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Politics 101 on full display at DART meeting

If you ever wondered how truly leery state lawmakers and local elected officials are over raising taxes, you should have been at today’s meeting of the board of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority. …

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Cleared for landing: Airport reopens main runway

After a month of construction, Des Moines International Airport has reopened its main runway. So, you pilots out there, check with the tower and try out the new pavement. Or at least pause to admire …

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I-35 to close near Ames tonight and Thursday

Road construction work at the Interstate Highway 35/U.S. Highway 30 interchange in Ames will close the northbound lanes of I-35 from 9 p.m. today to 5 a.m. Thursday. The southbound lanes will be closed from …

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Ruling: IDOT officers’ authority limited to commercial vehicles

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that Iowa Department of Transportation officers do not have authority to issue speeding tickets or arrest drivers outside of the regulation of commercial vehicles, the Insurance Journal reported. The ruling relates …

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Interchange at highways 330 and 65 opens

The new diamond interchange that connects Iowa Highway 330 to U.S. Highway 65, Iowa Highway 117 and Jasper County Road F-17 northeast of Bondurant opened today, the Iowa Department of Transportation announced. Detours have ended. …

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DOT division chief named to national anti-human trafficking panel

David Lorenzen, motor vehicle enforcement chief at the Iowa Department of Transportation, has been named one of 15 members of a federal Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. The committee’s …

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NEW MARKETS

Jonathan Walter knows that time is money for corporate executives.

He knows some find the offerings of the commercial airlines limiting when they schedule an unusual trip. 

So Walter has expanded his small-plane offerings to …

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100th Street interchange in Urbandale to open

You still have time to catch a second event, the opening of the new Interstate 80 interchange at 100th Street in Urbandale. That ceremony starts at 1 p.m. today at 100th Street and Northpark Drive …

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Coralville driving simulator loses national designation

Less than two years after being named one of 10 automated vehicle proving grounds in the nation, the Creative Corridor and University of Iowa’s National Advanced Driving Simulator and nine other entities have all lost …

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Airport traffic up another 6.7%

Passenger traffic at Des Moines International Airport was up 6.7 percent in September compared with the same month last year — double the initial projection. For the year, traffic is up 6.4 percent and has …