From the Desk of Daniel P. Finney, sergeant of the watch, Drake Neighborhood Station, Des Moines, Iowa. ITEM ONE: The knockdown, drag-out brawl between Des Moines public schools and Gov. Kim Reynolds continues. Iowa’s largest school district is suing the state for an exemption from Reynolds’ order that districts provide at least halftime in-person instructionContinue reading “HOT SHEET: Monkeys are taking selfies and the Peeps are on hiatus”
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HOT SHEET: Theresa Greenfield’s ads stink; State courts put schools in their place; the Bears are doomed this year; And why I’d rather die than pass away
From the desk of Daniel P. Finney, sergeant of the watch, Drake Station. ITEM ONE: Someone should tell Theresa Greenfield, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Iowa, that her commercials stink. In one spot, her critique of Sen. Joni Ernst suggests the incumbent gave Iowans “the short end of the stick.” This beyond cliche barb bitesContinue reading “HOT SHEET: Theresa Greenfield’s ads stink; State courts put schools in their place; the Bears are doomed this year; And why I’d rather die than pass away”
How a scared transfer student from Winterset ended up in the East High Alumni Hall of Fame
They may have put me in the East High Alumni Hall of Fame, but I’m really accepting on behalf of all the people who helped me.
The Paragraph Stacker 