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Warren County voters for the second time in 12 months Tuesday defeated a proposed sales tax increase pitched by community leaders as a way to pay for needed improvements.

Warren County residents will vote July 8 on a proposed sales tax increase that leaders say is needed to pay for a host of public improvement projects.

From today's Des Moines Register : Warren County residents will vote July 8 on a proposed sales tax increase that leaders say is needed to pay for a host of public improvement projects.

“It's all marketing, every word you use”

Warren County's city and county leaders have decided how they would use their share of a proposed 1-cent-per-dollar sales tax, which voters will approve or reject on July 8. Indianola leaders initiated the tax ... via Des Moines Register

“It did impact the bridge. And it was right next to Middle River, so we are monitoring that for any residue that could affect the water”

A special inspection team is on its way to Warren County to do a closer inspection of Interstate 35, over the Middle River. via WHO-TV Des Moines

“We didn't have a lot of building this year, so that's one reason we're staying flat”

Thanks to a state-mandated 10 percent increase in residential property values, the small town officials around Warren County were able to maintain or lower last year's tax rate. via Des Moines Register

The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed after his truck punched through a bridge guard rail, caught on fire and landed in the Middle River. via KCCI-TV Des Moines

It seems some people never learn. The plan for Department of Natural Resource conservation officers last weekend included running several decoy deer operations just north of the Missouri state line, have ... via Daily Nonpareil

“He knew he had to whip those horses then, because there was someone in there to rob him”

So it's natural that Walt Libby became a historian of the covered bridges, and fitting that he tells stories about them. via Des Moines Register