the first time I took in the city's July 4 parade ( Read more... )