Runnells News

A man posing as a Salvation Army representative is knocking on doors in the Des Moines area and soliciting donations, according to a release today from the Christian charity.

State officials last week excavated the site of a sinkhole in Runnells that experts and residents feared could have been related to abandoned coal mines beneath the city.

The City of Runnells is working with a consultant to help create a zoning ordinance, something the city doesn't currently have.

Officials will be digging into a sinkhole to see whether it leads to an abandoned mine under the Polk County town of Runnells.

Runnells residents and state officials are concerned a large sinkhole could be related to an abandoned mine beneath the small city.