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Norwalk residents looking to shop in town have three more options to choose from.

I was more than just shocked when I received a recorded phone message asking us to come to a meeting at Memorial Park to organize a Vote No campaign against the proposed remodeling to the Indianola Fire ...

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.

A lot of kids don't get the opportunity to see New York. Alex Ko, 12, is dancing there.

Web site against penny sales tax vote inaccurate, officials say Claims that a July 8 sales tax vote in Warren County would affect the tax rates in Des Moines and West Des Moines are false, according to ...

DES MOINES Policeman charged with assaulting wife A Des Moines police officer has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife Friday.

Democrats Susan Radke, of Nevada, and Becky Greenwald, of Perry, will face incumbent Republicans in Iowa House and U.S. congressional races, respectively, this November after their victories in Tuesday's ...

THE LOOK The green awning with shamrocks makes it seem like an Irish bar from the outside, but inside it's a pretty typical small-town hangout.

“Even that is a guess right now.”

By JARED STRONG * REGISTER STAFF WRITER * May 1, 2008 City leaders have delayed an update to West Des Moines' comprehensive plan by several months because of renewed interest among city departments to ... via Http

“I've read the entire section (of the law) probably 25 times and it's clear as mud”

Smokers will be required to snuff their cigarettes and cigars in Iowa restaurants and bars starting July 1. A statewide smoking ban signed into law April 15 will prohibit smoking in most businesses and ... via Des Moines Register

“It's got to psych them out a little”

By JARED STRONG * REGISTER STAFF WRITER * April 24, 2008 Photos: See the pole vaulters show their stuff at Jordan Creek Town Center Video: Flying through the air -- at the mall The pink flower tattoo on Ella ... via Des Moines Register

“It was a really amazing, fun competition”

A City High senior has been named an ASPIRE ambassador. Molly Noesen, 17, won the title of 'Miss ASPIRE' in a March 1 dance competition at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids. via Iowa City Press-Citizen

I try to live off a very meager fixed income. I just got a letter from the Internal Revenue Service that I don't get a dime of stimulus. via Des Moines Register

“We need to change direction. And I want to help lead that change.”

Cumming, Ia. - U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin said Monday that the solution to voters' desire for change this year is to elect him to a fifth six-year term. via Des Moines Register

“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 more we can be educated on it the more comfortable this board will feel”

Concerns about patient access and convenience at University Hospitals must be addressed by hospital leaders as they plan for long-term expansion at an already congested site, several members of the state Board ... via The Gazette

The presidential field has been paired from fifteen-plus candidates to just four. via WHBF-TV Rock Island

“We were a Des Moines suburb, but now we're becoming our own entity”

The latest update to West Des Moines' comprehensive plan includes planned expansion that extends 3 miles south of Cumming. via Des Moines Register

A Norwalk man is facing attempted murder charges after shooting at a Norwalk mother on Valentine's Day. via Des Moines Register