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Weekdays are typically quiet at A Quality Pawn and Jewelry at 1135 Army Post Road in Des Moines. The owner, Adrian Welch, says she only sees up to five customers on any day of the week. But she knows all her customers and wants the best for them. On a Wednesday afternoon in November, one of her p

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You’ve seen those black-and-white certificates at businesses around town. They declare the best, the premier, the supreme — according to readers like you. And now, it’s here: the moment you’ve been waiting for. After a record-setting 16,332 votes in 277 categories, the people have once more decla

By Jeff Pitts 2/3/2021 You know the drill by now. For nearly three decades, CITYVIEW’s Best Of Des Moines Poll has informed central Iowa about its biggest, best, brightest, tastiest, most fabulous, most effective, most fun, most entertaining, most interesting, its fittest and… You get the idea. Being the best at something doesn’t just happen. Rising to the top of the heap is hard work, but once it’s done, you might as well cash in. Being recognized as the Best Of Des Moines has...

>> they have their work cut out for them to solve a recent string of robberies. they have a suspects description but no name. >> so this is actually going to be the pawn store up here on the right and the grocery store is going to be this one on the left. almost right across from each other. >> so he came behind the counter, threatened the cashier with a knife, took cash. >> is that the video? >> he put the cash in the back room. >> yeah, really. >> he fled on a bike. >> this guy is threatening ...

Bum. is that where we are at, in a society where you need permission to put lotion on somebodys butt? >> they have their work cut out for them to solve a recent string of robberies. they have a suspects description but no name. >> so this is actually going to be the pawn store up here on the right and the grocery store is going to be this one on the left. almost right across from each other. >> so he came behind the counter, threatened the cashier with a knife, took cash. >> is that the video? >...

Desiman on his butt. >> they have their work cut out to solve a recent string of robberies in the south end. they have a suspects description but no name. >> so this is actually going to be the pawn store up here on the right. then the grocery store is going to be right hire on the left. so almost across from each other. >> so he came behind the counter, threatened the cashier with the knife, took cash. he put the cashier in the back room and fled on a bike. >> this guy is threatening the domest...

They have a suspects description but no name. >> so this is actually going to be the pawn store up here on the right. then the grocery store is going to be right hire on the left. so almost across from each other. >> so he came behind the counter, threatened the cashier with the knife, took cash. he put the cashier in the back room and fled on a bike. >> this guy is threatening the domestic sovereignty of that neighborhood. and were trying to protect the families of these neighborhoods. >> this ...

and one wife blames the other for giving up a hiding spot in pakistan. also today we hear the government has charged all three of bin ladens widows with illegally entering the country. the head of the un emergency relief mission finally got to see for herself the shattered neighborhood in the syrian homes. thats where 47 people were killed just today. one argument on capitol hill today, should the united states get involved in syria militarily? >> i understand the strain on american mi...

One unlikely group has seen an uptick in sales, pawnshops. rick leventhal engines us from new york to tell us about it. >> reporter: pawn store owners say it has been an extreme uphill battle fighting an image probe will you but now are seeing a tremendous growth, -- reality tv may be why. shows have reminded people there can be value in old stuff you might have lying around. skyrocketing price of gold and economy forcing some to part with values they might get back more deals for holiday shoppe...