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Where is this dog, Urbandale?

Where is this dog, Urbandale?

Have you seen the tulip trees this week in Urbandale?  Beautiful!  I’m afraid the rain has cut short their beauty. 

Have you seen the tulip trees this week in Urbandale?  Beautiful!  I’m afraid the rain has cut short their beauty. 

Where in Urbandale is this?  Enter your guess for a chance in a drawing for $100 cash or for prizes from Urbandale businesses.

Where in Urbandale is this?  Enter your guess for a chance in a drawing for $100 cash or for prizes from Urbandale businesses.

Who has the better mohawk?  Webster Elementary student Elias Kraft or his principal Greg Carenza?

Who has the better mohawk?  Webster Elementary student Elias Kraft or his principal Greg Carenza?

Look at how quickly the new Urbandale Hy-Vee is going up!

Look at how quickly the new Urbandale Hy-Vee is going up!

One day after Michele Bachmann drops out her staff has her Urbandale headquarters cleared out. Meanwhile, across the street Herman Cain’s headquarters still has signs up and dusty campaign literature inside a month after he dropped out. 

One day after Michele Bachmann drops out her staff has her Urbandale headquarters cleared out. Meanwhile, across the street Herman Cain’s headquarters still has signs up and dusty campaign literature inside a month after he dropped out. 

Urbandale student to perform jazz concerts

News from Augustana College

For more information contact: Kelly Sprecher, 605.274.5526

Urbandale Native Chris Haak to Perform in Northlanders Jazz Band Interim Tour

SIOUX FALLS, SD (01/05/2012)(readMedia)— Chris Haak of Urbandale, (Saxophone) a member of Augustana College’s Northlanders Jazz Band, will play five performances during the Interim 2012 tour of Iowa and Nebraska. The Jazz Band is under the direction of Dr. Paul Schilf.

Tour dates and locations include:

Sunday, Jan. 29: 2 p.m. performance at Valley West Mall, Des Moines, Iowa

Monday, Jan. 30: 9:30 a.m. performance at Earlham Community Schools, Earlham, Iowa; 7:30 p.m. performance at Westroads Mall, Omaha, Neb.

Tuesday, Jan. 31: 10 a.m. performance at Beveridge Magnet School, Omaha, Neb.; 2:05 p.m. performance at Omaha Northwest High School, Omaha, Neb.

The concerts will include performances of “A Good Time Was Had By All,” by Thad Jones; “Four,” by Miles Davis; “Greetings and Salutations,” by Thad Jones; “Groove Merchant,” by Thad Jones; “Keep The Customer Satisfied,” by Paul Simon; “Mexican Jumping Beans,” by Mario Cruz; “Orchids and Butterflies,” by Sammy Nestico; “The Heat’s On,” by Sammy Nestico; and “Switch In Time,” by Sammy Nestico.

Volunteers were jammed into Rick Santorum’s small Urbandale campaign offices to help call caucus-goers Tuesday.

Volunteers were jammed into Rick Santorum’s small Urbandale campaign offices to help call caucus-goers Tuesday.

Ginger Roberts, left, of Atlanta, GA, and Margo Gunderson of Ladera Ranch, CA, draw signs at the Gingrich headquarters in Urbandale Tuesday. They flew in to Des Moines on New Year’s Eve. Gunderson said her brother-in-law was in Congress with Newt Gingrich and her family have been friends with Calista Gingrich. Roberts said she came “to be a part of history.”

Ginger Roberts, left, of Atlanta, GA, and Margo Gunderson of Ladera Ranch, CA, draw signs at the Gingrich headquarters in Urbandale Tuesday. They flew in to Des Moines on New Year’s Eve. Gunderson said her brother-in-law was in Congress with Newt Gingrich and her family have been friends with Calista Gingrich. Roberts said she came “to be a part of history.”

Michele Bachmann’s campaign headquarters in Urbandale had fudge for volunteers Tuesday.
From left: intern Becky Howe, Ankeny; volunteer Denise Bubeck; and intern Larissa Wurm, Champlain, Minn.

Michele Bachmann’s campaign headquarters in Urbandale had fudge for volunteers Tuesday.

From left: intern Becky Howe, Ankeny; volunteer Denise Bubeck; and intern Larissa Wurm, Champlain, Minn.