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The Polk County Board of Supervisors did a lot of swearing in at its inaugural meeting of 2015. Angela Connolly was elected chairperson and Tom Hockensmith was elected vice chairperson. Connolly has served on the …
My environment is about to get a whole lot better.
Sorry, Doug. As much as I want to give you credit, your prediction on real estate trends came a bit late for us. But I …
KCCI: The Iowa Supreme Court will hear an appeal in a lawsuit brought by an investigator who was fired after reporting Gov. Terry Branstad’s speeding SUV. The court this month granted former Division of Criminal Investigation …
Des Moines City Manager Scott Sanders has narrowed the field of 18 applicants for the city’s police chief position to four. The final four are Michael Davis, police chief of Northeastern University in Boston; Allen …
Russia slashing vodka prices as its economy reels
CNNMoney: The Russian economy is in a tailspin, but hey, its vodka is about to get cheaper! The state agency that regulates the alcohol market said this month that it will …
The city of Des Moines has hired Jonathan Gano from Springfield, Mo., as its new public works director, according to a release today. He replaces current public works director, Pat Kozitza, who officially retires today.…
Attorney General Tom Miller Monday filed seven lawsuits in six counties over alleged violations of Iowa’s One Call law. The suits involve excavations in Linn, Palo Alto, Jasper, Woodbury, Franklin and Pottawattamie counties. All seven …
Let’s talk taxes.
Though the Iowa Legislature took a big leap over the decades-old property tax hurdle in 2013, there are some folks who believe 2014 is a good time to at least begin the …
Verizon Communications Inc., publishing its first annual report on law-enforcement requests for customer information, said it received 320,000 inquiries from federal, state and local authorities in the U.S. last year, Bloomberg reported. Of the requests, …
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