Dallas Center News

Talk about heavy metal: Lowell Smith of Dallas Center will perform a free recital today on a 5.5-ton carillon at Des Moines' First Christian Church.

A band of storms that just passed through the metro area pounded Dallas County and northern Polk County with heavy rain and winds reaching 70 mph.

Sharpen your plant identification skills and learn to recognize trees by examining leaves and other characteristics during this walking workshop at the Brenton Arboretum.

The directors of the Iowa Stored Energy Park voted Tuesday to pay a Dallas County homeowner $195,000 for his house and acre of land to dig the first well for what could be the world's third underground electricity storage system.

Dianna Stafford has been promoted to customer service training coordinator at Delta Dental of Iowa.

The plot twists in Tuesday's opening statements by attorneys in a civil trial stemming from a fatal June 2006 helicopter crash during the filming of 'The Final Season' rivaled a Hollywood script.

A powerful line of thunderstorms pushed through the Des Moines metro area Sunday evening.

A team from the National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in central Iowa Sunday night.

National Weather Service meteorologists confirmed Monday that an EF0 tornado with peak winds of 75 mph traveled through Dallas County Sunday night.

A tornado warning is in effect for central Polk County until 7:15 p.m. The tornado was near Waukee at about 6:38 p.m. The tornado is rain-wrapped and the rain may obscure the tornado, according to the National Weather Service.

Charles Swendsen, 93, of Dallas Center, Iowa, moves through a hatchway inside the USS SIlversides at the Great Lakes Naval Memorial and Museum Thursday during a tour of the submarine.

Benjamin N. Knight, a teacher at Johnston High School, has been awarded a James Madison Fellowship by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation of Washington, D.C. The fellowships support study of American history by college graduates who aspire to become teachers of American history, American government and social studies.

The graduating seniors of the Dallas Center-Grimes class of 2009 decided to take their class quote seriously.

More than 1,700 readers of The Des Moines Register contributed $207,739 to the Embrace Iowa program, an increase of $13,957 over 2007-2008. The program helps Iowans who are in need of immediate financial assistance and are unable to receive help through other existing programs.

Dallas Center city leaders will receive a $3,000 Project Mainstreet grant at 10 a.m. May 28 outside the city library, 1308 Walnut St.

A man was arrested early Wednesday morning after he allegedly attacked a bar employee who was removing an unruly customer.

The Brenton Arboretum will host a northern migration bird walk from 7:30 to 10 a.m. May 9. Iowa ornithologist union member John Bissell will offer observation tips and information.

KCCI Television, Casey's General Stores, Dr Pepper and Prairie Meadows are proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Project Mainstreet community improvement grants.

Nearly 10,000 plastic eggs waited patiently Saturday on the lawn outside the Grimes Community Complex.

Six Central College athletes notched new personal bests at Drake University's Jim Duncan Invitational Saturday including sophomore Matt Graber, a Newton graduate, who met the NCAA provisional qualifying mark.