There are so many reasons you should know Will Keeps. You should know him as a survivor of child sexual abuse by his stepfather. He survived with the kind of scars you can’t see. You should know him as a survivor of gang life. He witnessed a murder. A gang member put a gun toContinue reading “Des Moines gang killings: ‘Blood for blood until everyone is dead’”
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The ghosts of the past haunt my contacts list
The best Rolodex I ever saw belonged to Tom Alex, the dayside police reporter for the Des Moines Register. You needed two years of CrossFit just to twist the wheel. When one managed to crank the wheel, business cards rained out. Most pages had six or seven entries hastily crossed out with the new contactContinue reading “The ghosts of the past haunt my contacts list”
Iowa Workforce Development bigwigs hide when reporters come asking question about fraud, data breach
Scott Carpenter, a reporter for KCCI-TV, called me Monday. He was working on a story about Iowa Workforce Development, the fancy name our state government gives the unemployment office. Carpenter asked me if I was willing to be interviewed. I declined. I’ve got nothing against Carpenter. I don’t work for the news media anymore. IContinue reading “Iowa Workforce Development bigwigs hide when reporters come asking question about fraud, data breach”
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