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elixir on May 10, 2007
A check of police records showed American Towing was paid $267,592 by the City of Des Moines for impounding 3,458 vehicles last year.
The towing company lost it's contract with the city last week following a police investigation.
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elixir on May 16, 2007
05/22 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews 05/23 Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern 05/25 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium 05/26 St. Cloud, MN @ Rox Tavern MELT BANANA 05/16 Sacramento, CA @ Blue Lamp 05/17 Visalia, CA @ Howie's ...
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elixir on May 16, 2007
Southeast Webster-Grand’s Jennifer Jorgensen and Clarion-Goldfield’s Michelle Voigts are hoping they can duplicate their performances from a ...
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elixir on May 16, 2007
The former North Carolina senator will hold a town hall meeting at the Central Library on Grand Avenue in downtown Des Moines. ...
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elixir on May 15, 2007
A man arrested by Des Moines police last week disputes the police version of events and claims officers used excessive force against him. ...
Submitted by
elixir on May 11, 2007
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama is in Iowa on a two-day campaign swing. Obama will be in Des Moines at 9 am, talking with seniors at ...
Submitted by
elixir on May 11, 2007
ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Was it just my imagination or did we really hear then-candidate Chester Culver and the other Democrats run as promising to be fiscally ...
Submitted by
elixir on May 11, 2007
Yep, those laid-back folks up in Des Moines are Number One. Des Moines drivers are decent enough, but to me don't seem that much different from Wichita (ranked #84). Maybe it's because Wichitans are champion red-light runners. ...
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elixir on May 11, 2007
Valley High School of West Des Moines plans to use breath tests before its prom this weekend. Private schools have used them, too. Wahlert High School, a Roman Catholic school in Dubuque, used them for its prom last weekend, ...
Submitted by
elixir on May 10, 2007
In West Des Moines, Stephanie Cathcart and her son, Jaxson, like to walk to the park on Prairieview drive south of Ashworth Road.
Submitted by
elixir on May 10, 2007
The insurance and financial services company ING is adding 130 jobs to its Des Moines headquarters.
Submitted by
elixir on February 4, 2008
Take a look at the views of Des Moines from the Ingersoll streetscape to the Principal Riverwalk and to the east side. Look at proposals from theRoosevelt streetscape to the suburban-style Hy-Vee in Beaverdale, from the Drake ...
Submitted by
elixir on January 31, 2008
Cattlemen attending the 2008 Iowa Beef Expo show and sale during the week of Feb. 10-17 will find a tremendous
Submitted by
elixir on January 31, 2008
The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority is one step closer to taxing residents of member cities at an equal rate starting in fiscal year 2010. ...
Submitted by
elixir on January 31, 2008
No. 16 Drake scored the game’s final 10 points to break a 65-65 tie with 3:20 remaining to defeat the Creighton men’s basketball team, ...
Submitted by
elixir on January 31, 2008
By Kevin Behr | Winona Daily News A Des Moines, Iowa, man convicted of invading a Winona apartment last May was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison ...
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elixir on January 31, 2008
The Dinner Around the World series will make its first stop of the year at Dos Rios Cantina and Tequila Lounge in the bustling Court Avenue entertainment district in downtown Des Moines . Dos Rios is where traditional recipes and ...
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elixir on January 30, 2008
Wayne Ford (D-Des Moines) had invited Garland R. Hunt, chairman of Georgia’s Parole Board, and Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, to testify on the racial imbalance. Mauer said a person who is Black and in Iowa is ...
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elixir on January 30, 2008
Nancy Stockdale of the Des Moines Register writes that NBC Sports and several companies are trying to get on the train of world champion gymnast Shawn Johnson who's expected to do well at the Olympics in Communist China this summer. ...
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elixir on January 30, 2008
Media freezes out a threat to corporate owners
