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Security lines grow longer at Des Moines airport as vacation travel surges

Axios Des Moines: Many are itching to travel this summer, but an influx of vacationgoers is resulting in slightly longer wait times at the Des Moines airport, officials say. More inexperienced flyers are taking to the …

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Allegiant launches base of operations at DSM

Allegiant Airlines launched its base of operations at Des Moines International Airport today, the culmination of a plan first announced in 2019. It is Allegiant’s 20th base of operations and the first to open post-pandemic, …

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The Fifth’s parking garage to open Thursday

Des Moines Register: Starting Thursday, Des Moines downtown visitors and workers can park in an 11-story garage designed to serve a 40-story tower that may never get built. The city of Des Moines purchased the garage …

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Cedar Rapids City Council to consider $109M FedEx warehouse and distribution center

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Cedar Rapids City Council is slated Tuesday to consider financial incentives for an immense FedEx warehouse and distribution facility proposed for the city — a $108.6 million investment that would create 434 …

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Favorite automobiles in Iowa: Chevrolet overall, Ford F-150 for specific vehicle

Des Moines Register: Iowa loves Chevrolets. But the vehicle it loves most of all is the Ford F-150. Those were the findings of a Des Moines Register analysis of Iowa Department of Transportation records conducted as …

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DART announces changes to local and express routes beginning Sunday

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority has announced it will make changes to several local and express routes beginning Sunday. The updated routes are local routes 1,6,7, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 60, and …

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Missouri River barge terminal officially opens near Blencoe

Sioux City Journal: The Port of Blencoe, which officially opened Wednesday, has already seen a few barges in and out of that stretch of the upper Missouri River for the first time in over 15 years. …

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Eastern Iowa Airport to halt health screenings July 1

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids will stop its mandatory health screening program July 1, the airport commission decided Monday, as COVID-19 cases drop and passenger numbers rise. Airport Director Marty Lenss …

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Fiery train derailment prompts evacuation of small Iowa town

Associated Press: Thick black smoke billowed into the air Sunday after a train derailed in northwest Iowa, prompting authorities to evacuate part of a small nearby town. The fiery derailment happened around 2 p.m. Sunday on …

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DART announces changes to some routes beginning June 6

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority today announced changes to some of its routes and schedules starting June 6. Local Route 6 will run every 20 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes …