Des Moines A few months ago, Josh Fleming of Des Moines-based advertising agency Lessing-Flynn approached me and asked if we'd be interested in participating in this year's Battle of the Brands, a bracket contest that pits the top brands in the state of Iowa against each other for votes. Fleming wasn't interested in giving Silicon Prairie News a spot on the bracket, though. Instead, he asked us to help identify one "region" of the bracket, to be made up of … read more